Associate Systems Engineer - West Coast

Associate Systems Engineer - Global FinancialsVAST Data is looking for an Associate Systems Engineer - Global Financials to join our growing team!This is a great opportunity to be part of one of the fastest-growing infrastructure companies in history, an organization that is in the center of the hurricane being created by the revolution in artificial intelligence."VAST's data management vision is the future of the market."- ForbesVAST Data is the data platform company for the AI era. We are building the enterprise software infrastructure to capture, catalog, refine, enrich, and protect massive datasets and make them available for real-time data analysis and AI training and inference. Designed from the ground up to make AI simple to deploy and manage, VAST takes the cost and complexity out of deploying enterprise and AI infrastructure across data center, edge, and cloud.Our success has been built through intense innovation, a customer-first mentality and a team of fearless VASTronauts who leverage their skills & experiences to make real market impact. This is an opportunity to be a key contributor at a pivotal time in our company's growth and at a pivotal point in computing history.The Role:Develop business across a mix of enterprise level customers across the spectrumGenerate revenue and work closely with a network of Channel Partners to successfully sell the VAST Data offeringManage the sales process to align with customer buying cyclesManage customer relationships from first meeting through (optional) proof of concept as well as after the sale to enable opportunities to expand the VAST Data footprint.Develop and present proposals to customers with information that demonstrates the ability of the VAST solution to meet customers' business objectives and justify the sale.Prospect, penetrate large accounts, reaching decision-makers, and closing business.Requirements:5+ years of experience supporting the sales of enterprise storage to large IT organizationsPositive 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