Senior Enterprise Deployment Architect – Data & AI

Veeam Software; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Veeam Software is seeking a Forward Deployment Engineer to serve as a technical leader and strategic owner of customer outcomes in complex enterprise environments. You will embed deeply within customers to design, deploy, and scale Veeam’s platform across data, security, and AI ecosystems.

This role blends advanced systems architecture, software engineering, and executive-level customer leadership, requiring ownership from problem definition through production and scale.

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years in a customer-facing technical role with architecture and delivery ownership.
• Deep experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and enterprise infrastructure.
• Strong expertise in Kubernetes, containers, and Linux systems.
• Advanced scripting and automation (Python, JavaScript, or similar).
• Experience designing and implementing large-scale system integrations using APIs and distributed architectures.
• Solid understanding of SQL/NoSQL databases and unstructured data systems.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead complex, multi-phase deployments across cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) and on-prem environments.
• Drive end-to-end customer outcomes, from initial architecture through production scale.
• Embed as a senior technical stakeholder within customer engineering and leadership teams.
• Resolve critical technical challenges across infrastructure, networking, and data systems.
• Design and own scalable architectures for data discovery, classification, governance, and AI use cases.
• Define implementation strategies for large-scale, enterprise deployments.
• Translate ambiguous business problems into structured technical solutions and ensure performance, scalability, and reliability across production systems.
• Lead complex integrations across customer ecosystems using APIs, workflows, and automation.
• Design and develop advanced custom integrations and “glue code” to bridge platform and legacy systems.
• Guide data pipeline design, ETL processes, and system interoperability at scale.
• Establish best practices for automation, scripting, and system extensibility.
• Own the technical relationship with customers, including senior engineering and executive stakeholders.
• Lead architecture workshops, design sessions, and executive-level technical discussions.
• Influence customer strategy and guide decision-making for high-impact initiatives.
• Drive alignment across stakeholders to ensure successful delivery and adoption.
• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Sales, and Support teams to align execution with strategic goals.
• Serve as a key voice of the field, influencing product roadmap, prioritization, and architectural direction.
• Drive development of reusable frameworks, accelerators, and best practices across the organization.
• Mentor and guide Forward Deployment Engineers and junior team members.
• Elevate team capabilities through knowledge sharing, code reviews, and architectural guidance.
• Contribute to building a high-performance engineering culture within Professional Services.
• Develop advanced technical documentation, architectural standards, and deployment frameworks.
• Enable customers, partners, and internal teams through structured knowledge transfer.

Skills

Customer-facing leadership

Architecture ownership

Automation scripting

APIs & integrations

SQL/NoSQL databases

Data security & governance

Executive communication

Tools

Kubernetes

Containers

Linux

Job description

Veeam Software is seeking a Forward Deployment Engineer to serve as a technical leader and strategic owner of customer outcomes in complex enterprise environments. You will embed deeply within customers to design, deploy, and scale Veeam’s platform across data, security, and AI ecosystems.

This role blends advanced systems architecture, software engineering, and executive-level customer leadership, requiring ownership from problem definition through production and scale.