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Job Title: Senior Presales Engineer - Data Center
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Description
- The Senior Data Center Solutions Presales Engineer will act as a key driver in leading customer engagements to design their private and hybrid cloud Datacenter solutions using servers, storage, virtualization, orchestration, high-availability, backup, and disaster recovery systems.
- The presales engineer will collaborate with our customers to define infrastructure journey maps, technology adoption plans, and long-term strategy.
- You will have the opportunity to execute a solutions selling methodology while fulfilling requests for services/solutions proposals from customers and Business Development team.
- The individual must have a verifiable track record of success architecting IT solutions, proven ability to build trusted partner relationships with customers, and proven ability to lead and execute consultative architecture engagements.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide presales expertise on vendor solutions to the companies’ new and existing customers
- Identify customer technology goals and align solutions for success.
- Identify areas of opportunity within the customer base.
- Increase customer loyalty through effective communications, professionalism, and going above and beyond the customer’s expectations.
- Generate bills of materials, statements of work, proposals, and RFP responses to customers.
- Participate in the preparation of sales campaigns, business plans, and technology sessions for prospects.
- Stay informed about new services, technologies, and other information that may be of interest to clients.
- Provide market intelligence to the management staff and participate in the development of future solution strategies.
- Participate with OEM vendors and SE teams on product roadmaps and strategy.
- Continue to stay current in all aspects of the solutions within your area of expertise.
- Maintain existing vendor certifications and continue to grow technical skill set.
Qualifications
- Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree qualification.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in Datacenter Solutions.
- Experience with SAN, Backup, and Disaster Recovery technologies.
- Experience with server platforms from Cisco, Dell, or HP.
- Experience with public cloud solutions, such as Microsoft, Amazon/AWS.
- Must have the ability to analyze existing and anticipated client requirements and promote consideration of companies’ solutions and services to meet the client’s requirements.
- Must have excellent communication, documentation, and customer facing skills.
- A desire to learn other manufacturer technologies and skills.
- Professional level certifications from DellEMC, VMware, Cisco and any other relevant DC OEMs.
Application Closing Date
7th February, 2023.
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