Senior Network & Security Pre-Sales Engineer

Thinkahead; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

401(k)

Paid company holidays

Paid time off

Paid parental and caregiver leave

Plus more! See benefits

Job summary

AHEAD is seeking a Senior Pre-Sales Engineer-Network to lead network infrastructure engagements and advise on campus wireless and data center technologies for prospects and customers. You will collaborate with sales to define strategies, size and configure products, and leverage experts to scale outreach.

As a thought leader in network solutions, you will guide customers on Cisco, VMware NSX, Arista, and cloud connectivity while maintaining strong vendor partnerships.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent.
• Pre Sales and Data Center experience is required
• Professional communication, presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working as a technical lead in a pre-sale’s sales campaign
• Ability to work under critical conditions and influence others to achieve results
• Strong interpersonal skills with excellent presentation skills
• Must be independent, self-motivated, a self-starter and possess a good working attitude
• Able to work well within a team and partner environment
• Customer focused and results driven

Responsibilities

• Participation, Leadership and Coordination of the AHEAD virtual team for Network Infrastructure
• Work with the AHEAD partner management team and directly with selected vendors to maintain vendor technical and sales relationships
• As a Network Specialist you are a thought leader within the Engineering organization, responsible for designing, architecting, and, at times, consulting for Ahead clients
• Your goal as a Network Lead should be to build skills, relationships, and industry credibility across many segments to drive product, services and consulting sales
• Support the sales team during engagements by providing advice and solutions or proposals optimized to meet customer technical and business requirements
• Develops relationships with the account managers, partners and customers in support of sales team objectives and engages and leverages team specialist resources as appropriate
• Strategizes and executes technical sales calls
• Completes required pre-sales documentation quickly and accurately
• Qualifies sales opportunities in terms of customer technical requirements, decision making process and funding
• Presents and markets the design and value of proposed Ahead solutions and business justification to customers, prospects and Ahead management
• Participates in mentorship of entry-level team members
• Possesses strong, detailed product / technology / industry knowledge

Skills

Network Infrastructure

Wireless networking

Campus LAN/WAN

Cisco certifications

Cisco Nexus

IP Routing Protocols

Data Center Technologies

Network Security

VMware NSX

Arista

Automation

F5/NetScaler

AWS/Azure Cloud connectivity

Pre-Sales experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent

Tools

VMware NSX

Arista

Cisco Nexus Technologies

Job description

AHEAD is seeking a Senior Pre-Sales Engineer-Network to lead network infrastructure engagements and advise on campus wireless and data center technologies for prospects and customers. You will collaborate with sales to define strategies, size and configure products, and leverage experts to scale outreach.

As a thought leader in network solutions, you will guide customers on Cisco, VMware NSX, Arista, and cloud connectivity while maintaining strong vendor partnerships.