Senior Solutions Engineer GSI

This is an incredible opportunity to be part of a company that has been at the forefront of AI and high-performance data storage innovation for over two decades. DataDirect Networks (DDN) is a global market leader renowned for powering many of the worlds most demanding AI data centers in industries ranging from life sciences and healthcare to financial services autonomous cars Government academia research and manufacturing.

DDNs A3I solutions are transforming the landscape of AI infrastructure. IDC

The real differentiator is DDN. I never hesitate to recommend DDN. DDN is the de facto name for AI Storage in high performance environments - Marc Hamilton VP Solutions Architecture & Engineering NVIDIA

DDN is the global leader in AI and multi-cloud data management at scale. Our cutting-edge data intelligence platform is designed to accelerate AI workloads enabling organizations to extract maximum value from their data. With a proven track record of performance reliability and scalability DDN empowers businesses to tackle the most challenging AI and data-intensive workloads with confidence.

Our success is driven by our unwavering commitment to innovation customer-centricity and a team of passionate professionals who bring their expertise and dedication to every project. This is a chance to make a significant impact at a company that is shaping the future of AI and data management.

Our commitment to innovation customer success and market leadership makes this an exciting and rewarding role for a driven professional looking to make a lasting impact in the world of AI and data storage.

As a Senior Solutions Engineer for Global Alliances youll be the technical bridge between DDN and its partners designing enabling and delivering joint AI and data infrastructure solutions that scale globally.
Youll collaborate with GSI OEM and hyperscaler teams to integrate DDN solutions (ExaScaler Infinia A³I) into modern AI HPC and enterprise pipelines driving performance scalability and ROI.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect scalable AI/HPC solutions using DDN platforms across hybrid and cloud environments.
• Enable partners (Accenture HCL Deloitte Infosys etc.) through labs workshops and certifications.
• Promote DDN reference designs for AI Factory Sovereign Cloud and GPU data platforms.
• Act as technical SME for alliance-led opportunities supporting scoping proposals and PoCs.
• Co-develop joint blueprints benchmarks and best-practice documentation.
• Work cross-functionally with Sales Marketing R&D and Partner Engineering to validate and promote integrated solutions (NVIDIA AMD Databricks Snowflake etc.).
• Troubleshoot complex data infrastructure challenges to ensure optimal GPU utilization and TCO reduction.
• Represent DDN at partner summits conferences and technical forums.

What Youll Bring

• 10 years in solutions engineering pre-sales or consulting within AI HPC or data infrastructure.
• Experience collaborating with or within GSIs(Accenture Deloitte TCS Wipro etc.).
• Strong expertise instorage systems parallel file systems (Lustre GPFS) andGPU-accelerated workloads.
• Familiarity with NVIDIA DGX AMD Instinct and major OEM ecosystems (HPE Dell Lenovo Supermicro).
• Knowledge of AI/ML pipelines and data management at scale.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder influence skills.
• Bachelors degree in CS Engineering or related field (Masters preferred).

Why DDN

• Competitive pay with performance incentives.
• Direct collaboration with global AI and cloud partners.
• A culture focused on innovation execution and partner success.
• Opportunity to impact AI infrastructure at Fortune 100 enterprises.

Success Metrics

• Partner enablement (labs workshops certifications).
• Growth in partner-sourced and influenced revenue.
• Joint architectures and PoCs launched.
• Documented customer outcomes (GPU utilization TCO savings AI performance).

DDN has a very strong orientation towards these 4 characteristics and any successful employee will demonstrate these capabilities:

Self-Starter - Takes independent action to identify and solve problems. Seeks out relevant information needed to make decisions. Gets involved with new initiatives.

Success/Achievement Orientation - Delivers quality results consistently. Targets achieves (or exceeds) measurable results. Sets challenging goals focuses on critical priorities and is accountable.

Problem Solving - Recognizes problems and responds with a systematic assessment that identifies and addresses cause of issue. Practical realistic and resourceful.

Innovative - Builds and improves key business processes that enhance the effectiveness of DDN. Generates new ideas challenges the status quo and solves problems creatively.

DataDirect Networks Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender gender identity gender expression transgender sex stereotyping sexual orientation national origin disability protected Veteran Status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law.