VAST Data
Systems Engineer - West Coast
California · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years in Systems Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Sales Engineering, or a similar customer-facing technical role.
About the job
Serves as a customer-facing technical advisor, designing and presenting VAST data platform solutions and guiding customers through technical sales, evaluations, and deployment planning.
What you'll do
- Lead technical sales from discovery through deployment planning, including customer workshops, demonstrations, and proof-of-concept engagements.
- Design VAST-based architectures for AI, analytics, cloud, HPC, virtualization, and enterprise workloads.
- Build customer relationships and collaborate with Product, Engineering, Customer Success, and Sales to support customer outcomes.
What they ask for
- 7+ years in Systems Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Sales Engineering, or a similar customer-facing technical role.
- Experience supporting enterprise and strategic accounts through complex sales cycles.
- Strong understanding of modern infrastructure, including data storage, cloud, Kubernetes, AI/ML, virtualization, networking, and data platforms.
- Ability to architect solutions, lead technical evaluations, and communicate effectively with technical and executive stakeholders.
Tools
Kubernetes, AI/ML
AI focus
Designs and presents solutions for AI workloads and helps customers build data platforms for AI innovation and enterprise AI applications.
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