Consulting Systems Engineer

Overview

In this role, you will act as a technical advisor to accounts, leading the design of data centre compute and storage solutions. You will engage vertical markets to tailor WWT offerings to customer needs and drive revenue through solution positioning. A focus on AI, private cloud, and data centre initiatives will shape your day-to-day decisions. You will collaborate with OEMs, partners, and cross-functional teams to educate clients and enable sales success. This is a strategic, customer-facing engineering role with impact on architectural decisions and business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead for accounts, owning the technical agenda and aligning with customer objectives
• Lead IT infra design and architecture for data centre compute and storage to meet performance and security requirements
• Develop deep relationships within industry verticals to tailor solutions
• Build trusted advisor relationships with clients and prospects, uncovering issues and opportunities
• Collaborate with account teams to enable revenue through education and solution positioning
• Coordinate with OEMs and partners to ensure alignment on AI, compute, storage, and software
• Stay current with industry trends and best practices to educate clients and internal teams
• Produce Bills of Materials (BOMs) and scope/pricing for professional services engagements

Key requirements

• Demonstrable experience in pre-sales, technical consulting, and customer-facing roles with a track record in solutions selling
• Hands-on data centre infrastructure knowledge (compute, storage, network) plus virtualization, software-defined technologies, cloud, and DevOps
• Experience with core/edge networking, enterprise security/cybersecurity, IT/OT environments, and AI awareness
• High-level technical accreditations from Cisco, VMware, Dell EMC, HPE, NetApp, or NVIDIA
• Extensive industry experience in client-side senior roles or with technology integrators/manufacturers spanning applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, and networking
• Strong consultative selling skills with the ability to quickly understand customer problems and propose technology-based solutions
• Excellent presentation and communication skills for engagement with senior stakeholders including C-level executives
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience; willingness to travel as required

• strong communication
• stakeholder engagement
• consultative mindset
• data centre compute and storage
• virtualization and software-defined technologies
• cloud technologies and DevOps

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