System Engineering Manager, SLED (West)

Remote · California · Colorado · Washington · USD 156,100-257,600 / year · 5+ years experience · Remote · Posted Sep 25, 2026

At a glance

The Systems Engineering Manager will lead and inspire a high-performing team of pre-sales Systems Engineers within the SLED organization.
This role focuses on coaching technical talent and guiding the team to help large organizations modernize data strategies using all-flash storage, cloud, and AI-driven solutions.

Demonstrate effective people development in a rapidly evolving technical space.
Act as an employee advocate focused on team development with high EQ.
Drive operational excellence and support the creation and validation of technical demand.
Lead by example while upholding company values of persistence, creativity, teamwork, ownership, and customer-first.
Develop an exhaustive understanding of customer business drivers and decision-making motivations.
Refine sales strategy and tactics while taking command of technical responsibilities.
Provide technical leadership and domain expertise on storage products, distributed storage architectures, file systems, and competitive offerings.
Capture requirements and translate business needs into innovative solutions.
Author responses to RFI and RFP documents.
Promote mutual roadmap and planning exchanges with customers.

5+ years of management experience leading high-performing Sales Engineers selling in Enterprise Accounts.
10+ years of experience supporting the sales of storage, networking, or systems solutions to large accounts and data centers.
Deep understanding of the architecture, design, and implementation of multi-tiered client/server and web-based computing solutions.
Prior experience in setting team strategy to acquire new prospects and convert them into clients.
Knowledge of the business impact of current and emerging storage architectures including FC, iSCSI, NAS, OSD, and SAN.
Strong knowledge of digital transformation to Cloud Native architecture, On-Prem, Public Cloud, Provisioning Automation, and Containers.
Knowledge of VMWare, Local Area Networking, Ethernet, TCP/IP, and general networking.
Excellent verbal and written interpersonal skills.
BS in CS, EE, or other technical degree and/or equivalent experience.

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