Network Solution Architect - Presales
Network Solution Architect (Presales) - £580/day via Umbrella - 2 months - Birmingham onsite - SCC FLEX CONTRACT
We are seeking a talented and experienced Network Solution Architect to join our specialist team of client-facing professionals.
Your Responsibilities as the Network Solution Architect for this project:
- Collaborate with the team to identify and qualify professional services opportunities early in the sales cycle.
- Work with account and service management teams to uncover opportunities within existing accounts.
- Engage directly with clients to understand their business challenges and translate them into technical requirements.
- Advise clients on technology choices and options, acting as a single point of contact for technical presales engagements.
- Develop customer proposals, statements of work (SoW), cost models, and define proof of concept engagements.
- Support sales and bid teams in completing bid responses, including RFIs, RFPs, and PQQs.
- Ensure smooth handover of presales opportunities to delivery teams, providing clarity on the proposed solution and implementation approach.
As the right Presales Network Solution Architect, you will have:
- Presales experience.
- Networking vendors: Cisco, Juniper, HPE Aruba, Fortinet
- Proven experience in preparing proposals, statements of work, and cost models.
- Proficiency with networking vendor pricing tools such as CCW and Iris.
- Ability to present technical solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences, including board-level stakeholders.
- Broad knowledge of networking technologies, including:
- Campus LAN switching and wireless solutions
- Datacentre switching
- Access LAN and edge security (eg, MX, Zscaler)
- Large scale enterprise network refresh
- RAS and next-generation Firewall
- Cloud security and SASE
- Successful track record of driving pipeline and service development initiatives.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Strategic thinking and the ability to lead strategic discussions.
NOTE: At SCC, we take the privacy and security of your information very seriously, any information we hold will be by current data protection legislation. Upon submitting your application SCC will process your information in line with our privacy policy which can be found on our website under the Legal section -> Privacy Notice -> Flexible Resourcing
Reference: 2825634633
Network Solution Architect - Presales
Posted on Sep 19, 2024 by Specialist Computer Centres PLC
Network Solution Architect (Presales) - £580/day via Umbrella - 2 months - Birmingham onsite - SCC FLEX CONTRACT
We are seeking a talented and experienced Network Solution Architect to join our specialist team of client-facing professionals.
Your Responsibilities as the Network Solution Architect for this project:
- Collaborate with the team to identify and qualify professional services opportunities early in the sales cycle.
- Work with account and service management teams to uncover opportunities within existing accounts.
- Engage directly with clients to understand their business challenges and translate them into technical requirements.
- Advise clients on technology choices and options, acting as a single point of contact for technical presales engagements.
- Develop customer proposals, statements of work (SoW), cost models, and define proof of concept engagements.
- Support sales and bid teams in completing bid responses, including RFIs, RFPs, and PQQs.
- Ensure smooth handover of presales opportunities to delivery teams, providing clarity on the proposed solution and implementation approach.
As the right Presales Network Solution Architect, you will have:
- Presales experience.
- Networking vendors: Cisco, Juniper, HPE Aruba, Fortinet
- Proven experience in preparing proposals, statements of work, and cost models.
- Proficiency with networking vendor pricing tools such as CCW and Iris.
- Ability to present technical solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences, including board-level stakeholders.
- Broad knowledge of networking technologies, including:
- Campus LAN switching and wireless solutions
- Datacentre switching
- Access LAN and edge security (eg, MX, Zscaler)
- Large scale enterprise network refresh
- RAS and next-generation Firewall
- Cloud security and SASE
- Successful track record of driving pipeline and service development initiatives.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Strategic thinking and the ability to lead strategic discussions.
NOTE: At SCC, we take the privacy and security of your information very seriously, any information we hold will be by current data protection legislation. Upon submitting your application SCC will process your information in line with our privacy policy which can be found on our website under the Legal section -> Privacy Notice -> Flexible Resourcing
Reference: 2825634633
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