Senior Server Presales Consultant

Acara Solutions; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Acara Solutions in Bengaluru seeks a Senior Server Presales Consultant to lead technical engagements, translating business needs into scalable server and AI infrastructure solutions.

You will work with Sales and Engineering on x86 platforms, GPU servers, storage, and data center networking, delivering sizing, BOMs, proposals, and PoC support.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of experience in Server Presales, Server Solution Architecture, or Enterprise Infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with hardware servers.
• Strong knowledge of x86 server platforms.
• Experience with Intel Xeon and/or AMD EPYC servers.
• Experience with NVIDIA GPU servers (HGX/MGX/PCIe).
• Experience in server sizing, configuration, and BOM preparation.
• Experience handling RFP/RFQ and technical proposals.
• Understanding of data center infrastructure, storage and networking.
• Knowledge of virtualization technologies (VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix, or KVM).
• Customer-facing presales and strong communication skills.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Understand customer business and technical requirements.
• Design and propose enterprise server and AI infrastructure solutions.
• Work on x86 server platforms and hardware configurations.
• Prepare server sizing, BOMs, technical proposals, and solution designs.
• Support RFP/RFQ responses and PoCs.
• Conduct technical presentations and product demonstrations for customers and partners.
• Collaborate with Sales, Engineering, Product teams, and technology partners.
• Provide technical support and enablement to sales teams and channel partners.
• Analyze customer requirements and recommend suitable server hardware solutions.
• Stay updated with server, GPU, AI, HPC, and data center technologies.

Skills

10-15 years exp

Hands-on hardware

x86 servers

Xeon/EPYC

NVIDIA GPUs

Server sizing

RFP/RFQ proposals

Data center infra

VMware

Presales

Stakeholder mgmt

Tools

Virtualization VMware

Job description

Senior Server Presales Consultant

Experience: 1015 Years
Location: Bengaluru
Employment Type: Full-Time

We are looking for an experienced Senior Server Presales Consultant with strong expertise in enterprise hardware servers, AI infrastructure, and data center technologies.

The candidate will work closely with the Sales team and customers to understand requirements and design the right server, GPU, storage, and AI infrastructure solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Understand customer business and technical requirements.
• Design and propose enterprise server and AI infrastructure solutions.
• Work on x86 server platforms and hardware configurations.
• Prepare server sizing, BOMs, technical proposals, and solution designs.
• Support RFP/RFQ responses and Proof of Concepts (PoCs).
• Conduct technical presentations and product demonstrations for customers and partners.
• Collaborate with Sales, Engineering, Product teams, and technology partners.
• Provide technical support and enablement to sales teams and channel partners.
• Analyze customer requirements and recommend suitable server hardware solutions.
• Stay updated with server, GPU, AI, HPC, and data center technologies.

Must-Have Skills

• 10–15 years of experience in Server Presales, Server Solution Architecture, or Enterprise Infrastructure.
• Strong hands-on experience with hardware servers.
• Strong knowledge of x86 server platforms.
• Experience with Intel Xeon and/or AMD EPYC servers.
• Experience with NVIDIA GPU servers such as HGX, MGX, or PCIe GPU platforms.
• Experience in server sizing, configuration, and BOM preparation.
• Experience handling RFP/RFQ and technical proposals.
• Good understanding of data center infrastructure, storage, and networking.
• Knowledge of virtualization technologies such as VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix, or KVM.
• Customer-facing presales and technical presentation experience.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.