Senior Sales Systems Engineer - Enterprise

TLDR

Assist enterprise customers in addressing complex data resilience and cyber recovery challenges while collaborating closely with sales to drive Veeam's product adoption.

Veeam is the Data and AI Trust Company, specializing in helping organizations ensure their data and AI are fully understood, secured, and resilient to enable the acceleration of safe AI at scale. As the market leader in both data resilience and data security posture management, Veeam is built for the convergence of identity, data, security, and AI risk. Headquartered in Seattle with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 550,000 customers worldwide, who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. Join us as we go fearlessly forward together, growing, learning, and making a real impact for some of the world’s biggest brands.

About the role: 

As an Senior Sales Systems Engineer - Enterprise at Veeam, you will act as a trusted technical and strategic advisor to large enterprise customers facing complex data resilience and cyber recovery challenges. You will work closely with Enterprise Account Managers to evangelise Veeam’s product offerings to enterprise customers, engaging deeply with both technical and executive stakeholders to design secure, resilient, and future-ready architectures across hybrid, multi-cloud, and SaaS environments. This position requires travel within the region of responsibility (Nordics), up to 50%.

What You’ll Do

  • Lead complex enterprise pre-sales engagements, including discovery, solution design, architecture validation, and technical closure.
  • Deliver web-based and on-site demonstrations of the Veeam product portfolio, including executive-level presentations focused on business value and cyber risk reduction.
  • Design, manage, and execute proof-of-concepts (POCs) aligned to customer success criteria and operational realities
  • Translate business objectives into secure, scalable, and resilient technical architectures for enterprise customers (hybrid, multi-cloud, SaaS).
  • Work with sales to help secure and grow business with new and existing large end-user enterprise customers; engage Cloud and Hosting Providers where relevant to enterprise outcomes.
  • Together with sales colleagues, build and maintain relationships with enterprise customers and key stakeholders.
  • Provide input for and participate in Veeam marketing events.

Technologies You’ll Work With

Hybrid Cloud, Multi-Cloud & SaaS Platforms, Virtualization Technologies, Enterprise Storage Systems, Cyber Resilience & Data Protection Technologies

What You’ll Bring

  • 10+ years of experience in pre-sales engineering, solutions architecture, or senior technical leadership roles within enterprise environments.
  • Proven success leading complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles including discovery, solution design, POCs, and executive engagements.
  • Strong technical foundation across data resilience, infrastructure platforms, cloud services, networking, and security.
  • Solid understanding of data security, privacy, governance, and regulatory considerations for enterprise customers.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage C-level executives and senior IT leaders.
  • Ability to learn new technologies quickly.
  • Practical knowledge of VMware and Microsoft virtualisation technologies in large environments and virtualisation management solutions (e.g., vRealize Operations, System Center).
  • Knowledge and experience of Microsoft Azure and AWS; comfortable positioning and engaging in discussions around cloud technologies.
  • Foundational understanding of AI, machine learning, and large language models (LLMs), with the ability to articulate how trusted, resilient data underpins AI initiatives.
  • Language Skills: English and Swedish.
  • Flexible approach to travel within the Nordics (up to 50% of working time).

Bonus Skills

  • Hands-on knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems in enterprise deployments.
  • Experience with virtualization platforms such as VMware vSphere, Hyper‑V, or Nutanix AHV.
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes, containerized workloads, and cloud-native data protection.
  • Background working with data protection, cyber resilience, or enterprise infrastructure vendors.
  • VMCE (or within 6 months)

What You’ll Get

  • The opportunity to work on mission-critical data resilience and cyber recovery challenges for enterprise customers.
  • High impact and visibility influencing enterprise architecture and executive decision-making.
  • Collaboration with experienced engineers, architects, product leaders, and sales professionals.
  • A fast-paced, innovative environment that values curiosity, autonomy, and continuous learning.
  • The ability to shape the future of data resilience across hybrid, multi-cloud, and SaaS ecosystems.
  • 30 paid vacation days, plus 4 extra global VeeaMe Days for self-care and 24 paid volunteer hours annually through Veeam Cares.
  • Private health insurance with priority access to treatment.
  • Life insurance with enhanced coverage and child benefit.
  • Disability insurance after 90 days of illness.
  • Accident insurance covering work and commute.
  • Supplemental pension with employer contribution.
  • Opportunities to learn and grow through on-demand libraries (LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly), mentoring, workshops and learning events like our annual Global Day of Learning.

Please note: If an applicant is permanently located outside of Sweden, Veeam reserves the right to decline the application for this position. #LI-MM1 #LI-REMOTE

 


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Benefits

Education Stipend

Opportunities to learn and grow through on-demand libraries (LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly), mentoring, workshops and learning events like our annual Global Day of Learning.

Health Insurance

Private health insurance with priority access to treatment.

Supplemental pension with employer contribution

Paid Time Off

30 paid vacation days, plus 4 extra global VeeaMe Days for self-care and 24 paid volunteer hours annually through Veeam Cares.

Veeam Software leads the market in data resilience, offering robust solutions for data backup, recovery, portability, security, and intelligence. Our platform supports a wide range of environments—including cloud, virtual, physical, SaaS, and Kubernetes—empowering organizations to maintain control over their data, ensuring it’s always protected and available. Trusted by over 550,000 customers globally, Veeam is dedicated to helping businesses not only recover from data loss but thrive beyond it.

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