Presales Manager

Technical Presales Engineer (MY) - Malaysia

Responsibilities:

• Develop project technology strategy by understanding key client objectives; diagnosing and mapping client requirements; articulating solution risks and barriers; recommending project approaches; preparing time and cost estimates; and planning full project life cycle.
• Prepare and deliver the business value solutions for customers, including proposal writing, presentation, and conduct proof-of-concept to showcase its technical feasibility when necessary.
• Propose technical solutions and oversee the selection of technologies and estimate resources required to develop the proposed solutions to meet customer’s requirements.
• Complete technical documents referring to TOR/training/site-reference etc.
• Any other ad-hoc duties as required or assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum of 2 years experience in the IT industry as pre-sales is required, including solid knowledge of network best practices. Thorough understanding of TCP/IP, including Proxy/firewall/IPS/endpoint security/APT/SIEM, or understanding of server, storage, cloud, virtualization, hyper-converged infrastructure, virtual desktop infrastructure.
• Knowledge of network security or virtualization, Hyper Converged Infrastructure, cloud computing.
• Familiarity with mainstream network equipment (Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet, Bluecoat, etc.) or mainstream virtualization or hyper-converged solutions (Vmware, Simplivity, Nutanix, etc.) with strong analytical and problem-solving skills and a solid understanding of how to troubleshoot technical issues that involve network and Sangfor products.
• Certifications such as CCNA or CCNP or VMware VCP or VCAP, Certified Solution Architect from AWS or Azure, etc. along with proven experience will be preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.