DescriptionWe are seeking a
Senior Systems Engineer - Intelligence Community (DoD/IC) to serve as the technical lead supporting Defense Intelligence accounts. This role partners closely with Sales to architect, position, and validate VAST's Data Platform in secure, high-performance environments.
Key Responsibilities- Serve as the primary technical advisor across IC and Defense Intelligence accounts.
- Translate mission requirements (AI/ML, ISR, cyber, analytics, HPC, edge collection) into scalable VAST architectures.
- Design secure, high-performance solutions leveraging VAST's scale-out, disaggregated architecture, NVMe-oF/RDMA fabrics, all-flash storage, and multi-protocol access (S3, NFS, SMB, block).
- Architect AI-ready data platforms supporting GPU clusters, large-scale ingestion, and hybrid or air-gapped deployments.
- Lead discovery sessions, whiteboarding, POVs, benchmarks, and classified briefings.
- Partner with defense SIs and cleared cloud providers within complex DoD/IC procurement environments.
Requirements- 8+ years in Pre-Sales / Systems Engineering supporting DoD or Intelligence Community customers.
- Strong foundation in SQL-based systems and database architectures.
- Familiarity with:
- OLTP environments (low-latency transactional systems: Oracle, SQL Server, Postgres)
- OLAP / analytics platforms supporting large-scale BI, statistical analysis, and decision support
- Experience with unstructured data ecosystems, including Hadoop-based platforms and AI-driven analytics environments.
- Understanding of stream processing and data transformation technologies (e.g., Kafka, event streaming, enterprise service bus architectures).
- Knowledge of ETL pipelines and data lifecycle movement across silos and formats.
- Deep expertise in enterprise storage, scale-out architectures, AI/HPC infrastructure, NVMe, RDMA, and GPU environments.
- Experience designing solutions for classified and hybrid environments.
- Ability to engage mission engineers, CTO/CIO leadership, and program offices.
- Active TS/SCI (Poly preferred) required.
