Sales Engineer vacancy

Sales Engineer vacancy
Employment duration: Full time
Location: Kenya
Job Code: 674
Description
As part of the EMEA Sales Engineering and East Africa Sales teams, you will be responsible for all pre-sales technical activities with customers and prospects in your assigned territory. You will perform presentations and workshops with customers and prospects about Sandvine products and solutions, articulating their operational benefits and features. You must possess competitive knowledge including solution, technology and product offerings and have an understanding and be conversant about the company, solutions and product strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
Primary activities will include customer presentations bids and proposal coordination as well as network design. You should have proven “hands on” experience and be able to run trials and Proof of Concept tests in order to demonstrate Sandvine solutions. You may also support launch activities, assist with tradeshows and system engineering training and be required to respond to initial customer inquiries. You will assist with the definition and championing of improvements in Sandvine networking systems and software solutions.
We are looking for a person with experience and self-motivation, with the ability to function on his/her own. The successful candidate will become the technical authority on the Sandvine products and solutions. The person must also have commercial awareness and flair with excellent presentation and interpersonal skills.
Qualifications
• Degree in Engineering, Computer or Network Science or equivalent
• 8+ years of networking experience with routing products and IP related technologies
• Knowledge of TCP/IP, sub-netting, traffic flows, TCP/UDP, application layer protocols like HTTP, P2P, IM, etc.
• Installation, operation and configuration of all of the following: Cisco or Juniper routers/switches, Unix, Linux and/or BSD operating systems, firewall technologies
• Minimum of 2 years related experience in a highly technical product lab setting or operational network environment would be considered an asset
• Experience in Wireless data technologies (CDMA, GPRS, LTE, …)
• Knowledge of Wireless data network architecture including standards (3GPP, 3GPP2)
Skills
• Excellent troubleshooting and investigative skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Must be able to work independently and have a demonstrated ability to absorb new technologies
• Must possess strong presentation skills and be able to communicate professionally in written responses to emails, RFPs, and when submitting reports.
• Organized and analytical, able to eliminate sales obstacles through creative and adaptive approaches
• Project Management experience deploying large systems an advantage
• Must be prepared for extensive travel
• Fluency in English, spoken and written
We thank all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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