Desired Skills and Experience
- Support account managers by attending customer meetings, discover business opportunities, and defining technical requirements
- Develop technical presentations and articulate highly technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Collaborate with partners to develop and strengthen business relationships
- Execute proof-of-concepts when necessary to close sales opportunities
- Ability to work with minimal direction, in a team environment to drive business
- Develop highly detailed Statements of Work for professional service engagements
- Assist clients through planning and implementation of networking and security solutions
- Develop high-level and low level design documents to support implementation and customer hand-off
- Troubleshoot and support customers when required
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related discipline
- 5+ years experience implementing Networking / Security technology
- Experience with three or more of the following vendors: Cisco, Arista, Palo Alto, Fortinet, A10, Bluecoat, Riverbed
- In-depth knowledge of routing protocols like OSPF, IGRP, BGP, MPLS, spanning-tree protocol
- Strong understanding of Network Security
- Strong experience configuring and implementing various Firewall platforms such as Palo Alto, Juniper or Fortinet
- Ability to lift up to 40 lbs. if neccessary
- Experience with SD WAN platforms
- Experience with Cloud platforms
- Ability to plan, organize, prioritize, and complete assigned tasks with minimal supervision despite rapidly changing priorities
- Results-oriented with an absolute commitment to the highest level of quality
- Self-driven and flexible with high motivation
- Strong presentation and written skills
- Ability to multi-task and handle multiple projects under strict deadlines
- Independent problem-solving and self-directing abilities
- Strong interpersonal skills like being a team player and effective collaborator with many different types of audiences
- Ability to practice tolerance and professionalism in times of high stress
- Self-motivation, strong time management, and organization skills