Senior Pre-Sales Engineer

Mindware; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Mindware is seeking a Senior Pre-Sales Engineer in Riyadh to advise the Sales team on technical issues, design solutions, and lead POC/RFP activities. You will engage with customers and partners to translate requirements into robust HPE-based architectures, and drive successful deals with strong presentations and demonstrations.

The role requires 5+ years in pre-sales, deep knowledge of data center compute/storage, and excellent communication to support complex sales cycles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Engineering or Computer Science).
• At least 5 years of relevant pre-sales/solutions experience.
• Strong understanding of data center storage, compute, and networking.
• Experience preparing technical proposals, RFP/RFQ responses and BOMs.

Responsibilities

• Act as SME for technical/solutions design of product/service portfolio.
• Collaborate with Sales to develop account penetration strategies.
• Support technical aspects of the sales lifecycle including demonstrations and proposals.
• Drive proofs of concepts (POC) and RFP responses from pre-sales to delivery.
• Lead technical sales calls and map customer requirements to solutions.

Skills

HPE Compute & Storage

GreenLake / Hybrid Cloud

Solution sizing & BOM

Datacenter infrastructure concepts

RFP/RFQ & presentations

Communication & problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering / CS

Job description

Job Title

Senior Pre-Sales Engineer

Job Scope

The Senior Pre-Sales Engineer is accountable for advising and coordinating with the Sales team and Pre-Sales Engineers on all technical issues related but not limited to account penetration strategies, pre-sales implementations and solution design. 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 assigned product/service portfolio
• Work with the Sales team and Pre-Sales Engineers to develop and implement specific account penetration strategies
• Collaborate with the Sales team and Pre-Sales Engineers in qualifying opportunities, supporting and advising on the technical aspect of the sales lifecycle including technical qualification, solution design, 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, engage personnel and leverage corporate resources and budgets as appropriate
• Lead technical sales calls
• Identify customers’ queries and problems, attend to their needs and map requirements with existing solutions
• Manage adoption, integration and value generation of assigned products/services within customers’ business and related IT infrastructure
• Review and ensure timely and accurate pre-sales documentation
• Maintain a deep understanding of customers’ business and their technical environment
• Create training contents when and if necessary
• Put available systems into practice (salesforce.com CRM for leads, opportunity and deal registration management) for output efficiency and standardization.

Position Requirements

• Provide presales and post-sales support for HPE Compute, Storage, GreenLake/Hybrid Cloud and related datacenter solutions.
• Understand customer requirements and design suitable HPE solution architectures.
• Prepare solution sizing, BOMs, technical proposals and RFP/RFQ responses.
• Conduct customer presentations, workshops and technical discussions.
• Support sales teams in opportunity qualification, solution positioning and closure.
• Coordinate with HPE, distributors and implementation teams for solution validation and delivery.

Skills Required

• Strong knowledge of HPE Compute and Storage solutions.
• Good understanding of GreenLake, Hybrid Cloud, virtualization, backup and DR.
• Experience in solution sizing, architecture design and BOM preparation.
• Good knowledge of SAN, networking and datacenter infrastructure concepts.
• Strong RFP/RFQ, presentation and customer-facing skills.
• Good communication, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Relevant HPE technical certifications preferred.

Education

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

Experience

At least 5 years of relevant experience