Hiring: VP of Systems Engineering - Federal Company: VAST Data Location: New York, NY Job Posted Time: 2026-09-17 10:50:42 Target Skills & Keywords : Delta Lake, Iceberg, Kafka, Kubernetes, Linux, S3, Spark, Systems Engineering About the job Required Skills: •The VP of Systems Engineering – Federal is a second-line leadership role responsible for building, leading, and scaling the Systems Engineering organization supporting VAST’s Federal business. •This leader will manage SE leaders and their teams across the Federal organization, establish the technical strategy for the business, and partner closely with Federal Sales leadership to drive growth across defense, intelligence, and civilian agencies. •This is not simply a people-management position. •Lead the Federal Systems Engineering organization, managing and developing first-line SE leaders and their teams across the U.S. Federal business. •Build the organizational structure, leadership bench, technical capabilities, and operating model required to scale VAST’s Federal business. •Partner with Federal Sales leadership to define account strategy, prioritize opportunities, penetrate strategic agencies, and win significant new programs. •Establish a consistently high bar for technical discovery, solution architecture, competitive positioning, POCs, executive engagement, and technical deal execution. •Develop SE managers into exceptional leaders who can recruit, coach, challenge, and elevate their teams—not simply administer them. Qualifications: •Significant leadership experience within Systems Engineering, Solutions Engineering, technical pre-sales, or field architecture organizations supporting the U.S. Federal market. •Proven experience as a second-line leader, with responsibility for developing managers as well as building and scaling larger technical organizations. •Demonstrated success supporting complex Federal technology sales across DoD, Intelligence Community, and/or Federal Civilian agencies. •A track record of helping technical organizations create and win net-new business, rather than primarily supporting an established customer base. •Strong executive presence with the ability to move seamlessly between deeply technical architecture conversations and strategic discussions with senior government and technology executives. •Demonstrated ability to translate architectural differentiation into mission impact, business value, competitive advantage, and measurable customer outcomes. •In-depth knowledge of the Federal partner ecosystem and how OEMs, integrators, channel partners, technology alliances, and other strategic partners influence Federal opportunities. •Demonstrated capacity to travel as required to support customers, partners, and the Federal organization. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!