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ASG Presales Solutions Engineer - Infrastructure

SHI, Austin, TX


Job Summary

The ASG Presales Solutions Engineer - Infrastructure will work as a customer facing data center infrastructure specialist. They will help uncover and develop opportunities when meeting with customers and account planning with sales teams. This position is a remote position that may be required to report to the Austin, TX office as required for business needs as determined by SHI management.

About Us

Since 1989, SHI International Corp. has helped organizations change the world through technology. We've grown every year since, and today we're proud to be a $14 billion global provider of IT solutions and services.

Over 17,000 organizations worldwide rely on SHI's concierge approach to help them solve what's next. But the heartbeat of SHI is our employees - all 6,000 of them. If you join our team, you'll enjoy:
  • Our commitment to diversity, as the largest minority- and woman-owned enterprise in the U.S.
  • Continuous professional growth and leadership opportunities.
  • Health, wellness, and financial benefits to offer peace of mind to you and your family.
  • World-class facilities and the technology you need to thrive - in our offices or yours.


Responsibilities

Include, but are not limited to:

  • Collaborates with account teams in understanding the maturity levels of customer data center environments through review and evaluation of Infrastructure technologies, consumption, implementations, and processes
  • Responsible for designing and proposing infrastructure solutions that meet customer's business objectives
  • Strengthen our technical relationships with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), strategic and emerging partners to increase knowledge and be considered for beta programs to better serve our customers with best current product information
  • Conduct product training and positioning for the Sales team and customer


Qualifications

  • Preferred Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
  • 2+ years' experience working in complex Data Center technical presales opportunities
  • Advanced knowledge of servers, storage, virtualization technologies, hybrid cloud, converged infrastructure, and software-defined data centers regarding their impact on the business
  • Experience with Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity and High Availability Solutions (backup/recovery, data protection, mirroring, active/standby, active/active, clustering)
  • Expertise in mainstream technologies to include: Dell Technologies, NetApp, HPE, Cisco, Pure Storage, Azure, AWS, Veeam, Nutanix


Required Skills

  • Ability to design data center infrastructures that include hybrid cloud, hyper converged, software-defined data center (SDDC), infrastructure/platform as a service, automation, containerization, and Data Center Management Platforms.
  • Strong knowledge of Virtualization technologies, Hypervisors, server virtualization, Software Defined Data Center, containerization, and automation
  • High capacity to understand complex technical and selling situations and the ability to solve the problem or solicit the required resources
  • Must be results driven with a strong sense of urgency
  • Attention to detail, organization, and follow up skills are critical


Certifications Required

Preferred certifications in one or more of the following mainstream technologies:
  • Dell Technologies, Cisco, VMware, NetApp, Pure Storage, HPE, Azure, AWS, Commvault, Rubrik, Cohesity, Veeam, Nutanix


Unique Requirements

  • Position requires percentage travel of 30% for customer meetings, internal meetings or engagements, conferences, and SHI Offices


Additional Information

  • The estimated annual pay range for this position is $120,000 - $230,000 which includes a base salary and bonus. The compensation for this position is dependent on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location and, therefore, will vary from individual to individual. Benefits may include, but are not limited to, medical, vision, dental, 401K, and flexible spending.
  • Equal Employment Opportunity - M/F/Disability/Protected Veteran Status


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