Senior Solutions Engineer

Senior Solutions Engineer

Overview

At NetApp, our High Achievement Principles shape how we work: we innovate to elevate, drive results, and excel as a team. We have a history of helping customers turn challenges into business opportunities. That’s because we bring new thinking to age-old problems, like how to use data most effectively in the most efficient possible way. As an Engineer with NetApp, you’ll have the opportunity to work with modern cloud and container orchestration technologies in a production setting. You’ll play an important role in scaling systems sustainably through automation and evolving them by pushing for changes to improve reliability and velocity.

Success profile

Analytical Adaptable Communicator Detail-oriented Quick-thinking Problem solver

Responsibilities

• Wallisellen, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland; Switzerland

• Job category: Systems Engineering

• Job ID: 135786-en_US

• Own Every Moment at NetApp

• At NetApp, your ideas power innovation. We lead in intelligent data infrastructure—delivering unified storage, integrated data services, and solutions that help organizations unlock the full potential of their data, from AI to multicloud.

• Ready to innovate and contribute to our path to $10B? Here, you'll collaborate with passionate teams, tackle real-world challenges, and see your impact in how customers transform and grow. If you are ready to bring curiosity, creativity, and drive to every moment, NetApp is where your journey begins. Join teams that innovate to elevate, drive results, and excel together across every function.

Job Summary

This is a pipeline position. If you believe your experience and skills align with this opportunity and you are interested in joining NetApp in the near future, we encourage you to apply. We would be pleased to connect with you and consider you for upcoming opportunities that match your profile.

As a Solutions Engineer for the Zurich Region, you will be the trusted technical advisor behind NetApp’s success across some of Switzerland’s most innovative Enterprise and Commercial organizations. Partnering closely with your Client Executive, you will build strong customer relationships, uncover business challenges, and design modern data solutions that help organizations accelerate digital transformation and achieve their strategic objectives. In this role, you will lead the technical engagement throughout the entire sales cycle, supporting both existing customers and new business opportunities. You will architect and position solutions within complex IT environments, manage multiple opportunities simultaneously, and demonstrate the full value of NetApp’s portfolio across hybrid cloud, data management, cybersecurity, and AI-driven technologies. Your ability to connect technology to business outcomes will help customers unlock new possibilities and maximize the value of their data. Success in this position requires a combination of technical expertise, business acumen, and strong collaboration skills. You will work closely with channel partners, engage confidently with both technical and executive-level stakeholders, and contribute to a high-performing, team-oriented culture. If you are passionate about solving complex challenges, driving innovation, and helping customers navigate their data-driven future, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact across the Zurich Region and the wider German-speaking part of Switzerland.

Job Requirements

• Proven (4 year +) success supporting enterprise or large customers in complex sales cycles
• Engage customers in forward-looking conversations around AI readiness, data strategy, hybrid cloud, and disaster recovery
• Strong knowledge of Data Storage, Data Protection/Continuity (including Cyber), Virtualization, Containers and ideally Cloud architectures.
• Strong discovery, communication, and presentation skills, able to translate technical capabilities into clear business value
• Collaborate with client executives, channel partners and specialists to deliver seamless outcomes and drive demand generation, enablement, and joint selling motions.
• Demonstrate ownership of issues / solutions / architectures in customer or partner environments and work with extended team to help resolve for delivering the highest customer experience.
• Strong expertise in Technical Pre-Sales, with the ability to do hands-on POCs and conduct technical workshops
• Ability to assist in creating ROI/TCO overview and competitive advantages of solution offerings
• Excellent written and verbal (Swiss-) German/English communication skills, including making technology oriented commercial presentations and answering RFPs with partners or sales.
• Maintain deep knowledge of NetApp’s portfolio and competitive landscape to guide customer strategy.
• Partner closely with internal teams to ensure successful implementation and customer satisfaction.
• Travel to the prospective customer's sites & locations as necessary.
• Knowledge of NetApp’s competitive and alliance landscape would be an added advantage

Education

• Typically requires a minimum of 6 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree; or 5 years and a Master’s degree;

• At NetApp, we embrace a hybrid working environment designed to strengthen connection, collaboration, and culture for all employees. This means that most roles will have some level of in-office and/or in-person expectations, which will be shared during the recruitment process.

• Equal Opportunity Employer

• NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, and any other protected classification.

• Why You'll Thrive at NetApp

• At NetApp, you won't wait for the perfect moment—you'll make it. The early planning, the extra thought, the bold idea that turns good into great: That's how our people operate and how we continue to push the boundaries of data infrastructure.

• NetApp is the trusted partner for organizations transforming data into opportunity. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure, we empower customers to run everything from traditional workloads to enterprise AI with unmatched performance, resilience, and security.

• Our culture

• We celebrate mold breakers, bold thinkers, and problem solvers. We reward initiative, impact, and ownership. We provide flexibility so you can balance professional ambition with your personal life. Here, differences are not just welcomed—they drive everything we do.

• If you're ready to innovate, rise to the challenge, and own every moment - make your next move your best one. Apply now.

• AI Disclosure

• For select roles, some stages of our hiring process may use artificial intelligence tools to help evaluate applications and candidate selection. These tools support—rather than replace—human decision-making.

• Our values

• Put the customer at the center. Care for each other and our communities. Think and act like owners. Build belonging every day. Embrace a growth mindset.