The role involves providing technical pre-sales support for enterprise storage solutions, designing and architecting data storage systems, and partnering with government clients to support digital transformation initiatives aligned with Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030.
Key Responsibilities
Design, architect, and deploy secure, simplified data solutions for public sector clients to support digital transformation and Vision 2030 initiatives.
Develop a deep understanding of customer business needs and align technology solutions to achieve measurable outcomes.
Collaborate with sales teams and partners to create seamless customer experiences and drive revenue growth.
Lead technical evaluations, benchmarks, and system configurations to demonstrate product capabilities.
Create and deliver technical presentations and responses to RFPs, RFQs, and RFIs to secure technical wins.
Translate customer requirements into innovative storage and data solutions, including interoperability and performance testing.
Stay current with industry trends, competitive landscape, and emerging technologies to promote thought leadership.
Support the sales process by providing technical expertise on storage architectures, networking, cloud, and virtualization technologies.
Requirements
Pre-sales experience is required
5 or more years of relevant experience in supporting the sales of enterprise storage, networking, systems, cloud, or software to enterprise accounts, with specific experience in the Public Sector within the country
Deep understanding of the architecture, design, and implementation of multi-tiered client-server and web-based computing solutions
Experience supporting the sales of enterprise storage, networking, systems, cloud, or software to enterprise accounts
Contribute significant portions and/or lead responses to RFPs, RFQs, and RFIs
Superior knowledge of current and emerging storage architectures including FC, iSCSI, NAS, OSD, SAN, Linux, NFS file systems, and Linux distributed network environment
Familiarity with AWS, Azure, GCP cloud platforms
Installation and configuration experience of distributed computing, multiprocessing, virtual memory subsystem, storage subsystems architecture, shared memory architectures, cache architectures, and windowing systems
Familiarity with containers, Kubernetes (K8s), and Microservices architectures
Strong knowledge of digital transformation to Cloud Native architecture, On-Premises, Public Cloud, Provisioning Automation, and Containers
Knowledge of VMware, Local Area Networking, Ethernet, TCP/IP, and general networking
Excellent verbal and written interpersonal skills
BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or other technical degree, or equivalent experience
Familiarity with modern web architecture such as LAMP stack, scale-out vs scale-up architectures, AWS Well-Architected Framework, Microservices architecture
Curiosity and passion for technology, with the ability to explain and demonstrate new technology platforms and concepts to customers
Must work from the Riyadh office in compliance with company policies, unless on PTO, travel, or approved leave
Familiarity with storage-intensive applications and their requirements, such as structured databases like SQL and Oracle, is highly desirable
Benefits & Perks
Flexible time off
Wellness resources
Company-sponsored team events
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