Pre-Sales Engineer - Super Micro (ICT Sector) | Midrand

Introduction

Midrand, Gauteng | Permanent, Full-time | Office-based with local and interprovincial travel

A leading ICT distribution company is seeking an experienced Pre-Sales Engineer to drive its Super Micro brand strategy within the Enterprise business unit. You'll act as a technology evangelist and trusted advisor, using your technical expertise to design integrated infrastructure solutions, enable sales teams and partners, and help achieve brand revenue and profit targets.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Gather customer requirements and translate them into technical solutions, configurations and Bills of Materials (BOMs)

• Design Super Micro solutions across the Enterprise portfolio that are technically sound and commercially viable

• Prepare and maintain accurate quotations, including configuration, product selection and pricing

• Deliver presentations, demos, whiteboarding sessions and proof-of-concepts to customers and partners

• Provide product training and solution enablement to internal sales teams, partners and customers

• Represent the vendor at customer and partner engagements, conferences and industry events

• Support sales teams through the full opportunity lifecycle, from solution design to order fulfilment

• Combine Super Micro with complementary technologies across compute, storage, networking, virtualisation, backup, HCI and cloud

• Participate in tender evaluations, technical validation and pricing activities

• Achieve and maintain relevant brand certifications

• Provide feedback on customer needs, competitor activity and market trends

Desired Experience & Qualification

Minimum Requirements

• Matric with Mathematics (essential)

• 5+ years' experience in designing infrastructure solutions

• Proven track record in technical pre-sales of enterprise infrastructure

• Strong understanding of enterprise storage, servers, backup, networking, virtualisation, converged/hyper-converged and cloud infrastructure

• Demonstrable knowledge of enterprise solution design considerations and tools

• Appropriate technical accreditation/certification

• Above-average MS Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint skills

• Valid driver's licence and own vehicle

Advantageous

• Strong knowledge of the Super Micro portfolio

• Experience building BOMs, quotations and solution configurations

• Relevant tertiary qualification

Package & Remuneration

Market related OTE package, depending on experience.