A well-established enterprise software company in the data infrastructure space is seeking a Sales Systems Engineer to join its growing team in Spain.
We’re looking for a pre-sales professional who combines technical depth with excellent communication skills. You’ll play a key role in helping customers solve complex infrastructure challenges, working closely with Account Managers, technical stakeholders, and senior leadership on the client side.
Responsibilities
* The ability to easily create a connection by crafting compelling presentations/narratives that engage the C-Suite, audiences of various sizes and functional disciplines, prospects, customers, and colleagues on product, solution, and architecture.
* Showcase active listening skills, prioritizing understanding of the customers' environment before presenting solutions.
* Proactive presales account management and collaboration with Technical Advisor (s) for post-technical support. Function as a liaison between field sales teams and corporate functions such as corporate engineering, product support, and technical sales leadership, etc.
* Effectively manage customer expectations and collaborate with the Technical Advisor(s) for potential enhancements with timely follow-up to all customer inquiries and white glove service.
* Adherence to Company corporate engineering guidelines for sizing and performance testing before delivering configurations and proposals to customers.
* Provide support for major RFP/RFI answering efforts. Conduct evaluations and Proof of Concepts (POCs).
* Create and deliver architecture proposals, as well as develop and present Solutions Briefs.
* Installation/configuration of distributed computing, multiprocessing, virtual memory subsystem, storage subsystems architecture, shared memory architecture, cache architecture, windowing systems.
Requirements:
* Possess a minimum of three years of pre-sales experience, preferably a “start-up environment mindset”.
* Showcase excellent listening skills with critical thinking skills to dynamically adjust presentation responses based upon interactive prospect / customer interactions.
* Experience working on a quota-carrying team is essential and requires a history of meeting or exceeding quota.
* Ability to demonstrate initiative, while closely collaborating with assigned Enterprise Account Manager(s) to drive sales efforts forward.
* Hands on and or Technical Sales experience with SAN + NAS (FC / NVMe block, NFS, SMB and S3)
* Strong knowledge in container, virtualization, or modern backup solutions within a specific geographic region or vertical market.
* Able to proactively seek opportunities to expand networks and generate meetings beyond relying on Account Manager(s)
* Deep technical knowledge and real-world usage of application and system environments and their integration touchpoints within the enterprise storage industry
* Must possess strong active listening skills.