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VAST Data is seeking a Systems Engineer to join its enterprise infrastructure team. The company is a data platform provider for the AI era, building enterprise software infrastructure to capture, catalog, refine, enrich, and protect massive datasets for real-time analysis and AI training/inference. The role sits at the intersection of customer success, product development, and technical leadership.
Key responsibilities include:
- Assist customers with system evaluations, benchmarks, configurations, and installations
- Work closely with R&D Engineering to define product requirements and usability, including creation of product specification documents
- Participate in sales strategy and tactics, owning technical responsibilities within customer accounts
- Demonstrate technical leadership and subject matter expertise on storage products, distributed storage architectures, file systems, and competitive offerings in DAS, NAS, and SAN product spaces
- Create architecture "blueprints" for repeatable solutions that the Sales team will deliver to customers
- Help develop a dispersed group of system and field engineers
- Consult on forming, building, and managing a Support organization
This is a high-impact role at a pivotal growth stage for the company, requiring someone who can bridge customer needs, product strategy, and technical execution. The successful candidate will demonstrate both deep technical expertise and the ability to mentor and scale engineering teams.
REQUIREMENTS:
No specific requirements (years of experience, certifications, education, or technical skills) are stated in the provided posting text.