Sr Pre-Sales Engineer-Network

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Participation, Leadership and Coordination of the AHEAD virtual team for Network Infrastructure
• You will also be responsible for working with the AHEAD partner management team and directly with selected vendors to maintain vendor technical and sales relationships
• As a Network Specialist you are a thought leader within the Engineering organization, responsible for designing, architecting, and, at times, consulting for Ahead clients
• Your goal as a Network Lead should be to build skills, relationships, and industry credibility across many segments to drive product, services and consulting sales
• Support the sales teams during engagements by providing advice and solutions or proposals optimized to meet customer technical and business requirements
• Develops relationships with the account managers, partners and customers in support of sales team objectives and engages and leverages team specialist resources as appropriate
• Strategizes and executes technical sales calls
• Completes required pre-sales documentation (configurations, pricing, services, presentations, justifications etc.) quickly and accurately
• Qualifies sales opportunities in terms of customer technical requirements, decision making process and funding
• Presents and markets the design and value of proposed Ahead solutions and business justification to customers, prospects and Ahead management
• Participates in mentorship of entry-level team members
• Possesses strong, detailed product / technology / industry knowledge. Knowledge of job associated software and applications

Base Skills:

• Network Infrastructure Experience
• Strong wireless skills (certifications highly looked upon)
• Wireless principles/site survey/Ekahau knowledge
• Strong Campus/LAN skills (Cisco and other OEM vendors)
• Cisco certifications are highly recommended
• Cisco Nexus Technologies
• IP Routing Protocols
• Cisco Core Datacenter Technologies
• Network Management
• Network Security (Palo Alto/Fortinet) tenants along with SASE knowledge

Other Skills:

• VMware / VMware NSX
• Arista
• Automation skillset
• F5 / NetScaler
• Amazon AWS, Azure, Cloud connectivity and network fundamentals

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent
• Pre Sales and Data Center experience is required
• Professional communication, presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working as a technical lead in a pre-sale’s sales campaign
• Ability to work under critical conditions and influence others to achieve results
• Strong interpersonal skills with excellent presentation skills
• Must be independent, self-motivated, a self-starter and possess a good working attitude
• Able to work well within a team and partner environment
• Customer focused and results driven

$190,000 - $300,000 a year

The compensation range indicated in this posting reflects the On-Target Earnings (“OTE”) for this role, which includes a base salary and any applicable target bonus amount. This OTE range may vary based on the candidate’s relevant experience, qualifications, and geographic location.