Azure Sr. Solution Specialist

Connection•Remote,

1d•$75,000 - $96,000

About The Position

We calm the confusion of IT by guiding the connection between people and technology. If a customer is looking for a better way to manage their warehouse inventory, equip their workforce, or secure their data, we make it happen. All it takes is finding the right combination of tech hardware, software, cloud solutions, and support services. That’s what we do. We’re the IT Department’s IT Department. Our team is made stronger by a multitude of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. It’s what makes Connection unique—what drives us to innovate and create technology solutions that stand apart from the crowd. We’d love for you to be a part of that fabric, to share your ideas and experiences with a team that thrives on fresh thinking, creativity, and helping others. You’ll find supportive teammates and a rewarding career at Connection—plus great benefits. We take pride in supporting employees with a total rewards package that provides financial, emotional, and physical resources for you and your family. Our compensation, 401k plans, medical insurance, and other benefits are progressive and competitive. We value the importance of our employees’ emotional wellbeing. To support employees, we provide free therapy visits, mental health coaching and tools, and meditation resources. You’ll also enjoy a generous paid time off package that includes not only vacation and sick time, but also Wellness and Volunteer Time Off days.

Requirements

Proficient use of Microsoft Excel, Cisco WebEx and relevant internal business systems.
Working knowledge of respective practice area technologies and related product solutions (datacenter, networking, security, cloud, converged, hyperconverged) ability to create well organized plans and business cases to present to client that clearly articulate relevant facts about proposed business solution
High aptitude to stay current and train on related technology areas
Account planning skills with experience in up-sell and cross-sell strategies.
Adept at providing technical solutions based on customer needs per the practice area
Analytical with ability to assess the customer’s business systems requirements
Action oriented with strong executional skills
Self-motivated and results-driven
Excellent time management skills
Strong interpersonal, organizational, communication and negotiation skills
Proven experience managing projects and delivering expectations, both internally and with clients
Proven success at working collaboratively with sales and internal colleagues to solve technical problems
Multi-tasker, with high energy, and excels in a fast-paced, dynamic call center environment.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

Responsibilities

Drives demand and pipeline for cloud infastructure and software solutions through application centric customer and sales engagement
Analyzes business systems infastructure utilizing computing platform applications
Clarifies clients' mission critical application needs and partner with appropriate Independent Software Vendors (ISVs)
Defines and articulates a hybrid cloud journey for clients and sellers
Designs solutions
Develops customer proposals
Delivers well-prepared business solutions proposals that connect the solution to business outcomes
Differentiates partner solutions from competitor's solutions
Collaborates and employs thought leadership around data center solutions with internal, partner cross-functional teams and senior level management CXO levels