Ahead
Senior Pre-Sales Engineer - Network
San Diego, California · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$225k-$300kDetected 40 days ago
AWSAzureCloud PlatformsCybersecurityNetwork SecuritySalesLoad BalancingLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingTime ManagementMentoringPublic Speaking
About the role
- - 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
Responsibilities
- 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
- 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
- Experience working as a technical lead in a pre-sale's sales campaign
- Able to work well within a team and partner environment
Requirements
- Completes required pre-sales documentation (configurations, pricing, services, presentations, justifications etc.) quickly and accurately
- As a Network Specialist you are a thought leader within the Engineering organization, responsible for designing, architecting, and, at times, consulting for Ahead clients
Nice to have
- We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD.
- As a member of our Specialty Solutions Engineering team, you will be considered an organizational thought leader for this marketplace.
- Pre-sales experience is a key component of this role.
- Time management and prioritization are essential attributes to being successful.
- Your goal is to evolve into the technical thought leader for each of your clients.
- Positioning and leveraging subject matter experts and inside consultants is a necessity to scale your effectiveness within accounts.
- Understanding and mastery of other areas like Datacenter and cloud networking technologies are a plus.
Skills
- 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.
- 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
- Customer focused and results driven
- See benefits https://www.aheadbenefits.com/ for additional details.
- Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans.
- Candidates will not be penalized for choosing to opt-out.
Compensation
- 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.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Paid parental and caregiver leave
- Plus more! See benefits https://www.aheadbenefits.com/ for additional details.
Company info
- Develops relationships with the account managers, partners and customers in support of sales team objectives and engages and leverages team specialist resources as appropriate
- Presents and markets the design and value of proposed Ahead solutions and business justification to customers, prospects and Ahead management
Visa & Work Authorization
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