Senior Systems Engineer (Enterprise Storage) - PA or NJ

Madrona Venture Labs; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 250,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pre-IPO stock options

Flexible time-off policy

Health insurance options

Dental and Vision insurance

401(k) plan

ORCA card or parking subsidy

Job summary

Madrona Venture Labs is looking for a Senior Technical Resource to engage customers in designing and validating storage and data management architectures.

The ideal candidate will have over 6 years in customer-facing roles, strong knowledge of enterprise storage, and experience with hybrid cloud solutions. The position involves various responsibilities, from managing technical relationships to crafting credible solutions for complex workloads.

Competitive salary with great benefits offered, including stock options and flexible time-off.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in customer-facing technical roles like Systems Engineer.
• Strong grounding in enterprise storage, file systems, and unstructured data management.
• Track record of translating customer requirements into practical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical relationship on customer opportunities.
• Design and validate solutions for workloads including file services and analytics.
• Build and maintain the technical toolkit including reference architectures.

Skills

Customer-facing technical experience

Complex pre-sales engagements

Enterprise storage knowledge

Hybrid cloud solutions

Strong written and verbal skills

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Containers

Kubernetes

Job description

Qumulo's cloud data platform manages exabytes of the world's most demanding data, unifying files, objects, and every workload across edge, core, and cloud.

About the role:

This is a senior technical resource for customer engagements across multiple industries and use cases at Qumulo. You'll partner with Sales and customers across the full cycle, from discovery through proof‑of‑concept, designing storage and data management architectures for a range of workloads and environments.

The work is hands‑on with infrastructure teams, storage administrators, architects, and application owners. You'll translate business and technical requirements into solutions that perform at scale across on‑prem, hybrid, and cloud, covering file services, backup and archive, analytics, AI/ML, and cloud‑adjacent workloads.

Responsibilities:

• Own the technical relationship on customer opportunities, from discovery and demos through POCs and architecture sign‑off
• Partner with account teams to qualify deals and shape technical strategies for unstructured data, performance, scale, and hybrid cloud needs
• Design and validate solutions for workloads like file services, backup and archive, analytics, AI/ML, and cloud‑adjacent applications
• Design architectures that address multi‑site collaboration, cloud integration, DR, and long‑term data lifecycle
• Build credibility with infrastructure teams, storage administrators, architects, and application owners
• Build and maintain the technical toolkit: reference architectures, demo content, solution briefs, and competitive positioning

Qualifications:

• 6+ years in a customer‑facing technical role (Systems Engineer, Solutions Architect, or Pre‑Sales Engineer) at a software, storage, or technology company
• Track record leading complex pre‑sales engagements end to end, with results you can point to
• Strong grounding in enterprise storage, file systems, and unstructured data management across on‑prem and cloud, including NFS, SMB, and object
• Experience supporting or selling hybrid cloud solutions, cloud integration patterns, or multi‑cloud data management
• Ability to translate customer requirements into practical solution designs
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills across technical and executive audiences

Candidates with the following additional experience will be highly regarded:

• Experience supporting customers across multiple industries and workload types
• Background with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, including migration, tiering, and data protection
• Familiarity with containers, Kubernetes, or DevOps workflows
• Understanding of data protection, ransomware recovery, compliance, and business continuity
• Experience with capacity planning, performance optimization, and TCO analysis

The annual pay range for the role is USD $250,000 - 275,000 OTE plus equity. Individual pay depends on various factors, such as role level, relevant experience and skills. Pay ranges are reviewed and typically updated each year. Offers are made within the pay range applicable at the time.

Benefits & Perks:

• Pre‑IPO stock options
• Flexible time‑off policy
• HSA and PPO health insurance options
• Dental and Vision insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Choice of an ORCA card or parking subsidy

About Qumulo:

Built for the most demanding enterprise workloads, from AI and HPC simulations to Splunk Observability, genomics and PACS medical imaging, geospatial datasets, media editing and rendering, and video surveillance, Qumulo unlocks the full power of an organization’s information. Our platform unifies file and object storage across data centers, edge, and public clouds, enabling efficient, accelerated computing and extending the reach of data unbound by protocol or transport limitations.

With more than 1,100 customers and exabytes of data under management, Qumulo powers mission‑critical workloads anywhere real‑time access to massive file datasets is non‑negotiable. Qumulo delivers radical simplicity, hardware freedom, exceptional customer support, and a true hybrid‑cloud architecture.

Our Values:

At Qumulo, we are building an open and collaborative culture where people can do their best work with customers as our magnetic field. We act as owners, we share by default, we are data‑driven and experimental, and as an inclusive workplace, we encourage and celebrate multiple points of view. As part of our culture we believe diversity drives innovation.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Qumulo is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, military status, national origin, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or applicable local law. For more information on Qumulo's Applicant Privacy Policy, please visit: https://qumulo.com/applicant-employee-privacy-notice