Data Protection Solutions Architect (Pre-Sales)

AlifCloud IT Consulting Pvt. Ltd.; Dubai; On-site; AED 260,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

AlifCloud IT Consulting Pvt. Ltd. in Dubai seeks a technically strong Pre-Sales Consultant to own the data protection and DR design, bridging between customer needs and robust infrastructure.

You will work with Account Managers, run POCs, produce BoMs and deployment roadmaps, and present to IT teams and management.

The role requires 6–8 years in backup/DR, hands-on Veeam design experience, and relevant certifications; onsite in Dubai with strong customer-facing skills.

Qualifications

• 6–8 years of experience in backup, disaster recovery, storage, or infrastructure engineering.
• 2–3 years hands-on designing or deploying Veeam.
• Veeam Certification or VMCE strongly preferred.
• Willingness to engage with customers and present technical solutions.

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 needs.
• 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.
• Configure and present live demonstrations showcasing backup, recovery, and replication workflows.
• Lead POC engagements to prove the technical fit of Veeam solutions.
• Deliver technical presentations and solution overviews to customer IT teams and management.
• Develop RFP/RFQ responses and technical proposal documents.
• Handle technical objections and handoff to Professional Services teams.

Skills

Veeam Backup & Replication

VMware vSphere

Microsoft Hyper-V

Storage SAN/NAS

Object Storage (S3)

M365 Backup

Cloud Backup (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Ransomware Resilience

PowerShell / Python scripting

Tools

Veeam Data Platform

VBO365

SOBR

Data Domain

StoreOnce

VMware integration

Job description

AlifCloud IT Consulting Pvt. Ltd. in Dubai seeks a technically strong Pre-Sales Consultant to own the data protection and DR design, bridging between customer needs and robust infrastructure.

You will work with Account Managers, run POCs, produce BoMs and deployment roadmaps, and present to IT teams and management.

The role requires 6–8 years in backup/DR, hands-on Veeam design experience, and relevant certifications; onsite in Dubai with strong customer-facing skills.