Senior Pre-Sales Engineer - Network
Detroit, Michigan, Indianapolis, Indiana$225k - $300kFull-timePosted 4mo ago
About the role
Senior Pre-Sales Engineer focused on Network and Network Security solutions for AHEAD prospects and customers, acting as a technical thought leader within the Specialty Solutions Engineering team and aligning with sales to drive strategy, partnerships, and solutions.
Responsibilities
- Participation, Leadership and Coordination of the AHEAD virtual team for Network Infrastructure
- You will also be responsible for working with the AHEAD partner management team and directly with selected vendors to maintain vendor technical and sales relationships
- As a Network Specialist you are a thought leader within the Engineering organization, responsible for designing, architecting, and, at times, consulting for Ahead clients
- Your goal as a Network Lead should be to build skills, relationships, and industry credibility across many segments to drive product, services and consulting sales
- Support the sales teams during engagements by providing advice and solutions or proposals optimized to meet customer technical and business requirements
- Develops relationships with the account managers, partners and customers in support of sales team objectives and engages and leverages team specialist resources as appropriate
- Strategizes and executes technical sales calls
- Completes required pre-sales documentation (configurations, pricing, services, presentations, justifications etc.) quickly and accurately
- Qualifies sales opportunities in terms of customer technical requirements, decision making process and funding
- Presents and markets the design and value of proposed Ahead solutions and business justification to customers, prospects and Ahead management
- Participates in mentorship of entry-level team members
- Possesses strong, detailed product / technology / industry knowledge. Knowledge of job associated software and applications
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent
- Pre Sales and Data Center experience is required
- Professional communication, presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Experience working as a technical lead in a pre-sale’s sales campaign
- Ability to work under critical conditions and influence others to achieve results
- Strong interpersonal skills with excellent presentation skills
- Must be independent, self-motivated, a self-starter and possess a good working attitude
- Able to work well within a team and partner environment
- Customer focused and results driven
Skills
Required:Network Infrastructure ExperienceWireless skillsCampus/LAN skillsIP Routing ProtocolsNetwork ManagementAWS, Azure, Cloud connectivity
Nice to have:Cisco certificationsCisco Nexus TechnologiesCisco Core Datacenter TechnologiesNetwork Security (Palo Alto/Fortinet)VMware / NSXAristaAutomationF5 / NetScaler
Benefits
- USA Employment Benefits include: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid company holidays
- Paid time off
- Paid parental and caregiver leave
- Plus more! See benefits for additional details
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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