Presales Engineer

Position Responsibility:

• 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 business value solutions for customers, including proposal writing, presentations, and conducting proof-of-concept to showcase 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 requirements.
• Complete technical documents referring to TOR/training/site-reference, etc.
• Any other ad-hoc duties as required or assigned.

Professional Skills:

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in the IT industry as pre-sales is required, including solid knowledge of network best practices and thorough understanding of TCP/IP, including Proxy/firewall/IPS/endpoint security/APT/SIEM, or understanding of server, storage, cloud, virtualization, hyper-converged infrastructure, and virtual desktop infrastructure.
• Knowledge of network security or virtualization, Hyper Converged Infrastructure, and cloud computing.
• Strong familiarity with mainstream network equipment (Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet, Bluecoat, etc.) or mainstream virtualization or hyper-converged solutions (Vmware, Simplivity, Nutanix, etc.), along 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, CCNP, Vmware VCP, VCAP, or Certified Solution Architect from AWS or Azure, along with proven experience, will be preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.