Now Hiring - Impact Consulting Solutions inc. - Solutions Architect in Pittsburgh, PA

Full description of the position

What will you be doing?

The Consulting Systems Engineer (CSE) role will bring technical Pre-Sales experience to our customers within the local market. Day to day responsibilities will include participation in customer sales meetings, presentations, white board sessions and custom technical design work. The CSE will team with local Client Managers to build customer relationships, partner with multiple OEM's and take part in technical training to provide continued value to the customers. Technical expertise expansion is highly encouraged as you look to learn about new areas of interest and be on the forefront of cutting edge technologies. This position will require the ability to travel up to 25%.

Responsibilities:

• Aligns with Sales team to represent Data Center (Hyper-Converged, Storage, Servers, Compute, Virtualization, Backups, Fabric, etc.) expertise to all assigned accounts.
• Uses knowledge of technology, products and services to build Data Center solutions (and solution options) for the customer.
• Works with clients and Sales team to obtain technical priorities, challenges, and initiatives that can be translated into Data Center opportunities.
• Responsible for the coordination, delivery, and quality of presales technology solution deliverables within the domain of the opportunity which may include items such as configurations, architectural diagrams, and proposals.
• Manages and achieves a Data Center gross profit number.
• Develops and fosters relationships with strategic original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and key data center partners who are local to your region and/or territory.
• Assists in Statement of Work and Proof of Concept review and development.
• Ensures that proposed solutions, when implemented, meet the needs and functional requirements of the customer.

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of technical enterprise and 2+ years of Pre-Sales experience.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
• Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent presentation skills and technical sales skills.
• Must have passion driving storage/server/virtualization solution strategies.
• Strong personality with leadership skills working in a complex matrix organization.
• Strong presence and credibility to be proven at client site and internally.
• Knowledge of the technical aspects of storage, server, backup and virtualization hardware, software and architecture(s).
• Dell/EMC, NetApp, HP TSG and/or VMware certifications highly desired.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $200,000.00 - $225,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay
• Commission pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Pittsburgh, PA: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Sales: 3 years (Preferred)

Work Location: On the road