Channel Systems Engineer (AI Data Platform)

TL;DR

Channel Systems Engineer (AI Data Platform): Providing technical leadership and enablement for national channel partners, focusing on positioning, architecting, and delivering VAST solutions for the AI era. Focus on driving partner technical enablement, supporting joint customer opportunities, and building repeatable technical sales plays.

Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA with travel as needed to support national partner coverage.

Company

hirify.global is a rapidly growing data platform company for the AI era, focused on building enterprise software infrastructure to capture, catalog, refine, enrich, and protect massive datasets for real-time data analysis and AI training/inference.

What you will do

• Serve as primary technical advisor for national partners, enabling effective positioning, architecture, and delivery of VAST solutions.
• Drive partner technical enablement through training, certifications, workshops, and hands-on labs.
• Collaborate with partner SEs and sales teams to support joint customer opportunities, including demos, solution design, and proofs of concept.
• Build repeatable technical sales plays, reference architectures, and best practices for partners.
• Provide technical leadership at partner events, webinars, and executive briefings.
• Act as technical point of escalation for national partners in collaboration with VAST’s field SE and support teams.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in Systems Engineering, Solutions Architecture, or Technical Pre-Sales.
• Experience working with national partners, VARs, or distributors in enterprise IT.
• Strong knowledge of storage, data infrastructure, networking, and/or cloud architectures.
• Proven success enabling and scaling channel partner technical capabilities.
• Excellent presentation and training skills—comfortable with both small groups and large audiences.
• Ability to travel as needed to support national partner coverage.

Culture & Benefits

• Be part of one of the fastest-growing infrastructure companies in history, at the center of the AI revolution.
• Work in an environment built on intense innovation and a customer-first mentality.
• Join a team of fearless VASTronauts who leverage their skills to make real market impact.
• Opportunity to be a key contributor at a pivotal time in the company’s growth and computing history.