Technical Architect Opportunity with Great Company in Minneapolis/St. Paul

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Technical Architect Opportunity with Great Company in Minneapolis/St. Paul

Primarily responsible for providing pre-sales technical and other consulting services to clients.

• Support sales team on proposal and solutions to customers.
• Meet customers to understand user requirements, perform customer education and create solutions.
• Prepare solution proposals.
• Generate / verify Bill of Materials for quotations.
• Assist sales in gathering 3rd party pricing and liaising with 3rd parties, if required.
• Customer facing presentations and clarifications.
• Support sales in tendering and bidding process.

Requirements:

• Technical knowledge in Enterprise Servers, Storage Solution, Backup and Recovery Solution, UNIX, Windows, Networking, Hardware, mission Critical- High Availability Concepts.
• Ability to solution architect Storage and Server infrastructure solution.
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation and conversational skills; positive in learning
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision
• Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor\’s Degree, Post Graduate Diploma or Professional Degree in Computer Science/Information Technology or equivalent
• At least 3 year(s) of working experience in Pre-Sales for system solution.

Pre-sales architects may also be asked to attend training or perform self-study programs to pass manufacture or vendor specific certification exams that help organization meet requirements.

Major responsibilities: (Primary accountability for specific functions and results)

• Final responsibility for technical solution provided to clients.
• Responsible for providing quality internal support as required.
• Responsible for adhering to project methodologies when working assigned projects.
• Assisting with all pre-sales activities on assigned accounts.
• Responsible for admin responsibilities, including time and expense entry on weekly basis.
• Must hold industry related certifications TBD by management.
• Knowledge of Hitachi, EMC or IBM Storage very desirable.

Travel: Some travel may be required, up to 25% on annual basis.

Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor’s Degree, Post Graduate Diploma or Professional Degree in Computer Science/Information Technology or equivalent

At least 3 year(s) of working experience in Pre-Sales for system solution.

If you have this experience, feel you are a fit for this position, and are interested, please answer the questions below:

Regards,

Mike Hanes
ProVisionTech