Pre-Sales Engineer (Storage or Network Specialty)

TAKNET SYSTEMS PTE LTD; Serangoon Garden Circus; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions provider in Singapore is seeking a Technical Solutions Engineer to support AI server opportunities. The role involves capturing requirements, producing validated architectures, and managing vendor engagement. Candidates should have 3–7 years of experience in pre-sales solutions, hands-on Linux skills, and strong documentation abilities.

Qualifications

• 3–7 years in pre-sales/solutions for servers with storage or networking experience.
• Hands-on Linux; can run/interpret fio/iperf/NCCL.
• Ability to produce clear documentation, including HLD/LLD and diagrams.

Responsibilities

• Capture requirements, sizing, and reference architectures for AI servers.
• Produce validated BOMs, diagrams, and alignment of power/thermal.
• Run benchmarks and acceptance tests with Engineers.

Skills

Pre-sales solutions expertise

Hands-on Linux experience

Clear documentation skills

Comfortable with presentations

Tools

Visio

Draw.io

Job description

Location: Singapore
Employment: Full-time
Reports to: Managing Director

Role Summary

Technical counterpart to Sales for AI server opportunities, specialising in Storage or Networking. Translate use-cases into validated architectures/BOMs/acceptance criteria; support PoCs and tenders.

Responsibilities

• Discovery & design: capture requirements, sizing, and reference architectures for single-node/small-pod AI servers.
• Storage track: NVMe/JBOD, RAID/ZFS/Ceph/NAS (NFS/SMB), throughput/IOPS, data protection.
• Network track: 25/100/200G Ethernet (RoCE), VLAN/LACP, ToR/aggregation, fabric validation (iperf/NCCL).
• Produce validated BOMs, diagrams, proposal text; align power/thermal & rack depth.
• Own PoC plans/success criteria; run benchmarks and acceptance tests with Engineers.
• RFP/tender support: compliance matrices, method statements, risks/assumptions.
• Vendor engagement: roadmaps, certs, deal registration.

Requirements

• 3–7 years in pre-sales/solutions for servers + (storage or networking).
• Hands-on Linux; can run/interpret fio/iperf/NCCL.
• Clear documentation (HLD/LLD), diagrams (Visio/Draw.io), BoM discipline.
• Comfortable presenting to technical & management audiences.

Certifications (plus, not required)

• Storage: Vendor NAS/SDS, ZFS/Ceph exposure.
• Networking: CCNP-level or equivalent; RoCE; NVIDIA/Mellanox familiarity.