Sr. Systems Engineer

Veeam Software•Washington, DC

1d•Remote

About The Position

As a Commercial Pre-Sales Systems Engineer at Veeam, you will serve as a trusted technical and strategic advisor to enterprise customers as they navigate some of their most critical technology decisions. You will engage with a wide range of stakeholders — including executives, senior IT leadership, architects, engineers, and IT practitioners — to help them design resilient, secure, and future-ready data platforms that deliver real business outcomes. This role is built for a technologist who thrives on complexity, curiosity, and impact. You will operate at the intersection of technology strategy, architecture, and real-world operations — engaging deeply in technical design while also influencing business conversations around data resilience, cyber recovery, risk reduction, and modernization. Your ability to connect technical depth with business relevance is what earns trust and drives meaningful change. You will help customers modernize across on-premises, hybrid, multi-cloud, and SaaS environments, ensuring data resilience, security, and governance are foundational to everything they build.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in pre-sales systems engineering, solutions architecture, or similar technical leadership roles, with a strong focus on large enterprise environments.
Proven success leading complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles, including discovery, solution design, POCs, and executive-level engagements.
Strong technical background across data resilience, infrastructure platforms, virtualization, cloud services, networking, and security.
Working knowledge of data security, privacy, and governance, including regulatory and compliance considerations relevant to enterprise customers.
Foundational understanding of AI, machine learning, and large language models (LLMs), with the ability to articulate how trusted, resilient data underpins AI initiatives.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with proven public presentation experience delivering compelling messages to executives, senior IT leadership, and large technical or industry audiences.
Self-motivated, high-energy technologist who can learn quickly, adapt, and operate effectively in fast-moving enterprise environments.

Nice To Haves

Experience with cloud and SaaS platforms, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
Strong working knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems, including administration, troubleshooting, and performance considerations in enterprise deployments.
Solid understanding of networking fundamentals and architectures, including TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls, load balancing, and network security concepts as they relate to data protection and recovery.
Hands-on experience across enterprise infrastructure domains such as virtualization platforms (VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV), enterprise storage platforms, identity and access management, and Kubernetes-based environments commonly found in modern hybrid and multi-cloud architectures.
Prior experience with data protection, cyber resilience, or enterprise infrastructure vendors.
Relevant technical or industry certifications (cloud, security, architecture).
Observability, monitoring, and operational tooling that supports resilience and recovery workflows
Containerized and cloud-native application platforms, including Kubernetes data protection and recovery considerations
SaaS application data resilience (e.g., Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and other enterprise SaaS services)
API-driven automation, scripting, and infrastructure-as-code concepts
Cyber recovery and clean-room architectures
Data governance, classification, and policy-driven protection models

Responsibilities

Lead complex pre-sales engagements, including discovery, architecture design, solution positioning, and technical validation.
Act as a trusted advisor to IT practitioners, engineers, architects, and senior leaders by translating business objectives into secure, resilient, and scalable architectures.
Deliver compelling technical demonstrations and decision-maker presentations that clearly articulate business value, cyber risk reduction, and operational outcomes.
Design and manage proofs-of-concept (POCs) to technical closure, aligned to customer success criteria and operational realities.
Collaborate with customers and partners to define architectural strategies supporting data resilience, ransomware recovery, compliance, and hybrid-cloud adoption.
Create tailored proposals and contribute to enterprise-scale RFP and RFx responses.
Maintain strong awareness of industry trends, emerging threats, and competitive positioning to effectively represent Veeam in business discussions.
Partner closely with sales, product management, engineering, and ecosystem partners to influence solution architecture and product direction.

Benefits

Unlimited paid time off, 12 paid holidays, plus 4 extra global VeeaMe Days for self-care and 24 paid volunteer hours annually through Veeam Cares
Paid parental leave: 8 weeks for all parents, 16 weeks for birthing parents
Medical, dental, and vision coverage starting on your first day
Mental health support, therapy sessions, and digital wellness tools via our Employee Assistance Program
401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions
Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support through Maven, plus paid volunteer time
AirVet: 24/7 virtual veterinary care at no cost
Legal services, identity protection, and supplemental health insurance options
Tax-advantaged spending accounts for healthcare, dependent care, and commuting
Opportunities to learn and grow through on-demand libraries (LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly), mentoring, workshops, and learning events like our annual Global Day of Learning