Hands-on Presales, Solution Architect (United States)
Job Description
6WIND is looking for a Hands-on, Pre-Sales Solution Architect for its Virtual Router products business in the USA. This is a strategic role within the company. Your mission will be to become a key and respected technical resource to the development organizations in major Networking and Telecom companies.
Your mission will be to become a key and respected technical resource at Service Provider and Enterprise accounts. This is a unique opportunity to join the company’s growing team in the Americas. The position reports to the Solutions Architect Director, based in the US.
Key Responsibilities:
- Be a key player within the Sales Team and a strategic liaison between R&D and Sales
- Be able to interact with major Networking and Telecom companies worldwide
- Position 6WIND Networking products as the leading solutions in a booming market
- Have an in-depth understanding of the requirements and needs of the prospects
- Build highly sophisticated and efficient demos and presentations
- Lead evaluations, proof of concepts and RFIs/RFQs/RFPs with prospects and customers
- Provide helpful and constructive feedback to our PLM and R&D teams
- Be an important contributor in the evolution of our solutions
Required Skills/Qualifications:
- 2+ years of experience in networking software with proven sales track-record
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent
- Excellent knowledge of Linux and communication/networking protocols such as TCP/IP, IPsec, BGP, OSPF, VRRP, SNMP, VLAN, VXLAN, etc.
- Experience of Linux system level network debug experience (statistics, tcpdump, logs, netstat, nmap, traceroute, socat, etc.)
- Familiar with virtualization (KVM, VMware, Openstack) and/or container environments (docker, Kubernetes)
- Good understanding of Telco/CSP/Enterprise/Data-center networking use-cases
- Multilingual skills : English (mandatory), as well as Spanish would be highly preferred for this role
- Ability to manage time effectively, work independently, and be self-motivated
- Ability to interact effectively with individuals at all levels including C levels within the prospect and client organizations
- Networking Certifications such as CCNA/CCNP are highly appreciated
- Knowledge of traffic generation tools (IXIA, TRex, etc.) and frameworks such as DPDK/VPP/VNF/CNF would be helpful
- Experience in embedded and networking software development would also be seen as a plus