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[Apply on Western Digital’s careers site →](https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternDigital/744000160002077-staff-engineer-cloud-hyperscale-storage-customer-technical-support) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Western Digital](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/western-digital/) / Staff Engineer, Cloud & Hyperscale Storage - Customer Technical Support ## Job description Technologist, Customer Technical Sales & Support – Cloud & Hyperscaler Western Digital is seeking a Staff Technologist to join the Customer Technical Sales & Support (CTS) organization supporting strategic cloud and hyperscaler customers. This role acts as the primary technical bridge between WD Engineering and customers, owning deep understanding of customer storage architectures, qualification requirements, deployment models, and field issues. The successful candidate will lead technical engagements from early evaluation through production support, drive issue resolution across firmware, hardware, and systems teams, and translate customer needs into actionable input for product and engineering roadmaps. This is an individual contributor role with broad influence across Sales, Engineering, Product Management, and Quality. ## Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field. Significant hands-on experience in storage systems, HDDs, server/storage platforms, or data center infrastructure; WD’s current CTS/architect postings point to a senior profile with roughly 5+ years of directly relevant experience. Strong understanding of storage system architecture, server/storage integration, and customer deployment models in cloud or hyperscale environments. Experience working directly with customers in a field applications, systems architecture, customer engineering, or technical support capacity. Ability to debug technical issues across hardware, firmware, software, and system interactions. Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to present technical material to engineers and executive stakeholders. ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Nov 6, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Nov 8, 2026 - Last checked: Nov 8, 2026 - Listed for: 2 days - Location: San Jose, CA, United States - Employment type: Full-time[Apply on Western Digital’s careers site →](https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternDigital/744000160002077-staff-engineer-cloud-hyperscale-storage-customer-technical-support) ## Hiring at Western Digital - Open jobs: 338 - New in the last 7 days: After two weekly collections - Tracked since: Jul 11, 2026 [All Western Digital jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/western-digital/) · [Weekly hiring report](/reports/hiring/) ## More jobs at Western Digital ### [Associate, Corporate Development Analyst](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/western-digital/jobs/4889658d1c7d80120d4c/) San Jose, CA, United States ### [Customer Failure Analysis Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/western-digital/jobs/4717456340039146ac31/) San Jose, CA, United States ### [Hardware Development Engineering](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/western-digital/jobs/3724ab29799f3fdd3c49/) San Jose, CA, United States ### [Hardware Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/western-digital/jobs/4d98f6d5b38278b3c356/) San Jose, CA, United States ### [Photo Equipment Engineering](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/western-digital/jobs/97228f3134cba3c79b57/) San Jose, CA, United States ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Staff Hyperscale Product Manager - 2248](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/kioxia-holdings/jobs/7df49f594946a3d34a80/) Kioxia Holdings · San Jose, CA, United States ### [Staff Cloud Security Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/albertsons/jobs/395bf6f9560adb4a7fae/) Albertsons · Pleasanton, CA, United States ### [Staff Engineer, Salesforce Marketing Cloud](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/thrivent-financial/jobs/b5cab1d50c75f97b8d3a/) Thrivent Financial · United States ### [Staff IT Cloud Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/qualcomm/jobs/09d0b86ee52b7cf07dd9/) Qualcomm · San Diego, California, United States of America ### [Staff Software Cloud Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/qualcomm/jobs/6e04f395b3108c18379e/) Qualcomm · San Diego, California, United States of America OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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