Pre-Sales Engineer

Pre-Sales Engineer

Job Scope

The Pre-Sales Engineer is accountable for advising and coordinating with the Sales team on all technical issues related but not limited to account penetration strategies, pre-sales implementations, solution design and training. S/He is a technical expert building strong relationships with partners and customers and driving the business through multiple technical initiatives.

Main Duties And Responsibilities

• Act as a subject matter expert in technical/solutions design of the company products/services
• Work with the Sales team to develop and implement specific account penetration strategies and achieve set targets
• Create specific accounts for product(s), service(s) and sales plans pertaining to the company products/services
• Collaborate with the Sales team in qualifying opportunities, supporting and advising on the technical aspect of the sales lifecycle including technical qualification, presentation of solution proposals and high-level designs and demonstrations
• Run, manage and drive proof of concepts (POC) and request for proposals (RFP) and close opportunities from a pre-sales and implementation perspective
• Build sound relationships with partners and customers in support of sales objectives;
• Lead technical sales calls
• Manage adoption, integration and value generation of offered products/services within the customer/partner business and related IT infrastructure
• Complete required pre-sales documentations in a quick and accurate manner
• Develop content, train and support partners and customers
• Respond to after-hours support queries during assigned rotations and escalate issues if needed
• Put available systems into practice (salesforce.com CRM for leads, opportunity and deal registration management) for output efficiency and standardization.
• Experience (preferred) with Lenovo ThinkSystem, Lenovo ThinkAgile and storage solutions
• Experience with Dell, HP, IBM compute, infrastructure, storage solutions
• Experience with HCI platforms (Dell, Nutanix, VMware vSAN)
• Good knowledge with cloud integration and hybrid infrastructure
• Relevant certifications (Lenovo, Dell, VMware, Nutanix, Microsoft, etc.)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or any other related field.

Experience

At least 3 years of relevant experience.