Senior Systems Engineer - Hedge Funds

VAST Data; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading data infrastructure company based in London is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support enterprise storage sales. Responsibilities include assisting customers with systems evaluations and configurations, collaborating with R&D for product requirements, and creating technical solutions for the sales team. Candidates should have over 5 years of relevant experience and excellent communication skills. This full-time role offers significant opportunities for career development within the rapidly evolving IT sector.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience supporting the sales of enterprise storage to large IT organizations.
• Ability to perform in an unstructured environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist customers with evaluations, configurations, and installations.
• Work with R&D Engineering to define product requirements.
• Create architecture blueprints for sales solutions.

Skills

Sales support for enterprise storage

Technical presentations

Communication skills

Knowledge of virtualization

Understanding of unstructured data

Job description

Senior Systems Engineer - Hedge Funds at VAST Data (London, England, United Kingdom)

Overview

VAST Data is building an enterprise software infrastructure for AI, enabling massive datasets to be captured, cataloged, refined, enriched, and protected. This role will be a key contributor to the company’s growth and to the future of data‑driven technology.

Responsibilities

• Assist customers with evaluations and benchmarks, system configurations, and system installations.
• Work closely with VAST R&D Engineering to define product requirements and usability, including the creation of product specification documents.
• Participate in the creation of sales strategy and tactics and take ownership of technical responsibilities within customer accounts.
• Demonstrate technical leadership and subject matter expertise on storage products, distributed storage architectures, file systems, and competitive storage offerings in the DAS, NAS and SAN product spaces.
• Create architecture “blueprints” for repeatable solutions the Sales team will deliver to the customer community.
• Help develop a dispersed group of system and field engineers.
• Assist with recruiting, hiring, and development of the Sales and Sales Engineering team.
• Consult on forming, building, and managing a Support organization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience supporting the sales of enterprise storage to large IT organizations.
• Positive energy, optimism, and vision.
• Ability to perform in an unstructured environment.
• Understanding of classic unstructured data applications and next‑generation analytics and web frameworks.
• Preparation and/or delivery of technical product and architecture presentations to customers and trainees.
• Knowledge of virtualization, high‑performance networking, and enterprise security.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Employment Type

Full‑time

Seniority Level

Not Applicable

Job Function & Industry

Information Technology – Software Development

London, England, United Kingdom