Presales Consultant

Acclivis Technologies and Solutions; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech solutions provider in Singapore is seeking a professional for technical pre-sales support. The ideal candidate should have at least 3 years of experience in Systems, Storage, Network, and cloud technologies. Responsibilities include providing expert support, preparing solutions, and collaborating with implementation teams. Strong knowledge of cloud and virtualization technologies is essential. Competitive salary and opportunities for certification are offered.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience in Systems, Storage, Network, and cloud solutions.
• Hands-on experience with various operating systems and virtualized platforms.
• Good knowledge of backup and archival solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert technical pre-sales support for solutions.
• Conduct transition/handover to the implementation team.
• Prepare solution writeups and bill of materials.

Skills

Technical pre-sales support

Customer service

Team collaboration

Problem-solving

Cloud technology knowledge

Tools

HPE

IBM

Dell

AWS

Azure

Job description

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide expert technical pre‑sales support for opportunities involving servers, storage, network, backup and cloud solution.
• Early engagement with customers in selling servers, storage, network, backup and cloud solution.
• Understand and gather customer requirements and offer complete & cost‑effective solution.
• Prepare solution writeup, provide bill of materials, Statement of Compliance and engage Service Delivery team for professional effort.
• Ensure the completeness of technical terms and conditions.
• Conduct/Lead in technical presentation and clarification.
• Identify project risk (technical & execution) and provide mitigation measures.
• Integrate servers, storage, network, backup and cloud centric solution with support from other competency presales solutions consultant.
• Upon contract award; conduct transition/ handover and briefing to project implementation team on the overall solution and design.
• Keep abreast of product technology and certifications.
• Keep updated of the latest technology and develop technical capability slides.
• Attain selected product/technology certifications to maintain our premium partnership status with clients

Job Requirements: (e.g., educational/ professional qualifications)

• At least 3‑yrs Systems, Storage, Network and cloud experiences in HPE, IBM, Dell, Huawei, Hitachi Vantara, NetApp, Cisco UCS, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform.
• Hand‑on experience with various OS (Microsoft Windows, Redhat Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Solaris, etc.) and virtualised platforms (VMware, Microsoft Hyper‑V, KVM, Nutanix AHV, AIX LPAR, AS/400, Solaris LDOM and Containers)
• Good knowledge of backup and archival solution such as Cohesity DataProtect, Veritas NetBackup, Veeam, Rubrik, Commvault, Dell Networker/Avamar/PowerProtect, Dell Data Domain, Acronis, Arcserve, etc.
• Good knowledge in virtualization, containers and cloud (IaaS) technology
• Customer service oriented, good team player, technically inclined
• Must be effective in working both independently and in a team setting.

Desired Skills & Certifications (preferred)

• Product and technology certifications such as, MCSE/MCITP/CCNP
• Server (IBM, Dell, HPE, xFusion)
• Storage (Dell, Hitachi Vantara, HPE, Pure Storage, Huawei)
• Backup (Cohesity DataProtect, Veritas NetBackup, Veeam, Rubrik, Commvault, Dell Networker/Avamar/PowerProtect, Dell Data Domain, Acronis)