VAST Data
Systems Engineer, DoD - FSI
Washington D.C · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in Pre-Sales / Systems Engineering supporting DoD or Intelligence Community customers.
About the job
Serves as the technical lead for Defense Intelligence accounts, translating mission needs into secure, high-performance VAST data platform architectures and supporting technical evaluations.
What you'll do
- Advise Intelligence Community and Defense Intelligence accounts and partner with Sales on solution architecture.
- Design AI-ready storage and data platforms for classified, hybrid, air-gapped, and edge environments.
- Lead discovery, whiteboarding, proofs of value, benchmarks, and classified briefings.
What they ask for
- 8+ years in Pre-Sales / Systems Engineering supporting DoD or Intelligence Community customers.
- Strong foundation in SQL-based systems and database architectures, including OLTP and OLAP environments.
- Deep expertise in enterprise storage, scale-out architectures, AI/HPC infrastructure, NVMe, RDMA, and GPU environments; experience designing for classified and hybrid environments.
- Active TS/SCI clearance.
Nice to have
- Poly clearance preferred.
Tools
Oracle, SQL Server, Postgres, Hadoop, Kafka, NVMe, RDMA, GPU
AI focus
Architect AI-ready data platforms for GPU clusters, AI/ML workloads, and AI-driven analytics.
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