Solutions Engineer

Digital Realty Trust, L.P.; Germany (OH); On-site; USD 102,762 - 137,017; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Open culture

Buddy onboarding

Professional development

Flexible hours

Pension plan

Bike leasing

Team events

Job summary

Digital Realty is seeking a Solutions Engineer to partner with Sales in Europe to design and deliver data center solutions that meet customer requirements and support business growth across Central Europe.

You will gather requirements, lead technical presentations, support RFI/RFP responses, and collaborate with Operations, Design, Construction, and Customer Success. Fluent English and German are required.

Qualifications

• Experience in data centers, telecommunications, networking, or critical infrastructure.
• Experience in technical pre‑sales, consulting, or solutions engineering.
• Strong understanding of data center infrastructure and connectivity solutions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to translate complex customer needs into practical solutions.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Fluent English and German language skills (written and spoken) are mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales on customer opportunities and technical solution design.
• Gather customer requirements and develop scalable, commercial solutions.
• Lead technical presentations, workshops, and data center tours.
• Support RFI/RFP responses, proposals, and cost estimates.
• Collaborate with Operations, Design, Construction, and Customer Success teams.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor throughout the sales cycle.

Skills

Data center infrastructure

Technical pre‑sales

Stakeholder management

English and German fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/Telecommunications

Job description

Your Role

As a Solutions Engineer, you will partner with Sales to design and deliver technical data center solutions that meet customer requirements while supporting business growth across Central Europe.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales on customer opportunities and technical solution design.
• Gather customer requirements and develop scalable, commercial solutions.
• Lead technical presentations, workshops, and data center tours.
• Support RFI/RFP responses, proposals, and cost estimates.
• Collaborate with Operations, Design, Construction, and Customer Success teams.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor throughout the sales cycle.

What You Bring

• Experience in data centers, telecommunications, networking, or critical infrastructure.
• Technical pre‑sales, consulting, or solutions engineering experience.
• Strong understanding of data center infrastructure and connectivity solutions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to translate complex customer needs into practical solutions.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Fluent English and German language skills (written and spoken) are mandatory.

What We Offer

• Open door culture with short communications paths and flat hierarchies
• Personalized onboarding plan (buddy system), education programs
• Personal development options in a fast-growing environment
• Extensive social benefits (Flexible working hours, digital meal vouchers, bike leasing, pension plan, etc.)
• Many extras like free drinks, fresh fruit, or cool team events

A bit about us

Digital Realty is the leading provider of carrier and cloud neutral data centre services by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx™) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in50+metros across28countries on6continents. We've3,500+colleagues around the world who work together, come up with life-changing solutions and create connections that matter every day.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers. Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us. This is an exciting time to join our business so apply now and make your mark on our future.