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VAST Data is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join its infrastructure team focused on the Higher Education and State/Local/Education (SLED) markets in the Pacific Northwest. VAST Data is a data platform company building enterprise software infrastructure for the AI era, specializing in data capture, cataloging, refinement, enrichment, and protection at scale for real-time analysis and AI training/inference.
In this role, you will be a technical leader and subject matter expert responsible for:
• Assisting customers with system evaluations, benchmarks, configurations, and installations
• Working closely with VAST's R&D Engineering team to define product requirements, usability, and create product specification documents
• Participating in sales strategy and tactics, taking ownership of technical responsibilities within customer accounts
• Demonstrating technical leadership and expertise in storage products, distributed storage architectures, file systems, and competitive offerings in DAS, NAS, and SAN product spaces
• Creating architecture "blueprints" for repeatable solutions that the Sales team will deliver to customers
• Helping develop a dispersed group of system and field engineers
• Consulting on the formation, building, and management of a Support organization
This is a pivotal opportunity to contribute at a critical growth stage for one of the fastest-growing infrastructure companies, at a time when AI infrastructure is transforming the market. You will work with a team of engineers focused on making AI deployment and management simpler while reducing cost and complexity across data center, edge, and cloud environments.
REQUIREMENTS:
The posting does not explicitly state years of experience, required certifications, or formal education requirements. However, the role requires demonstrated expertise in storage systems, distributed architectures, file systems, and competitive storage product knowledge (DAS/NAS/SAN), along with the ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor engineers.
