Pre-Sales Engineer - East Coast

Company Description

ABOUT OUR FIRM: 

Lightspeed Human Capital Management Inc. is considered a global leader in the recruitment of top Sales, Technical Sales (Pre/Post), Support, Marketing, Product Management and Product Marketing candidates in the Mobile/Technology space. In the past year, the Lightspeed Recruiting team has delivered top level candidates for the clients considered BEST IN CLASS  including award winners – focusing on Wireless, Networking, Security, Archiving, Storage and Mobility worldwide.  Our candidates have repeatedly been the TOP candidates in Sales Achievement, Leadership and Business Excellence. How we do know? Our clients call to Thank Us a Year after placements are made…this is success.

CLIENT INDUSTRY: Cloud Networking 

REPORTS TO: Director Solutions Architect 

JOB TITLE(s):  Pre Sales Engineer 

Job Description

This is a unique opportunity to take a leading role in developing strategic accounts with Fortune 500 enterprise organizations in a multi-cloud fast-growing market. Join a world-class sales force with opportunities for advancement- be part of an industry leading, fast growing company.

Responsibilities: 

• Interfacing with our clients US customers & partners through varies support channels
• Establish strong CXO level relationship
• Coordinate activities between internal groups & lead effective resolutions according to client needs
• Develop and drive enterprise SW platform pre-sale strategies to meet sales objectives
• Manage complex enterprise sales campaigns and pre-sale cycles

Qualifications

• 5+ years of enterprise IT software pre-sales experience with a demonstrated track record of successful POC’s turning into sales.
• Hands-on experience with one or more public or private solutions (e.g. OpenStack, Amazon EC2, Azure) and cloud automation
• Working knowledge of Linux and virtualization technologies
• Experience with Shell, Bash, and Python scripting
• Excellent English, highly articulate
• Flexible to travel

• Prior DevOps Engineering experience with Enterprise IT and operations teams
• Previous experience working in financial institutions
• Familiarity with one or more of the following: Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, CI/CD, K8S

Additional Information

Lightspeed Human Capital Management Inc. is a global leader in international recruitment services, specializing in Network Optimization, Service Assurance, Security, OSS/BSS, and SDN/NFV within the telecom space.  Lightspeed works with leading clients in the technology sector and is always looking for exceptional candidates searching for their next opportunity. If this sounds like you, connect with us on LinkedIn, follow us on Twitter @talentxfactor, and visit our website www.talentxfactor.com.