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For over two decades, our massively parallel storage solutions have enabled breakthrough innovations across industries. Join us in building the infrastructure that makes the impossible possible.\nThe Role\nAs a Sales Engineer, you'll architect high-performance storage solutions that enable customers to achieve their boldest ambitions. Work across finance, pharmaceuticals, education, and physical AI-designing systems that power real-time trading, accelerate drug discovery, enable groundbreaking research, and fuel autonomous systems.\nYou'll translate complex customer requirements into elegant technical solutions, demonstrate capabilities through POCs and benchmarks, and serve as a trusted advisor throughout the sales cycle.\nWhat You'll Do\nCustomer Engagement\nPartner with customers to understand their critical data challenges-high-frequency trading, genomics processing, AI model training, or autonomous vehicle sensor fusion\n\nTranslate technical requirements into elegant, scalable storage solutions that exceed expectations\n\nAct as trusted technical advisor throughout the sales cycle\n\nSolution Design\nArchitect storage for AI/ML training, HPC simulations, data analytics, and GPU-accelerated workloads\n\nDesign for reliability, resilience, security, and scale-balancing performance with data protection\n\nCreate BOMs, system architectures, and technical proposals for complex RFPs\n\nConduct live demos, POCs, and performance benchmarking\n\nIntegrate with GPU clusters, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, and AI frameworks\n\nInnovation & Growth\nStay current on AI infrastructure and storage technology trends\n\nCollaborate with Product and Engineering teams using field insights\n\nMentor team members and contribute to technical thought leadership\n\nShape product direction based on customer needs\n\nWhat You Bring\nTechnical Foundation (All Levels)\nExperience with parallel technologies (Lustre, GPFS, Exascaler)\n\nStrong understanding of storage and data architectures: SAN, NAS, object storage, parallel file systems\n\nKnowledge of Storage architectural patterns for reliability, resilience, security, and scale\n\nUnderstanding of storage and data protocols: S3, POSIX, NFS, SMB\n\nFamiliarity with network protocols: TCP/IP, InfiniBand, RDMA\n\nAptitude for AI workloads and how storage enables AI innovation\n\nAbility to communicate technical concepts to both engineers and executives\n\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills\n\nCustomer-facing communication skills\n\nExperienced (8+ years)\n8+ years in pre-sales, solutions architecture, or technical consulting\n\nProven track record designing storage/infrastructure solutions\n\nHands-on experience with enterprise storage systems\n\nExperience with AI/ML infrastructure, HPC, or high-performance workloads (preferred)\n\nSuccess managing complex technical sales cycles\n\nWhat Sets You Apart\nGenuine curiosity about AI and its impact across industries\n\nOwnership mindset-you solve problems until they're solved\n\nAbility to translate technical complexity into business value\n\nThrive in fast-evolving technology environments\n\nCollaborative team player with integrity and empathy\n\nDiverse Backgrounds Welcome: Whether you're coming from enterprise storage vendors, research computing, or infrastructure roles (cloud architects, storage Administrator, platform engineers), your experience translates to this role. 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