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Sales Engineer, Cloud & Security

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in sales engineering, solutions architecture, or technical consulting
  • Demonstrated technical depth in cloud and/or cybersecurity
  • Strong discovery, presentation, written communication, and consultative-selling skills
  • Ability to explain complex technical concepts to technical and business audiences

Responsibilities

  • Lead technical discovery, qualification, and solution-design discussions with customers of all sizes
  • Conduct virtual/onsite client meetings and translate client objectives, risks, and technical requirements into vendor recommendations
  • Support Trusted Advisors with account mapping, vendor selection, competitive positioning, and opportunity advancement
  • Maintain current knowledge of providers, technologies, market trends, and competitive alternatives

About the company

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AVANT Communications

IT Services & IT Consulting

As the nation’s premier distributor of next generation technologies, AVANT has the resources and relationships needed to successfully navigate the ever-changing world of communications and IT infrastructure. From complex cloud design to global wide-area network deployments, we empower our partners and clients with access to the global marketplace of Cloud, Colocation and Telecom service providers. We specialize in technology and infrastructure consulting, solution selection, and service implementation. Our goal is to set the industry standard for knowledge and navigation of the global technology marketplace. Service Consulting Specialties: • Cloud Compute • Hosted Infrastructure and Applications • Managed Servers and Applications • Colocation/Data Center Search and Brokerage • Managed Hosting • Hosted Exchange • VDI and Desktop as a Service • Hosted VoIP • Telecom Pricing and Procurement • Ethernet, Private Line and WAN Design (Layer 2 and 3) • SIP & Voice Services • Contact Center services • Other Professional IT consulting services

Company details

IndustryIT Services & IT Consulting
Company size51 - 200

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Job description

Job Type
Full-time
Description

Full-time


Position Title: Sales Engineer, Cloud & Security

Department: Training 

Reporting To: Security/Cloud Practice Lead

Location: Remote


AVANT is seeking a customer-facing Sales Engineer to support Trusted Advisors (TAs) and their clients across cloud, security, and managed services. This individual contributor will lead technical discovery, translate business and technical requirements into effective solution strategies, align opportunities with AVANT providers, help advance complex sales engagements, and assist in management of online customer and TA’s requests.


Essential Functions:

· Lead technical discovery, qualification, and solution-design discussions with customers of all sizes.

· Conduct virtual/onsite client meetings and translate client objectives, risks, and technical requirements into vendor recommendations.

· Support Trusted Advisors with account mapping, vendor selection, competitive positioning, and opportunity advancement.

· Use AVANT Pathfinder and other proprietary tools throughout the discovery and sales process.

· Maintain current knowledge of providers, technologies, market trends, and competitive alternatives.

· Identify portfolio gaps and collaborate with practice, sales, engineering, marketing, and provider-management teams.

Requirements

· 3+ years of experience in sales engineering, solutions architecture, or technical consulting.

· Demonstrated technical depth in cloud and/or cybersecurity.

· Strong discovery, presentation, written communication, and consultative-selling skills.

· Ability to explain complex technical concepts to technical and business audiences.

· Experience supporting complex sales opportunities and influencing customer decisions.

· Channel, TSD, MSP, MSSP, cloud-provider, or technology-partner experience preferred.


 

Benefits:

  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Commuter Benefits
  • 401K Match
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Generous Parental Leave

The information contained in this job description is intended to convey information about the essential functions and requirements of the position. It is not an exhaustive list of the skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the opportunity. In addition, the employee should be able to communicate effectively and in a constructive manner with management, peers, and coworkers.

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