Sr Systems Engineer, Data Platform - VAST Data

VAST Data is looking for a Senior Systems Engineer for the Federal Team to join our growing team!

This is a great opportunity to be part of one of the fastest-growing infrastructure companies in history, an organization that is in the center of the hurricane being created by the revolution in artificial intelligence.

"VASTs data management vision is the future of the market." - Forbes

VAST Data is the data platform company for the AI era. We are building the enterprise software infrastructure to capture, catalog, refine, enrich, and protect massive datasets and make them available for real-time data analysis and AI training and inference. 

Designed from the ground up to make AI simple to deploy and manage, VAST takes thecost and complexity out of deploying enterprise and AI infrastructure across data center, edge, and cloud.

Our success has been built through intense innovation, a customer-first mentality and ateam of fearless VASTronauts who leverage their skills & experiences to make real market impact. This is an opportunity to be a key contributor at a pivotal time in our company’s growth and at a pivotal point in computing history.

Come join the disruption, make your mark, and be a part of the amazing team introducing the new era of data storage!

THE ROLE:

• Assist customers with evaluations, benchmarks, and proof-of-concepts for AI/ML and analytics solutions.
• Work closely with VAST R&D Engineering to help define product requirements and usability, including the creation of product specification documents focused on analytics and AI/ML use cases.
• Participate in the creation of sales strategy and tactics, taking ownership of technical responsibilities within customer accounts, particularly around data analytics and machine learning workflows.
• Demonstrate technical leadership and subject matter expertise on data analytics platforms, distributed data processing frameworks, AI/ML solutions, and storage architectures.
• Creation of architecture “blueprints” for repeatable solutions in AI/ML and analytics that the Sales team will deliver to the customer community.
• Help with the development of a dispersed group of system and field engineers, with a focus on AI/ML and data analytics expertise.
• Assist with recruiting, hiring, and development of the Sales and Sales Engineering team, particularly in the areas of data analytics and AI/ML.
• Consult on forming, building, and managing a Support organization tailored to analytics and AI/ML solutions.
• Develop solutions and provide support for data pipelines, machine learning workflows, and analytics processes to enable efficient data processing and real-timeanalysis for AI and business intelligence applications.

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