Sr. Systems Engineer

Our client is s building Nutanix Customer Success Group (CSG) focused on cloud software and hyper-converged infrastructure solutions and seeking an experienced Senior Systems Engineer with Secret or Top Secret level clearance who will be part of the new group reporting to CTO at Corporate headquarters in Herndon, Virginia. Primary Place of work will be in KOREA.

The Senior Systems Engineer is a customer-focused technical sales professional that provides pre-sales consulting, technical guidance, and hands-on assistance to customers and Nutanix channel partners. The System Engineer teams and collaborates with Nutanix sales teams to recommend and design effective and appropriate customer solutions based on Nutanix offerings.
The System Engineer acts in a consultative fashion and is looked to as an expert in his/her field by the Nutanix sales teams, business partners and customers.

Responsibilities:
  • Articulate the features and benefits of Nutanix solutions and products.
  • Understand the customer’s business drivers and how to map these to a Nutanix solution.
  • Provide technical leadership in the Requirements Discovery, Solution Development, and Solution Proposal stages of the opportunity sales cycle.
  • Provide channel partner enablement for selected channel partners in a defined territory to include: regular product and solution updates, customized workshops, SE shadow program, and any other required tasks to enable the partner to perform independent pre-sales support for small-to-medium size opportunities.
  • Perform product demonstrations and presentations in support of company road shows and events.
  • Manage, monitor, and/or perform solution evaluations and Proofs-of-Concept in support of sales opportunities either directly or through channel partners.
  • Perform technical account management and act as an interface between the sales/pre-sales account teams and technical staff by monitoring and managing technical issues to conclusion, including any required management escalations required to resolve technical issues.
  • Act as interface to Product Management to monitoring and manage feature requests and product roadmap issues to a conclusion, including any required management escalations required to resolve related issues.
  • Provide reporting and feedback on customer accounts and field activities to Sales, Product Management, and Engineering.
Requirements:
  • Has proven customer-facing skills at both the C-level and line management level.
  • Be technically strong enough to establish credibility with technical leaders.
  • Technical experience with virtualization technologies, data center consolidation, and/or server technologies is highly desirable.
  • Hands-on, and “does what it takes” attitude to drive success.
  • Team player with a strong drive.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate professionally with partners, customers, and internal cross-functional teams including Sales, Marketing, and Engineering.
  • A structured thinker with strong presentation and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects, determine project urgency and execute detailed action plans.
  • Highest level of personal and professional ethics and integrity.
  • Travel may be required occasionally as needed but is not anticipated to be a significant percentage of the time.
Preferred Education and Experience:
  • BA/BS degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

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