Job Description:
The Field Solutions Engineer Principal serves as a senior technical authority and plays a critical leadership role within the Solutions Engineering and Architecture organization. The Field Solutions Engineer Principal will be responsible for working opportunities in the areas of Hybrid /Cloud and Managed Services (CMS), and Large Retail Colocation. The candidate will be responsible for new logo CMS Deal Pursuit by providing pre-sales technical expertise to the National Sales Team (with Regional Account Executives (AEs) and Regional Affinity) through direct interaction with prospects on calls and in-person meetings. Furthermore, this candidate will lead partner and marketing forums, create messaging and presentations, collaborate with senior sales leaders, influence technical strategy, and ensure end-to-end solution integrity for enterprise customers. A successful candidate will be well-versed in Cloud and Managed Services and consistently demonstrate leadership in complex deal cycles. The candidate will be deeply experienced in networking, complex cloud deployments, private and public, application workload management, database, virtualization, storage technologies, and develop end-to-end solutions that meet clients’ application, performance, and budgetary requirements. Field SE's will also support retail colocation opportunities that are medium-sized, up to 1MW. When Colocation is a part of the CMS solution in a Hybrid configuration, candidate will solution appropriate colocation architectures that meet customer requirements.
Key Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions:
Create, review, and validate complex CMS/Hybrid/Colocation designs to ensure accuracy, feasibility, and alignment with customer business outcomes.
Preferred Qualifications:
Must have expert-level understanding of multi-tier cloud or hybrid application architectures, virtualization technologies, data center infrastructure, and end-to-end solutioning.
Must be detail-oriented, organized, driven, and have excellent communication and presentation skills.
High-energy individual with a positive attitude, good teamwork skills, ability to have excellent customer rapport, and the ability to provide an exceptional customer presentation experience.
Strong working knowledge of cloud platforms and hypervisor technologies (i.e. VMware, AWS, Hyper-V, Azure, Google Compute Platform, etc.).
Working knowledge of the MySQL, MS-SQL, and Oracle database environments, including familiarity with typical high-availability deployments.
Base Pay Range: Annualized salary range offered for this position is estimated to be $190,000 - $210,000. However, the actual pay range depends on each candidate’s experience, location, and qualifications.
Variable Pay: This role is eligible for commission. The expected annual commission range is $50,000 - $65,000, based on achievement of targets and other performance indicators.
Location: This role is supporting our Southeast Data Center locations. We are open to candidates who are near our Atlanta, Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, and Charlotte locations, or open to traveling to these locations.
This position has the following safety hazards:
Driving (must possess valid driver’s license and insurance)
Not meeting every single requirement? No problem! We are looking for candidates who possess unique skills that set them apart from the rest. If you're enthusiastic about this role and believe you have the skills and abilities that would make you successful, don't hesitate to apply today!
Benefits of working at Flexential:
- Medical, Telehealth, Dental and Vision
- 401(k)
- Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Life and AD&D
- Short Term and Long-Term disability
- Flex Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Leave of Absence
- Employee Assistance Program
- Wellness Program
- Rewards and Recognition Program
Benefits are subject to change at the Company's discretion.
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EEOC Statement: Flexential is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
