About this role
# Kasten Specialist SE, Latam ## Role Overview The Kasten Specialist Solutions Engineer is responsible for driving the technical sales strategy and execution for Kasten by Veeam across Latin America. Kasten is Veeam's Kubernetes-native data resilience platform, purpose-built to protect modern cloud-native applications, containerized environments, and AI-driven workloads. Working closely with the Kasten Sales Specialist, Account Managers, Channel Partners, and Technical Alliances, the Specialist SE serves as the primary technical advisor throughout the customer journey, leading technical discovery, architecture design, demonstrations, proof-of-concepts, and technical validation activities.
This is a customer-facing, quota-supporting role focused on helping customers modernize their data protection strategy, accelerate Kubernetes adoption, and build resilient cloud-native environments. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong business acumen and the ability to communicate complex concepts to both technical and executive audiences. ## What You'll Do - Lead all pre-sales technical engagements for Kasten opportunities across Latin America. - Conduct technical discovery sessions to understand customer environments, business objectives, and cloud-native transformation initiatives. - Design and architect Kasten solutions aligned to customer
Requirements
, security standards, compliance frameworks, and operational objectives. - Deliver compelling product demonstrations, workshops, technical presentations, and executive briefings. - Manage proof-of-concepts (POCs) from planning through successful technical validation and customer adoption. - Translate customer business challenges into Kubernetes data resilience, backup, disaster recovery, and cyber resilience solutions. - Partner with Sales teams to develop account strategies and support opportunity progression through the sales cycle. - Collaborate with Channel Partners, AWS, Red Hat, VMware, and other strategic ecosystem partners to advance opportunities and drive technical wins. - Support pipeline generation through customer events, field marketing activities, webinars, technical workshops, and industry conferences. - Act as a trusted advisor to customers, helping them navigate cloud-native modernization and Kubernetes adoption initiatives. - Provide technical competitive positioning and articulate Kasten's differentiation within the market. - Deliver feedback from customers and partners to Product Management, Engineering, and Leadership teams to influence roadmap priorities and product enhancements. - Maintain deep technical expertise across Kubernetes, cloud-native platforms, cloud infrastructure, and data resilience technologies. ## What You'll Bring - 7+ years of experience in Pre-Sales, Solutions Engineering, Sales Engineering, Technical Consulting, or related customer-facing technical roles. - Strong experience supporting enterprise software, cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data protection, or SaaS solutions. - Proven ability to lead technical sales cycles from discovery through technical close. - Experience designing and presenting complex technical solutions to enterprise customers. - Strong understanding of Kubernetes, containers, cloud-native applications, and modern infrastructure architectures. - Ability to communicate effectively with technical architects, engineers, operations teams, and executive stakeholders. - Experience conducting workshops, proof-of-concepts, technical evaluations, and solution validation activities. - Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills. - Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building capabilities. - Ability to influence technical and business decision-makers across complex enterprise organizations. - Self-driven, collaborative, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. - Fluent English and Spanish required. - Ability to travel up to 30% across Latin America. ## Bonus Skills - Hands-on experience with Kubernetes environments and cloud-native architectures. - Experience with Red Hat OpenShift, AWS EKS, VMware Tanzu, Rancher, AKS, or GKE. - Experience with backup, disaster recovery, cyber resilience, or data protection solutions. - Familiarity with DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and Infrastructure Operations teams. - Experience working with enterprise security, compliance, and governance frameworks. - Knowledge of public cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. - Experience supporting strategic alliances and partner ecosystems. - Industry certifications related to Kubernetes, cloud platforms, virtualization, or data protection technologies. ## What You'll Get - Onboarding kit - Cellphone and Internet Allowance - Car allowance - Health insurance for employee and immediate family group - Life insurance - Gym reimbursement **Location:** Mexico City, Mexico (Remote Apply directly on RemoteJobs.org: https://remotejobs.org/remote-jobs/kasten-specialist-se-latam-veeam-software