Solution Sales Engineer, Cloud Storage – Charleston

Chronos Consulting; Charleston (SC); Remote; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing startup in cloud storage is looking for a Sales Engineer to join their team in Charleston. The role involves supporting pre-sales activities, designing solutions, and delivering technical presentations to Fortune 500 clients. Candidates should have a technical background with extensive experience in sales and cloud technologies.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a Sales Engineer in cloud/storage.
• Experience with NAS, CIFS/SMB, NFS.
• VMware or AWS/Azure certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support the sales process by qualifying opportunities.
• Establish and maintain customer relationships.
• Deliver technical presentations and product demonstrations.

Skills

Sales Experience

Technical Analysis

Presentation Skills

Networking Knowledge

Cloud Technologies

Troubleshooting Tools

Job description

Solution Sales Engineer, Cloud Storage – Charleston

Our client is a fast-growing startup in the cloud storage space, seeking a Sales Engineer to support its pre-sales activities in the north-east of the United States. We are looking for a smart, highly technical team player with extensive sales experience who is enthusiastic about delivering storage solutions to leading Fortune 500 companies in North America. This is a home office-based role.

Desired Skills and Experience:

1. 5+ years’ experience as a Sales Engineer in the storage and/or cloud industries
2. Strong presentation and technical analysis skills
3. Up to 50% travel with some overnight stays
4. Storage experience – network-attached storage (NAS), file-systems, object storage. Protocols: CIFS/SMB, NFS. Background in deploying, securing, and managing file servers, backup, and archiving software.
5. Cloud or virtualization experience – 2+ years’ experience in VMware (Datacenter Virtualization Certification) or AWS / Azure Certified Solution Architect
6. Networking / Firewall experience – Proven knowledge of the TCP/IP stack and protocols: HTTP, TLS, DNS, LDAP, and SAML v2.
7. Experience in using network troubleshooting tools such as WireShark.
8. Operating systems – Microsoft Windows Desktop and Server Platforms (Roles: ADDS & DNS) and Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu)
9. Practical experience with enterprise backup and recovery platforms
10. Documentation experience – editing guides, sales presentations, network and configuration diagrams, and asset management

Your responsibilities will include:

1. Providing product, service, or equipment technical and engineering information by answering questions and requests
2. Supporting the sales process by qualifying opportunities, designing solutions, and responding to RFI’s and RFP’s
3. Establishing and maintaining relationships with customers and partners
4. Delivering technical presentations and demonstrations to clients
5. Conducting proof of concepts (POC’s) with clear scope and success criteria
6. Transferring knowledge through demos and hands-on training
7. Collecting feedback and requests for product improvements
8. Submitting orders in collaboration with technical support

For inquiries, contact: [e-mail]

About the Company: Chronos Consulting, part of the Coberon Chronos Group, is an award-winning global leader in permanent staffing solutions.

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