The Pre-Sales Engineer will work in a pre-sales role to qualify, manage, and close sales opportunities.

The Pre-Sales Engineer performs comprehensive discovery, analysis, and definition of client issues and documents implementation in the form of a technical (blue-print) solution. The Pre-Sales Engineer will design leading-edge solutions containing a wide variety of technologies.

During the qualifying process, confirm that products meet the prospects requirements and assist sales in technical qualification. Throughout the proposal process, articulate and demonstrate solutions, influence customers technical requirements, and position products relative to competition.

This position also functions as part of the product training team delivering classes to employees, partners, and new users of our products.

SKILLS REQUIRED

• Proven track record of building, and/or deploying technology solutions.
• Proven experience in providing complex voice and data system solutions to enterprise clients.
• Experienced as a Presales Engineer in network design, installation and management.
• Outstanding pre-and post-sales account management and follow-through skills, resourcefulness, and attention to detail.
• Prepered Experience designing and presenting technical solutions to meet customer requirements.
• Strong communication skills; both written and spoken.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Prior technical sales support experience.
• Working knowledge of vendor products and technologies from Cisco,DLink ,HP, Alcatel , Microsoft and others.
• Excellent communications skills; professional presentation skills; self-starter, cooperative attitude; team player.
• Must have excellent interpersonal and time management skills.
• Detail oriented, multi-tasking, and able to deal with tight deadlines and stress.
• Posses think on your feet capability.
• Must be able to learn new technologies quickly.
• Familiarity with one or more of the following:
• Knowledge of Tcp/ip, Lans/Wans/Clouds And Network Infrastructure
• Experience With Network Security Tools Such As Firewalls, Ids/ips, Dlp, Malware Detection Etc.
• CISCO, Microsoft, Barracuda Networks, VMWare, NetApp, HP, Dell.

QUALIFICATIONS: EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE

• Must have a minimum of Bachelors degree (BA/BS) in electrical engineer, computer science or equivalent four year college technical degree.
• 3+ years experience as a sales engineer or with professional services or systems engineering designing IP LANs and WANs, including highly available, redundant networks, firewalls, Voice over IP network design and implementation, QoS, routing protocols, Microsoft Networking, Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, Email Archiving and others.
• IP Networking: CCNA/CCNP/CCDP Certification desired.
• Cisco certifications highly desired CCNA, CCNP or CCIE.
• Other industry certification such as CISSP is desirable