Data Protection Solution Architect – Pre-Sales

Alif Consulting; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

AlifCloud IT Consulting Pvt. Ltd. in Dubai seeks a technically strong Pre-Sales Consultant to own the technical side of data protection and disaster recovery deals.

You will bridge complex infrastructure and customer confidence, working with Account Managers to discover pain points, design backup/DR solutions, run POCs, and present to IT teams and management. You will architect resilience with a focus on Veeam platforms, immutable storage, and hybrid-cloud integration.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of enterprise backup methodologies.
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• Solid knowledge of VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V architectures.
• Strong knowledge of SAN/NAS, Object Storage (S3), and deduplication appliances.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP for backup/DR workloads.
• Experience delivering product demonstrations and POCs.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• VMCE/VMCE certification preferred; strong practical experience will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery calls to assess backup, storage, and recovery requirements.
• Design end-to-end data protection solutions aligned with RTO/RPO, retention policies, and compliance.
• Create technical architecture diagrams, BoMs, and deployment roadmaps.
• Design protection strategies across physical, virtual (VMware/Hyper-V), and hybrid-cloud environments.
• Assist in designing replication, failover, and recovery testing workflows.
• Deliver technical presentations and solution overviews to customer IT teams and management.
• Develop RFP/RFQ responses and technical proposal documents.
• Handle technical objections and articulate Veeam's advantages over competitors.

Skills

Backup architecture

Veeam expertise

VMware vSphere

Hyper-V

SAN/NAS

Object Storage

Cloud backup

POC facilitation

VMCE

VBO365

Tools

Veeam Backup & Replication

Veeam Data Platform

SOBR

VMCE

VBO365

Job description

AlifCloud IT Consulting Pvt. Ltd. in Dubai seeks a technically strong Pre-Sales Consultant to own the technical side of data protection and disaster recovery deals.

You will bridge complex infrastructure and customer confidence, working with Account Managers to discover pain points, design backup/DR solutions, run POCs, and present to IT teams and management. You will architect resilience with a focus on Veeam platforms, immutable storage, and hybrid-cloud integration.