[Hiring] Sales Engineer @KGP Telecommunications, LLC

Role Description

The Sales Engineer is responsible for answering a customer’s technical needs while on location at a customer location. The Sales Engineer should drive additional product and services content by aiding in the sales effort while being a technical resource to help customers solve complex problems.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in L2/L3 networking design and implementation with a focus on Data Center, Central Office, Campus, and Wi-Fi solutions
• Expert-level experience with routing and switching, including L2/L3 protocols, as well as overlay technologies such as VxLAN
• Current hands-on experience in designing highly scalable leaf-spine network architectures
• Expert knowledge in Ethernet, RSTP/MSTP, VLANs, IP Routing, TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, eBGP, VxLAN, Multicast, Spanning Tree, and QoS
• Experience with Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is highly desired
• Experience and certifications with technology companies such as: Ciena, Juniper, Arista, Cisco, and Nokia are highly desired
• Strong writing skills and ability to create informative white papers on technology and products is highly desired

Requirements

• Work closely with account teams to provide pre-sales technical systems engineering support for enterprise and service provider customers
• Collaborate with the sales team to respond to RFP/RFQs and provide valuable customer feedback to Partner Product Management and Engineering teams
• Gain an in-depth understanding of enterprise and service provider clients and conduct whiteboard network architectural reviews
• Lead/support customer meetings from a technical/solution capacity, communicating customer needs to KGPCo engineers and project managers
• Act as a trusted advisor to customers, gathering requirements and identifying opportunities with existing and new customers
• Conduct KGPCo partner product presentations of Networking Solutions
• Utilize expertise in network design and implementation to create consistent and highly scalable network solutions
• Provide technical guidance and leadership on products by leading Compute, Transport and IP Networking vendor partners
• Stay current with industry trends and advancements in networking technology
• Author and collaborate on informative white papers on Network technology and products
• Responsible for various customers and projects in multiple states, including multi-site projects
• Work independently, including the self-management of projects
• Contribute as a technical expert in resolving customer problems
• May provide guidance to other Sales Engineers
• Offer design guidelines and provide recommendations to clients and prospects

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Supplemental insurance plans
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401(k) with Company match
• Generous vacation, holiday, and sick/safe time
• Pet insurance for non-human family members