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VAST Data is hiring a Senior Partner Solutions Engineer to serve as a technical subject matter expert for VAST AI OS deployments on partner hardware platforms, with primary focus on the VAST EBox platform. This role bridges solution architecture, field engineering, and strategic customer engagement.
You will own the technical strategy and field success of VAST's partner-based deployment model. Working at the intersection of sales engineering, product expertise, and customer success, you'll become one of VAST's foremost experts on how the VAST AI OS performs, scales, and operates across partner hardware platforms—serving as a trusted technical resource for Sales Engineers, partners, and customers.
Key responsibilities include: serving as VAST's technical authority for EBox and partner-based deployment models; acting as an escalation point and advisor for Sales Engineers designing solutions on partner hardware; participating in strategic customer campaigns demonstrating technical and economic value; sizing and architecting solutions based on customer workloads, performance objectives, and infrastructure constraints; developing clear performance and scalability expectations across supported hardware configurations; understanding how server, networking, storage, and configuration choices affect VAST performance; recommending and validating platform customizations for strategic opportunities; guiding customers through pre-installation readiness and deployment planning; developing custom installation and success plans for complex deployments; leading troubleshooting of challenging deployment issues; partnering with Support, Engineering, and Product to resolve field issues and drive improvements; building repeatable architectures and sizing methodologies for the broader SE and partner ecosystem; and supporting VAST Amplify and software-defined deployment models.
This is a hands-on technical role requiring deep expertise in infrastructure, hardware platforms, performance optimization, and customer-centric solution design. You will work directly with strategic customers and partners to ensure predictable, high-performance deployments of the VAST AI OS.