Technical Sales Engineer

Crest Data; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Crest Data in Ahmedabad, India is seeking a Technical Sales Engineer to bridge engineering, consulting and sales, translating complex technical concepts into customer value.

You will support pre-sales, deliver demos, design solutions, and collaborate with Sales, Engineering, and Delivery teams.

The role requires 4–5 years in engineering or related fields and a drive to move into pre-sales with strong communication and problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• 4–5 years of experience in engineering, consulting, SRE, DevOps, security, or platform-focused roles.
• Strong fundamentals in at least one domain: Security (SIEM, SOAR, SOC, Cloud Security, etc.).
• Observability / Monitoring.
• Excellent communication and ability to explain complex concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Willingness to move into a technical sales / pre-sales role.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical advisor during the sales cycle, supporting discovery calls and solution validations.
• Understand customer requirements and map them to technical solutions and services.
• Deliver technical presentations, demos, workshops, and PoCs to customers.
• Collaborate with sales to create proposals, solution architectures, and effort estimates.
• Build credibility with customer engineering, security, and operations teams.
• Support RFP/RFI responses with strong technical inputs.
• Stay updated with industry trends and competitive offerings.
• Provide feedback from the field to product and delivery teams.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Presentation and storytelling

Customer-facing experience

Tools

Splunk

Datadog

Dynatrace

Elastic

Cloud-native tools

Security platforms

Job description

Technical Sales Engineer / Business Development Executive

Experience : 4–5 years

Role Overview

We are looking for an engineer who is excited to transition into a customer-facing technical sales role. This position sits at the intersection of engineering, consulting, and sales, and is ideal for someone who enjoys solving customer problems, presenting solutions, and influencing buying decisions using strong technical depth.

You will work closely with Sales, Engineering, and Delivery teams to support pre-sales engagements, solution design, demos, and technical discussions with customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a technical advisor during the sales cycle, supporting discovery calls, solution and technical validations
• Understand customer requirements and map them to appropriate technical solutions and services
• Deliver technical presentations, demos, workshops, and proof-of-concepts to customers
• Collaborate with sales teams to create proposals, solution architectures, and effort estimates
• Build credibility with customer engineering, security, and operations teams
• Support RFP/RFI responses with strong technical inputs
• Stay up to date with industry trends, technologies, and competitive offerings
• Provide feedback from the field to internal product and delivery teams

Required Qualifications

• 4–5 years of experience in an engineering, consulting, SRE, DevOps, security, or platform-focused role
• Strong fundamentals in at least one of the following domains:
• Security (SIEM, SOAR, SOC, Cloud Security, etc.)

Observability / Monitoring

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Strong presentation and storytelling skills
• Comfortable interacting with customers, including senior technical stakeholders
• Willingness and motivation to move into a technical sales / pre-sales role

Good to Have p>

• Prior experience in customer-facing roles (consulting, support, solutions engineering, pre-sales)
• Exposure to SaaS products and enterprise customers
• Experience working with tools like Splunk, Datadog, Dynatrace, Elastic, cloud-native tools, or security platforms
• Certifications in cloud or security technologies
• Basic understanding of sales cycles, deal qualification, and value-based selling