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Sr Pre-Sales Engineer-Network

AHEAD· Client Services / Solutions
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Hybrid (Nashville, Tennessee; Charlotte, North Carolina; Madison, Wisconsin; Richmond, Virginia; Boston, Massachusetts; Atlanta, Georgia)$190k - $300kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Senior pre-sales engineer focused on Network and Network Security solutions, part of the Specialty Solutions Engineering team, acting as a thought leader in networking for AHEAD partners and clients. Hybrid, remote-friendly roles across multiple U.S. locations.

Responsibilities

  • Participation, Leadership and Coordination of the AHEAD virtual team for Network Infrastructure
  • Work with the AHEAD partner management team and directly with selected vendors to maintain vendor technical and sales relationships
  • Design, architect, and, at times, consult for Ahead clients as a Network Specialist
  • 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
  • Develop relationships with 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.

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 principles/site survey/Ekahau knowledgeCampus/LAN skillsIP Routing ProtocolsNetwork ManagementNetwork Security (Palo Alto/Fortinet) and SASECloud connectivity (AWS, Azure)Communication & Presentation
Nice to have:Cisco certificationsCisco Nexus TechnologiesCisco Core Datacenter TechnologiesVMware / VMware NSXAristaAutomationF5 / NetScaler

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Paid company holidays
  • Paid time off
  • Paid parental and caregiver leave
  • Plus more! See benefits at https://www.aheadbenefits.com/
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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AHEAD accelerates the impact of technology on clients by engineering customized data, developer, and infrastructure platforms that improve IT operations.

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