Sales Engineer, Air Force

Persistent Systems

3d•$120,000 - $170,000•Remote

About The Position

Persistent Systems is seeking a Sales Engineer who will serve as the technical lead and subject-matter expert in the development of MANET architecture for Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) and Base Defense (to include Counter-UAS) architectures. You will be responsible for all technical aspects of Wave Relay® MANET solutions offered to our customers. You will also play a pivotal role in communicating technical challenges to our engineering department, helping to shape future product development with your insight into customer challenges and market needs. You will be responsible for the deployment and testing of advanced overlay network architectures within a cloud environment. This position provides the opportunity to develop and deploy technologies that solve some of our customers’ most difficult networking problems. This role offers the ability to work remotely.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in related engineering, computer science, or information technology or equivalent experience
2+ years of experience in technical support and/or field engineering
Strong familiarity with DoD networks and the HW and SW used
Experience in IL2-IL6 network cybersecurity controls
Network design using In Line Encryptors and Cross Domain Solutions
Knowledge with NSA Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) program
Must have the ability to obtain a United States security clearance

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in computer/network/system engineering, computer science or cybersecurity
5+ years of experience in most of these areas: Overlay Network Design and Deployment, VPN Technologies, Fault Tolerant Network Design, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cisco CSR, VXLAN, DMVPN, VPLS, SD-WAN
Current CCNA Networking certification or higher or similar networking certification
Experience with wireless concepts such as MANET, Mesh, Ad-hoc, protocols and web architecture, with an understanding of hardware and software concepts
DoD Information Operations and Cyber Security experience
Prior USAF program experience in the JADC2 or Base Defense areasTechnical Subject Matter Expert in communications or Networking

Responsibilities

Interact with all stakeholders to establish business requirements, assess technical capabilities and analyze findings to translate into technology solutions
Develop long-term customer relationships with clients through managing and interpreting their requirements
Design technical solutions to meet prospect's business, technical, and/or financial goals
Support and respond, in an effective and timely manner, on RFI / RFPs
Partner with the Sales team to develop requirements documents, presentations, proposals, and ROI models, and coordinate with a team of support specialists, consultants, or project managers to execute sales objectives or to ensure that all pre-sales customer requirements are documented and transitioned
Work closely with Product Managers and Engineering by providing feedback from information gathered during pre-sales projects
Contribute to Sales Engineering effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-term issues: provide information and commentary pertinent to deliberations; recommend options and courses of action; implement directives
Provide technical leadership and guidance for architecture design and development of highly resilient, dependable technology platforms including computing, networking, communications, storage, integration, and security
Build specifications to support integration with current premise infrastructure and cloud providers to include SD-WAN suites
Develop and present logical and physical designs for all Cloud based solutions
Design, conduct and document technical demonstrations, including customer events and exercises
Incorporate Cybersecurity best practices that align to Risk Management Framework (RMF) initiatives
Deploy Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) suites and capabilities in cloud-connected and disconnected networks
Utilize containerization tools (Docker and Kubernetes) for edge compute applications