Solutions Specialist (Data Center)

Computacenter

$90K — $120K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in designing and implementing enterprise networks
  • 5+ years as a presales solutions professional
  • Experience with IT delivery methodologies
  • Strong client relationship management skills
  • Ability to design complex networking solutions
  • Competent in developing commercial and technical documents
  • Legal authorization to work in the USA
  • Arista or Aruba Certifications are advantageous

Responsibilities

  • Act as the technical sales lead to drive deals and opportunities
  • Oversee pre-sales engagements and collaborate with Solution Architects
  • Develop proposals with pre-sales engineering teams
  • Engage in customer meetings to discuss strategies
  • Provide qualification for designs and produce technical documentation
  • Serve as the design authority for key accounts
  • Participate in technical design for enterprise networking projects
  • Advise on future technology solutions alongside peers
  • Manage customer demonstrations and Proofs of Concept
  • Ensure end-to-end delivery to clients

Benefits

  • Health insurance and wellness programs
  • Long-term career opportunities
  • Comprehensive benefits for financial security
  • Supportive workplace culture
  • Continuous professional development opportunities
Full Job Description
About the role
You would be considered a key partner of the Account Executive/sales representative responsible for driving the technical strategy and delivering additional revenue from assigned accounts. You will be mapped to several accounts across one or more practices driving opportunities and new relationships within accounts. This role has a Data Center focus.

What you'll be doing
  • Acting as a technical sales lead driving opportunities and deals including bringing in the right people and expertise.
  • Providing oversight for pre-sales deals, engaging the Solution Architects & Post-Sales Team as needed.
  • Developing proposals and collaborating with the pre-sales engineering teams to develop final quotes and proposals.
  • Attending customer meetings to understand and articulate business and technical strategy for the company and customer.
  • Providing qualification of designs or opportunities and producing technical architecture/design documentation.
  • Acting as design authority for nominated key accounts.
  • Working as technical designer on enterprise scale, mission-critical customer networking projects.
  • Working with peers to advise and recommend on future technology and services.
  • Working closely with vendor partners to keep up to date with current and future technologies, products and strategies to manage the 'cradle to grave' solution provisions cycle.
  • Engaging in and managing customer demonstrations and Proofs of Concept.
  • Playing a pivotal role in ensuring end to end delivery to client.


What you have
  • 7+ years of experience in designing, developing, configuring, and implementing enterprise networks with diverse solutions from multiple vendors.
  • 5+ years as a presales solutioning professional.
  • Experience with IT delivery methodologies.
  • Ability to develop and maintain client engagements/relationships.
  • Ability to design in-depth, complex networking solutions.
  • Demonstrable ability to provide input into commercial/technical documents and to develop solution specific business cases.
  • Good negotiation skills.
  • Legal authorization to work in the United States.
  • Bonus points
  • Arista or Aruba Certifications a plus.
  • Enterprise and data center networking experience preferred.


What you can expect

There's so much more to enjoy about being at Computacenter than just having a rewarding career. In addition to offering competitive compensation plans and long-term career opportunities, we provide an attractive mix of benefit plans to contribute to your good health, future financial security, and peace of mind.

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