Pre-Sales Engineer (Storage or Network Specialty)

Taknet Systems Pte. Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions company in Singapore is seeking a technical counterpart for AI server opportunities, specializing in Storage and Networking. You will capture requirements, design solution architectures, conduct benchmarks, and support tender processes. The ideal candidate has 3–7 years in pre-sales and strong Linux skills, along with the ability to present to both technical and management audiences.

Qualifications

• 3–7 years in pre-sales/solutions for servers with a focus on storage or networking.
• Ability to run and interpret fio/iperf/NCCL.
• Experience with high-level and low-level documentation.

Responsibilities

• Capture requirements and design reference architectures for AI servers.
• Engage with vendors and support RFP/tender processes.
• Run benchmarks and acceptance tests in collaboration with engineers.

Skills

Pre-sales solutions

Hands-on Linux

Clear documentation

Presentation skills

Tools

Visio

Draw.io

Job description

Overview

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

Role Summary

Technical counterpart to Sales for AI server opportunities, specializing 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 architecture 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.