World’s leading Data Intelligence Platform supercharging over 500,000 GPUs across all data workloads
Advisory Sales Engineer – Strategic AI
Location
United States
Posted
107 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Advisory Sales Engineer – Strategic AI
DDN
• Partner with customers to understand their critical 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 • 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
Job Requirements
- Strong understanding of storage and data architectures: SAN, NAS, object storage, parallel file systems
- Knowledge of architectural patterns for reliability, resilience, security, and scale
- Understanding of storage and data protocols: S3, POSIX, NFS, SMB
- Familiarity with network protocols: TCP/IP, InfiniBand, RDMA
- Curiosity about massively parallel technologies (Lustre, GPFS, Exascaler)
- Aptitude for AI workloads and how storage enables AI innovation
- Ability to communicate technical concepts to both engineers and executives
- Entry Level (0-3 years)
- 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
- Experienced (3+ years)
- 3-8+ years in pre-sales, solutions architecture, or technical consulting
- Proven track record designing storage/infrastructure solutions
- Hands-on experience with enterprise storage systems
- Experience with AI/ML infrastructure, HPC, or high-performance workloads (preferred)
- Success managing complex technical sales cycles
Benefits
- Professional development
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible working hours
- Paid time off
- Remote work options
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