Consulting Systems Engineer (Minneapolis, MN)

World Wide Technology Holding•Minneapolis, MN

5d•$150,000 - $190,000

About The Position

The Consulting Systems Engineer provides technical pre-sales consulting and systems engineering support to clients in Minnesota and Wisconsin, partnering with Client Managers to serve Fortune 500 clients across industries. The role involves working with clients, partners, and OEMs to develop and present technology solutions that address business needs. It uses WWT’s broad services portfolio and Advanced Technology Center for client briefings, training, workshops, demonstrations, and proofs of concept. The position requires travel of up to 25%.

Requirements

Candidates must live in or near the Minneapolis, Minnesota area.
Experience supporting complex enterprise environments, ideally at larger enterprise companies.
Strong experience in multiple disciplines among Collaboration, Data Center Connectivity including Cloud, Campus & Branch Connectivity, Hyper-converged Infrastructure, Unified Communications, Wireless, and Security Infrastructure including Next Gen Firewalls.
Ability to understand a client’s business model and determine technical and resource requirements from business objectives.
Experience scoping Professional Services and Enterprise Solutions Statements of Work.
Ability to travel up to 25%.
Excellent oral and written communication, product demonstration, customer service, and presentation skills.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

Strong experience in Data Protection, Compute, Storage, or Virtualization.

Responsibilities

Participate in client sales meetings, presentations, whiteboard sessions, and custom technical design work.
Develop strong relationships with clients, partners, and key stakeholders.
Serve as the technical liaison to supported clients.
Host and moderate client workshops to develop solutions to business problems using people, process, and technology.
Develop Level of Effort documentation for Professional Services and Partner Driven Services work.
Validate and qualify labor hours for Professional Services work.
Assist in developing Bills of Materials and client-facing quotes for hardware and support products.
Architect and design IT infrastructure solutions, including LAN/WAN, data center networking, cloud connectivity, wireless, collaboration, firewalls, application delivery controllers, and security.
Partner with local Client Managers and multiple OEMs to build client relationships and provide continued value.
Participate in technical training and expand technical expertise in new areas.