Title:  Professional Services Consultant

Job Summary

The NetApp Professional Services Consultant delivers expert-level design, deployment, integration, and migration services across NetApp’s hybrid cloud and on-premises portfolio. This role supports a global customer and operates at the intersection of strategic consulting, technical enablement, and customer success. The consultant delivers technical solutions that align with NetApp's best practices, customer goals, and account team objectives. The consultant collaborates with customer stakeholders to implement reliable, scalable, and secure storage and data management solutions.

This role operates at the intersection of strategic consulting, technical enablement, and customer success

***This position must be located in or near Houston, TX***

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver technical solutions that align with NetApp's best practices, customer goals, and account team objectives
• Produce technical documentation, diagrams, and white papers purpose-built for the customer
• Support customer storage architectures involving AWS FSxN, NetApp ONTAP,  FlexGroups, FlexCache, SnapLock and (SMB, NFS, iSCSI, FC) protocols
• Perform and advise on SAN and NAS data migrations using SnapMirror and host-based migration methods
• Implement NetApp BlueXP components including Cloud Tiering and Connectors
• Integrate NetApp systems with Linux (RHEL) and Windows operating systems in multi-protocol environments
• Follow NetApp best practices for networking, performance tuning, and protocol integration (SMB, NFS, iSCSI, FC)
• Develop implementation documentation and contribute to customer knowledge transfer and operational readiness
• Support automation and scripting initiatives using Ansible and Terraform for repeatable deployments
• Collaborate with customer and account team to ensure milestones and deliverables are met
• Participate in internal enablement, labs, and technical readiness sessions to stay current on NetApp technologies

Required Skills

• NetApp Data ONTAP
• SMB, NFS, FC and ISCSI Protocols
• NetApp Best Practices for deployment and configuration
• ONTAP Performance Tuning and Troubleshooting
• FlexGroups, FlexCache, SnapMirror, SnapVault, SnapLock
• BlueXP (Tiering, Connectors, Core Services)
• Networking Fundamentals and DNS
• RHEL and Windows Operating Systems
• Multi-protocol Integration Scenarios
• Automation with Ansible and Terraform for NetApp environments

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in enterprise storage, systems integration, or infrastructure consulting
• Strong knowledge of NetApp ONTAP architecture, administration, and features
• Proven success in customer-facing roles within large or global accounts
• Ability to work independently or as part of a cross-functional delivery team
• Solid troubleshooting skills across storage, network, and OS layers
• Demonstrated ability to create strategic technical content (white papers, solution briefs) and deliver technical presentations