Senior Systems Engineer - New York

VAST Data • New York, NY

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About The Position

VAST Data is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join its expanding team. This role offers a significant opportunity to contribute to one of the fastest-growing infrastructure companies, positioned at the forefront of the artificial intelligence revolution. VAST Data is recognized as the data platform company for the AI era, dedicated to developing enterprise software infrastructure that enables the capture, cataloging, refinement, enrichment, and protection of vast datasets. These datasets are then made available for real-time data analysis, AI training, and inference. The company's solutions are engineered to simplify the deployment and management of AI, effectively reducing the cost and complexity associated with enterprise and AI infrastructure across data centers, edge environments, and the cloud. VAST Data's success is built on continuous innovation, a strong customer-first approach, and a team of dedicated 'VASTronauts' who leverage their expertise to create substantial market impact. This position is crucial for contributing to the company's growth during a transformative period in computing history.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience supporting the sales of enterprise storage to large IT organizations
• Positive energy, optimism and vision.
• Ability to perform in an unstructured environment.
• Understanding of classic unstructured data applications and next-generation analytics and web frameworks.
• Preparation and/or delivery of technical product and architecture presentations to customers and trainees.
• Knowledge of virtualization, high-performance networking and enterprise security.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

• Assist customers with evaluations and benchmarks, system configurations, and system installations.
• Work closely with VAST R&D Engineering in helping to define product requirements and usability, including the creation of product specification documents.
• Participate in the creation of sales strategy and tactics and takes ownership of technical responsibilities within customer accounts.
• Demonstrate technical leadership and subject matter expertise on storage products, distributed storage architectures, file systems, and competitive storage offerings in the DAS, NAS and SAN product spaces.
• Creation of architecture “blueprints” for repeatable solutions that the Sales team will deliver to the customer community.
• Help with the development of a dispersed group of system and field engineers.
• Consult on how to form and build and manage a Support organization.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees