Senior Systems Engineer - CSP

VAST Data is looking to hire a Senior Systems Engineer to focus on our CSP business!

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.

"VAST's 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 the cost 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 a team 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.

We are looking for a highly skilled Systems Engineer to lead technical engagement with Cloud Service Providers (CSPs). This role will focus on designing, validating, and enabling joint solutions that embed VAST Data into CSP platforms, ensuring seamless integration for enterprise and AI-driven workloads. You will act as the trusted technical advisor to CSP partners—shaping architectures, driving solution adoption, and enabling field teams to bring joint offerings to market.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead for CSP partnerships, working closely with partner engineering teams to architect and validate joint solutions.
• Design and document cloud-native reference architectures, best practices, and integration guides for running VAST in CSP environments.
• Enable CSP technical and field organizations through workshops, training, and solution collateral.
• Support joint go-to-market initiatives by delivering proof-of-concepts, solution demos, and technical presentations.
• Act as the feedback loop between CSP partners and VAST Product/Engineering, ensuring alignment with customer and partner requirements.
• Represent VAST at CSP partner events and executive briefings as a subject matter expert on data infrastructure for AI and cloud workloads.

• 7+ years of experience as a Systems Engineer, Solutions Architect, or equivalent role in enterprise infrastructure, cloud, or data management.
• Deep expertise in storage, compute, and networking, with strong understanding of cloud architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Hands-on experience with containers, Kubernetes, and modern data/AI pipelines.
• Strong track record of working with or for CSPs on solution integration, enablement, or partner-led offerings.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills, with the ability to influence both technical and business stakeholders.
• Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.