Now Hiring - Prosyntix - Cisco Presales (Solutions) Engineer in Knoxville, TN

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Position: Cisco Presales Solution Engineer

Job Description:

Prosyntix is currently recruiting for a direct-hire, full-time Cisco Presales (Solutions) Engineer working remote. This position will require some travel to client sites when needed in the Knoxville, TN area.

The primary responsibility of the Solution Engineer is to provide technical expertise and support to the sales team throughout the sales process. The Solution Engineer will provide this support across a variety of technologies and customer industries. As such, the Solution Engineer must have broad technical knowledge of IP networking and systems that connect to the IP network. Strong familiarity with manufacturer solutions from Cisco is required, with additional knowledge of manufacturer solutions from Pure, Microsoft, and/or VMWare desirable. In addition, the Solution Engineer will be expected to stay abreast of new products and emerging technologies.

Skills: Develop solutions based on customer issues

• Experience creating BoMs
• Experience creating SoWs
• Experience demoing solutions
• Data Center areasHyperconverged infrastructure: Cisco Hyperflex, Nutanix
• Cisco UCS platform
• Window servers and Azure infrastructure
• Cloud strategy: when to use Azure when to keep on premise
• Migrations to Azure
• VMware
• Storage: Pure Storage, Cloud Storage, storage strategies
• Disaster Recovery strategies
• Automation: using APIs and other tools to automate data center operations
• Window server and AD
• Cisco networking and security products

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Sales support for network, wireless, security, unified communications, data center and other technologies which may propose during the sales process
• Building trust and rapport with customers while developing an understanding of their business and developing solutions that address their needs
• Interaction with customers, partners, and employees to validate solutions design and provide supplemental expertise
• Creation of project bills of materials using appropriate tools
• Development of professional services and managed services statements of work
• Response to Requests for Proposals issued by current or prospective customers
• Identification of project risk and risk mitigation planning
• Coordination with the Project Management Office for the handoff of professional services projects and managed services to the implementation team.

Qualifications:

• Five plus years of customer-facing Cisco engineering experience
• Knowledge of two or more of the following is required: routing/switching, 802.11 wireless, unified communications, network security, videoconferencing, virtualization, servers, and storage. In-depth understanding of Cisco networking, security and data center products
• Can identify customer problems and create solutions to solve those problems
• Consultative approach with strong problem solving & critical thinking skills.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Quick learner, self-motivated, positive attitude, flexible and adaptable; ability to change priorities quickly, and have strong follow-up skills.
• Proactive, driven, and positive work attitude.
• Good communication skills both oral and written.
• Strong technical document development and technical document writing skills.
• Knowledge of Cisco Commerce quoting tool is strongly preferred

Structure:

The Solution Engineerreports to the Managing Consultant of the Solution Engineering Team, and has collaborative relationships with Sales, Project Managers, Engineers, Client Services, and Customer Experience teams

Additional Information:
The selected candidate must be able to pass a standard background check.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $130,000.00 - $160,000.00 per year

Benefits:

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

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Application Question(s):

• At least 5 years of Cisco Engineering Experience
• 3-5 years of experience creating/writing BOMs and SOWs
• 3-5 years of Cloud experience
• Experience with Hyperconverged Infrastructure: Cisco Hyperflex, Nutanix

Experience:

• Pre-sales: 5 years (Required)

Willingness to travel:

• 25% (Required)

Work Location: Remote