Storage Solutions Architect for AI, HPC & Data

DDN; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

DDN is seeking a Sales Engineer to architect high-performance storage solutions across industries such as finance, pharma, education, and AI-driven research. You will translate complex customer requirements into scalable storage architectures, deliver live demos and benchmarks, and act as a trusted advisor throughout the sales cycle.

You will design storage for AI/ML training, HPC simulations, data analytics, and GPU-accelerated workloads, ensuring reliability, security, and scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Exposure to storage/systems through coursework, internships, or projects.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Customer-facing communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with customers to understand their data challenges—high-frequency trading, genomics processing, AI model training, or autonomous vehicle sensor fusion.
• Translate technical requirements into elegant, scalable storage solutions that exceed expectations.
• Act as trusted technical advisor throughout the sales cycle.
• Architect storage for AI/ML training, HPC simulations, data analytics, and GPU-accelerated workloads.
• Design for reliability, resilience, security, and scale—balancing performance with data protection.
• Create BOMs, system architectures, and technical proposals for complex RFPs.
• Conduct live demos, POCs, and performance benchmarking.
• Integrate with GPU clusters, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, and AI frameworks.
• Stay current on AI infrastructure and storage technology trends.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams using field insights.
• Mentor team members and contribute to technical thought leadership.
• Shape product direction based on customer needs.

Skills

Storage architectures

Pre-sales

Solution design

AI workloads

Education

Bachelor's in CS/Engineering

Tools

GPFS

Lustre

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Job description

DDN is seeking a Sales Engineer to architect high-performance storage solutions across industries such as finance, pharma, education, and AI-driven research. You will translate complex customer requirements into scalable storage architectures, deliver live demos and benchmarks, and act as a trusted advisor throughout the sales cycle.

You will design storage for AI/ML training, HPC simulations, data analytics, and GPU-accelerated workloads, ensuring reliability, security, and scale.