On-site Full Time
prime gate -
Jordan , Amman
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Job Purpose


The Senior PreSales Engineer – IT Infrastructure Systems is responsible for end-to-end technical solutioning across enterprise compute, storage, hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), virtualization, backup, disaster recovery, and hybrid cloud integration.


The role is responsible for gathering and prioritizing client business and technical requirements, designing high-availability architectures, preparing accurate RFI/RFP/RFQ responses and compliance matrices, and working closely with Account Managers, OEMs, and Value-Added Distributors (VADs) in Saudi Arabia to drive successful deal execution and customer satisfaction.


Key Responsibilities


Work closely with the Sales team to provide full technical presales support and achieve enterprise sales targets.


Gather and analyze customer technical and business requirements and translate them into scalable IT infrastructure solutions.


Design high-availability, scalable, and cost-effective infrastructure architectures.


Demonstrate the business value, scalability, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), and Return on Investment (ROI) of proposed solutions.


Lead and participate in the end-to-end completion of RFIs, RFPs, and RFQs, including technical bid coordination, discovery workshops, sizing, BoM generation, technical proposal writing, and compliance matrices.


Align the company's hardware, software, implementation, and managed services capabilities with customer requirements.


Promote infrastructure upgrade and transformation opportunities across enterprise and government accounts in Saudi Arabia.


Design, coordinate, and oversee Proof-of-Concept (POC) activities, benchmarking, and technical demonstrations.


Maintain strong relationships with key IT infrastructure OEMs and local VADs in Saudi Arabia to support special pricing, quotation speed, and BoM validation.


Collaborate with Product Managers and OEM channel teams to identify market opportunities, track product roadmaps, and generate new leads.


Provide technical enablement and infrastructure product training to internal Sales teams.


Participate in commercial and margin optimization discussions with OEMs, principals, and distributors.


Engage with OEM Presales Architects to stay updated on product releases, roadmaps, and End-of-Life (EOL) strategies.


Assist Sales leaders in addressing complex technical objections and closing high-value infrastructure deals.


Perform competitive benchmarking across compute, storage, virtualization, HCI, and backup solutions.


Technical Expertise


The candidate should have strong experience across the following technology areas:


Compute, Servers, HCI & Converged Infrastructure


HPE ProLiant, Synergy, SimpliVity


Dell Technologies PowerEdge, VxRail


Nutanix


Cisco UCS, HyperFlex


Lenovo ThinkSystem


Huawei FusionServer, FusionCube


Sangfor


Supermicro


Enterprise Storage


Dell PowerStore, PowerScale, Unity


NetApp ONTAP, SANtricity


Pure Storage FlashArray, FlashBlade


HPE Alletra, Primera, Nimble


Huawei OceanStor


SAN, NAS, Object Storage, and Unified Storage


Virtualization & VDI


VMware vSphere / Cloud Foundation


Nutanix AHV


Red Hat OpenShift / KVM


Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Stack


Citrix


Backup, Recovery & Archiving


Veeam


Cohesity


Rubrik


Commvault


Dell Data Domain / PowerProtect


Veritas


HPE Zerto


Hybrid & Multi-Cloud


AWS


Microsoft Azure


Google Cloud Platform (GCP)


Local Saudi cloud providers


Key Qualifications


Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in IT infrastructure presales or solution architecture.


Deep knowledge of datacenter architecture, high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), business continuity (BCP), and storage topology design.


Strong workload sizing and performance analysis skills, including IOPS, throughput, compute capacity, and capacity planning.


Comprehensive understanding of licensing models, including per-core, per-socket, capacity-based, and SaaS/subscription models.


Proven consultative and value-based technical selling capabilities.


Proven experience engaging with technical decision-makers, IT Managers, CTOs, and CIOs.


Established professional relationships with IT infrastructure OEMs and VADs in Saudi Arabia.


Strong understanding of the Saudi IT infrastructure market.


Desired Candidate Profile


Certifications


Server & Storage


HPE MASE / ASE


Dell Proven Professional – Implementation / Solution Architect


NetApp NCSA / NCIE


Pure Storage Certified Architect


Virtualization


VMware VCP-DCV / VCAP


Nutanix NCP / NCA


Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA)


Backup & Disaster Recovery


Veeam VMCE


Commvault CVSA


Cohesity Accredited Solution Architect


Equivalent industry certifications


Cloud – Preferred


AWS Certified Solutions Architect


Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert


VMware Cloud on AWS


Tools & Platforms


HPE OCA (One Configuration Advanced) / Ninja Stars


Dell sizing and configuration tools


Nutanix Collector & Sizer


Cisco CCW


NetApp Syf / SalesTool


Veeam Availability Console / Sizer


RVTools


Live Optics


Performance monitoring and workload assessment tools


Education


Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or an equivalent field.


Preferred Experience


Presales experience within IT Infrastructure Systems.


Strong experience in Compute, Enterprise Storage, HCI, Virtualization, Backup, and Disaster Recovery.


Strong relationships with KSA-based OEMs and VADs.


Experience with HPE, Dell Technologies, VMware, Nutanix, and Veeam.


Experience supporting enterprise and government customers in Saudi Arabia.

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