Technical Solutions Engineer

Shi International Ltd

4d • $100,000 - $130,000

About The Position

Since 1989, SHI International Corp. has helped organizations change the world through technology. We've grown every year since, and today we're proud to be a $16 billion global provider of IT solutions and services. Over 17,000 organizations worldwide rely on SHI's concierge approach to help them solve what's next. But the heartbeat of SHI is our employees - all 7,000 of them. If you join our team, you'll enjoy: Our commitment to diversity, as the largest minority- and woman-owned enterprise in the U.S. Continuous professional growth and leadership opportunities. Health, wellness, and financial benefits to offer peace of mind to you and your family. World-class facilities and the technology you need to thrive - in our offices or yours. The Solutions Engineer collaborates with account teams to assess customer data center environments and design tailored infrastructure solutions that align with business objectives. This role involves building technical relationships with OEMs, providing training to sales teams and customers, managing the solution practice pipeline, and engaging with various client contacts to identify technology opportunities across Data Center, Cloud, Network, Security, and Services spaces.

Requirements

• Experience working in complex Data Center sales opportunities - Intermediate
• Ability to design data center infrastructures that include hybrid cloud, hyper converged, software-defined data center (SDDC), infrastructure/platform as a service, automation, containerization, and Data Center Management Platforms - Intermediate
• Strong knowledge of Virtualization technologies, Hypervisors, server virtualization, Software Defined Data Center, containerization, and automation - Intermediate
• Ability to effectively communicate and sell complex technical products or services by understanding customer needs, articulating the value proposition, and providing technical expertise to support the sales process - Intermediate
• Expertise in mainstream technologies to include: Dell Technologies, NetApp, HPE, Cisco, Pure Storage, Azure, AWS, Veeam, Nutanix - Intermediate
• Experience with Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity and High Availability Solutions (backup/recovery, data protection, mirroring, active/standby, active/active, clustering) - Intermediate
• Completed Bachelor's Degree or relevant work experience required
• 3-5 years of experience in a similar role
• Ability to travel to SHI, Partner, and Customer Events

Nice To Haves

• 1-2 years direct technical presales experience architecting customer solutions.
• Solution selling experience
• Experience with leading server and storage vendors, such as Dell/EMC, HPE, NetApp, Cisco etc…
• Some Knowledge of Networking and SAN architecture and implementation of NAS technologies SAN, NAS, DR, supporting infrastructure
• Some Knowledge of Virtualization
• Programing skills a plus
• Automation skills a plus

Responsibilities

• Work with the CIC Solution Architects in support of the CIC
• Eagerness to learn from, and work with, the CIC staff
• Deliver related IT assessments to analyze customer environment
• Help Design solutions and plan implementations with the CIC Solution Architect team
• Stay current with new technologies and innovations and recommend adoption of new technologies
• Maintain certifications relevant to job role
• Provide product/solution demos and/or workshops
• Provide customer tours of the CIC Labs

Benefits

• Health, wellness, and financial benefits to offer peace of mind to you and your family.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees