Consulting Systems Engineer (SoCal) - AI, Data, and DevOps Solutions
About The Position
As a Consulting Systems Engineer (CSE), you will be partnering with Client Managers to provide the technical Pre-Sales work for our Fortune 500 customers across all verticals. No two days will be the same as our broad offerings include Artificial Intelligence, Infrastructure Modernization, Multi-cloud Architecture, Security Transformation and Digital Strategy among others. With our Advanced Technology Center (https://www.wwt.com/atc [https://www.wwt.com/atc]) at your fingertips for briefings, training, workshops, demos and POC's you'll be delivering best in class results for your customers as a thought leader. The CSE role will bring technical Pre-Sales experience to our customers within the local market. Day to day responsibilities will include leading technical discussions in customer sales meetings, presentations, white board sessions and custom technical design work. The CSE will team with local Client Managers to build customer relationships, partner with multiple OEM's and take part in technical training to provide continued value to the customers. Technical expertise expansion is highly encouraged as you look to learn about new areas of interest and be on the forefront of cutting edge technologies. Up to 25% travel expected.
Requirements
- Candidates must live in Southern California
- 5+ years in a pre-sales engineering, consulting, or solutions architecture role
- Proven ability to translate business requirements into integrated technology solutions
- Strong background in DevOps, Data Engineering, and AI enablement, including hands-on familiarity with:
- Cloud data platforms: Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift
- Data pipeline and observability tooling: BigPanda, Cribl, Grafana, Elastic, Splunk
- Big Data Technologies: Strong understanding of big data architectures, data lakes, ETL processes, and data warehousing solutions.
- Data Integration: Experience with data integration tools and techniques, including APIs, data pipelines, and real-time data processing.
- Technical Expertise: Proficiency in data engineering technologies and tools such as Apache Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, SQL, and NoSQL databases.
- CI/CD and automation: Terraform, GitHub/GitLab CI, Ansible, Jenkins
- AI/ML and MLOps concepts: LLM deployment, vector databases, model lifecycle, RAG architecture
- Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience building BOMs and professional services LOEs
- Excellent communication, presentation, and executive briefing skills
- Bachelor’s degree OR equivalent experience
Nice To Haves
- Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift)
- Understanding of GPU sizing, NVIDIA Enterprise AI stack, or enterprise AI deployment constraints
- Prior delivery or hands-on engineering experience in data or platform engineering roles
- Experience supporting Fortune 500 or large enterprise environments
Responsibilities
- Leading technical discussions in customer sales meetings, presentations, and whiteboard sessions
- Capturing customer requirements and mapping them to modern, integrated solutions
- Designing AI, data pipeline, and automation architectures aligned to customer business outcomes
- Developing Statements of Work (SOW), Proofs of Concept (POC), Bills of Materials (BOM), and Level of Effort (LOE) estimates for professional services
- Partnering with local Client Executives to build long-term customer relationships
- Collaborating with ecosystem partners including Snowflake, Databricks, NVIDIA, major cloud hyperscalers, Kafka, and field engineering teams
- Staying ahead of emerging trends in AI, MLOps, cloud data platforms, and DevOps tooling
- Supporting executive strategy conversations and hands-on technical workshops
- Technical Pre-Sales Systems Engineering and solution architecture
- Serve as technical liaison to supported clients and OEM partners
- Build custom solution architectures and reference designs
- Create BOMs, LOEs, and proposal-level documentation
- Conduct POCs, demos, and ATC-backed workshops
- Attend client sales meetings and support RFP/RFI responses
- Expand technical expertise continuously as new capabilities emerge
- Act as the technical liaison for all account technical requests
Benefits
- Health and Wellbeing: Health, Dental, and Vision Care, Onsite Health Centers, Employee Assistance Program, Wellness program
- Financial Benefits: Competitive pay, Profit Sharing, 401k Plan with Company Matching, Life and Disability Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement
- Paid Time Off: PTO and Sick Leave (starting at 20 days per year) & Holidays (10 per year), Parental Leave, Military Leave, Bereavement
- Additional Perks: Nursing Mothers Benefits, Voluntary Legal, Pet Insurance, Employee Discount Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
