Senior Pre-Sales Engineer - Network

Overview

AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation.

At AHEAD, we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard. We create spaces to empower everyone to speak up, make change, and drive the culture at AHEAD.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived. We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD.

The AHEAD Senior Pre-Sales Engineer-Network, will be focused on the core tenets of Network and Network Security related solutions for AHEAD prospects and customers including a broad range of technologies. As a member of our Specialty Solutions Engineering team, you will be considered an organizational thought leader for this marketplace.

Pre-sales experience is a key component of this role.

• Participation, Leadership and Coordination of the AHEAD virtual team for Network Infrastructure
• You will also be responsible for working with the AHEAD partner management team and directly with selected vendors to maintain vendor technical and sales relationships
• As a Network Specialist you are a thought leader within the Engineering organization, responsible for designing, architecting, and, at times, consulting for Ahead clients
• Your goal as a Network Lead should be to build skills, relationships, and industry credibility across many segments to drive product, services and consulting sales
• Support the sales teams during engagements by providing advice and solutions or proposals optimized to meet customer technical and business requirements
• Develops relationships with the account managers, partners and customers in support of sales team objectives and engages and leverages team specialist resources as appropriate
• Strategizes and executes technical sales calls
• Completes required pre-sales documentation (configurations, pricing, services, presentations, justifications etc.) quickly and accurately
• Qualifies sales opportunities in terms of customer technical requirements, decision making process and funding
• Presents and markets the design and value of proposed Ahead solutions and business justification to customers, prospects and Ahead management
• Participates in mentorship of entry-level team members
• Possesses strong, detailed product / technology / industry knowledge. Knowledge of job associated software and applications

• Network Infrastructure Experience
• Strong wireless skills (certifications highly looked upon)
  • Wireless principles/site survey/Ekahau knowledge
• Strong Campus/LAN skills (Cisco and other OEM vendors)
• Cisco certifications are highly recommended
• Cisco Nexus Technologies
• IP Routing Protocols
• Cisco Core Datacenter Technologies
• Network Management
• Network Security (Palo Alto/Fortinet) tenants along with SASE knowledge

• VMware / VMware NSX
• Arista
• Automation skillset
• F5 / Net Scaler
• Amazon AWS, Azure, Cloud connectivity and network fundamentals

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent
• Pre Sales and Data Center experience is required
• Professional communication, presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working as a technical lead in a pre-sale's sales campaign
• Ability to work under critical conditions and influence others to achieve results
• Strong interpersonal skills with excellent presentation skills
• Must be independent, self-motivated, a self-starter and possess a good working attitude
• Able to work well within a team and partner environment
• Customer focused and results driven

The compensation range indicated in this posting reflects the On-Target Earnings ("OTE") for this role, which includes a base salary and any applicable target bonus amount. This OTE range may vary based on the candidate's relevant experience, qualifications, and geographic location.

Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between.

We fuel growth by stacking our office with top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab, by encouraging cross department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning.

USA Employment Benefits include:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid company holidays
• Paid time off
• Paid parental and caregiver leave
• Plus more! See benefits  for additional details.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications,…