Pre-Sales Systems Engineer, Federal Civilian (Data Storage)

TL;DR

Senior Pre-Sales Systems Engineer (Data Storage): Understanding customer business drivers and technical challenges to craft and present innovative data storage solutions, with an accent on architectural design, technical leadership, and demonstrating product value. Focus on translating business needs into scalable technical solutions, leading evaluations, and mastering competitive storage offerings.

Location: Remote, Washington D.C. Candidates must be authorized to work in the US and are generally expected to be based in the USA due to the focus on Federal Civilian accounts.

Salary: $133,000–$200,000

Company

hirify.global is a leader in the data storage and flash technology space, fundamentally reshaping the industry with innovative solutions.

What you will do

• Develop a deep understanding of customer business drivers and decision-making motivations.
• Connect hirify.global and ecosystem technology solutions to measurable customer business outcomes.
• Partner with account managers and channel partners to drive revenue growth and new business.
• Provide technical leadership and expertise on storage products, distributed storage architectures, and competitive offerings.
• Lead evaluations, benchmarks, and system configurations.
• Build and deliver technical product and architecture presentations to customers, securing technical wins.

Requirements

• Pre-sales experience is required.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in technology, design, and communications.
• Deep understanding of multi-tiered client/server and web-based computing solution architecture.
• Superior knowledge of current and emerging storage architectures (FC, iSCSI, NAS, OSD, SAN).
• Previous experience with Linux, NFS file systems, and Linux distributed network environments.
• Strong knowledge of digital transformation to a Cloud Native architecture, On-Prem, Public Cloud, Provisioning Automation, and Containers.
• Knowledge of VMware, Local Area Networking, Ethernet, TCP/IP, and general networking.
• English: B2 required.

Nice to have

• Experience selling into the DoD and federal civilian accounts.
• Familiarity with modern web architecture (LAMP stack, scale-out vs scale-up architectures, AWS well-architected framework, microservices architecture).
• Familiarity with storage-intensive applications and their requirements such as structured databases (SQL, Oracle).
• Knowledge of AWS, Azure, GCP, containers, and Kubernetes.

Culture & Benefits

• Focus on innovation, critical thinking, and trailblazing.
• Opportunity for personal and professional growth within a Fortune's Best Large Workplaces.
• Collaborative team environment with emphasis on teamwork, ownership, and a customer-first mindset.
• Flexible time off, wellness resources, and company-sponsored team events.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, fostering a sense of community through Employee Resource Groups.