A highly successful IT and telecommunications services company based in Central London is seeking an IT Technical Sales Specialist.
This IT Technical Sales Specialist will be responsible for carrying out a variety of technical pre-sales for IT infrastructure products. This position offers full transportation reimbursement + competitive benefits.
TYPE: Permanent, full time
WORKING HOURS: Monday to Friday, 9:00 - 17:00
SALARY: up to £50K + transportation fee up to zone 6
START: ASAP
LOCATION: Central London, hybrid working environment
IT Technical Sales Specialist Responsibilities:
1. Requirements Definition and Design:
- Define requirements, create designs and proposals
- Provide technical support to customers
2. Project Planning and Progress Tracking:
- Outline project plans, update progress of execution, including recovery plans
- Conduct revenue and profit analysis
3.Technology Trends and Product Development:
- Identify technology trends, Create new products
4. Sales and Pre-sales Management:
- Drive and manage technology evaluation stage
- Coordinate with suppliers for product cost and quotations
- Expand sales and pre-sales efforts
- Plan and handle presentations to customers, third parties, and suppliers
- Attend meetings with relevant parties
5. Project Leadership and Coordination:
- Organize and lead project staff
- Notify line manager of issues, customer complaints, and new business opportunities.
- Travel to various offices as required
6. Documentation and Training:
- Create project documentation. Provide skills transfer and training to engineers
- Assist technical team in delivering Enterprise IT solutions
7. Solution Evaluation and Deployment:
- Evaluate and ensure best-fit solutions
- Support end-to-end deployment of services and complex solutions
- Support investigations and redesign of installed network devices
8. Vendor Management and Ad hoc Support
- Maintain 3rd party vendor certificates and partnerships including his/her own certificates.
- Handle ad hoc requests from line manager and senior management
IT Technical Sales Specialist Ideal Candidate:
- Valid CCNP or AWS Specialty or equivalent certification with hands-on experience
- Proven customer service experience across all customer levels
- Experience in designing, troubleshooting, and evaluating solutions
- Knowledge in network and security products such as Cisco, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Zscaler, CrowdStrike, CATO and other equivalent vendors/service providers
- Knowledge of new technologies of Enterprise IT solutions such as SD-WAN, SASE, EDR/MDR and IoT
- Maintenance and installation experience of network & server infrastructure
- Familiarity with Windows Servers/PCs, VDI, VM and good understanding of IaaS/PaaS/SaaS platforms like AWS and Azure
- Ability and Proficiency to create high standard technical documentation, including high- & low-level Design Docs.
- Flexible approach to work hours and strong time management and multitasking skills
- Fluent in English (reading/writing/speaking/listening)
- Strong sense of responsibility, work ethics, and reliable attendance. Ability to work within a team and to delegate tasks within the team
- Promotion and following of company rules and procedures
** All applicants for the IT Technical Sales Specialist must have the right to work in The UK as the Company is not able to offer visa support.
If your application is successful, you will be contacted within two business days.
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