We are seeking a Sales Engineer with strong networking skills to be responsible for the design and development of complex pre-sales proposals for large carrier and enterprise networks. Responsible for the pre-sales support and Advanced Services as related to Routing, Switching, and Security solutions with a focus on Service Providers and Utilities.

 

Essential Functions.
• Support sales team as needed in order to exceed yearly and quarterly goals
• Provide presales support and develop network architectures and proposals based on customer requirements and available solutions.
• Meet with customers; attend assigned trade shows and/or events.
• Support the technical evaluation of new technologies.
• Engage in project planning with internal and customer teams and develop supporting documentation.
• Perform any necessary PoC and demos as required to support sales initiatives.
• Follow-up on assigned projects, and report progress or issues detected.
• Act as the technical liaison between post-sales and presales processes.
• Prepare oral and written presentations.
• Explain technical solutions to customers and help with closing deals.
• Document, communicate and ensure proposal compliance with network architecture and design best practices.
• Achieve technical certifications roadmap.
• Present reports as required by management.
• Drive focused deliverables aligned with customer business strategy and objectives.
• Actively lead complex network design, performance engineering or problem resolution projects.
• Solve complex, cross-functional technical issues that cross boundaries over many disparate products technologies.

Experience desired:
• College degree required. (Computer Science, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, Information Security Engineering, Electronic Engineering or Telecommunications.)
• 5+ years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.
• Experience and understanding of dynamic routing (BGP, EIGRP and OSPF), and redistribution of protocols.
• Experience with deploying and managing multisite VPN solutions, application load balancing, WAN accelerating, traffic optimization, and other various networking technologies.
• Experience with deploying and managing Juniper, Cisco, Brocade, or Extreme switches in an Enterprise Network Environment.
• Experience with deploying and managing wireless technologies (e.g. Ruckus, Aruba, etc.) and related items (e.g. WPA, 802.1x, AES encryption, etc.).
• Clear understanding of networking technologies at all Layers of the OSI model
• Proficient understanding of the pre-sales engineering process, sales processes, and assigned market is desired.

Skills and Knowledge:
• Strong knowledge on Network Routing & Switching.
• Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Research, follow-up, documentation, and issue resolution skills.
• Ability to self-manage and prioritize multiple projects with aggressive due dates.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both oral and written, on complex technical and sales issues to a variety of audiences, including executive level technical decision-makers
• Ability to present technical information and convey knowledge to customers and Account Teams.
• Ability to travel both domestic and international and work on location for up to one week.
• CISSP, GSEC or other advanced security and network certifications is a plus.
• Active JNCIE or JNCIP certification is a plus

Languages:
• Native English.
• Fluent Spanish (Write, Read, Spoken).

 

To apply for the position, send us your resume or CV to [email protected]