Overview
Hyrbid Infrastructure Consultant
As a Pre Hybrid Infrastructure Consultant, you will work closely with Account Managers and the Professional Services/ Managed Service team, heavily focused on Servers, Storage and Backup. You will work within the Pre-Sales team to uncover and solve customer business and technical problems. You will understand customer challenges, at a strategic level and work with vendors/service partners to build end-to-end solutions that could encompass both on-premises infrastructure and cloud platforms.
Job Role Responsibilities
As a member of the Technical Pre-Sales function of Business Solutions and Services, you will be pivotal to the overall growth of Bechtle UK’s Hybrid Infrastructure pillar. As a team, we are centred around understanding customer challenges and supporting organisations meet the challenges of modernising and scaling their infrastructure and cloud consumption to ensure optimal efficiency and performance in a secure manner. You will support pre-sales engagements through gaining an understanding of client requirements and in technical pre-sales discussions, ensuring the solution and/or service meets client expectations. You will have a good understanding of 3 Tier and 2 Tier, storage, back up and disaster recovery technologies, with a knowledge of hybrid cloud architectures and migration considerations.
* Provide expert technical pre-sales support for opportunities involving servers, storage, DR and backup solution.
* Understand and gather customer requirements and offer complete & cost effective solution
* Assess, design and present end-to-end hybrid infrastructure solutions wrapped with Bechtle Services
* Creation of technical documentation as and when required, including HLD’s, SoW’s and proposals
* Support Account Managers to deliver and hold strategic whiteboarding sessions with key customer stakeholders (virtual and F2F)
* Maintain good understanding of the competitive landscape and complimenting solutions
* Continuously learn and certify against key vendors within Hybrid Infrastructure such as Veeam, HPE, DELL, Microsoft Azure, VMWare, Nutanix etc.
* Create and maintain relationships with customers, vendors and surrounding service partners
* Conduct in-house technology sharing to fellow peers.
Job Requirements
* Strong administration skills.
* Energy, enthusiasm, creativity, determination
* Natural problem-solving ability
* A strong understanding of data centre processes and procedures
* Methodical thinking.
* Self-motivated and ambitious with a positive attitude.
* Excellent communication and organizational skills.
* Team oriented mindset.
* Ability to work within a fast-paced environment where work and fun are the key ingredients.
* Ability to build strong rapport with delivery partners.
* Ability to work as part of a team and display teamwork.
What We Offer
* Hybrid Working (3 days in/2 days out)
* Competitive salary
* Location – close to the M4 with a modern, up to date living space and ample parking.
* Culture – Social events, Supportive, Fun, Hard working
* Perks – Incentives (holidays, vouchers, lunches, spot prizes)
* Top of the range technology in office and for home working (laptops, screens, latest iPhone, etc)
* Subsidised health care/medical benefits
* Annual Leave – 25-30* days plus B.H’s + optional 2 weeks unpaid. *Increases with time spent
* Progression Plan – training & mentor programme.
Experience
* 3+ years’ experience in a similar role (i.e. PreSales/consultant/engineer)
* Exposure to infrastructure services and legacy transitions
* Experience in recommending and designing solutions
* Certifications in Azure, core infrastructure and virtualisation would be advantageous
* Good understanding of our strategic vendors solutions and offerings
Reports To
Head of Hybrid Infrastructure
Bechtle is one of Europe’s leading suppliers of IT hardware, software and services. Established in 1983, we utilise our European coverage to provide a common platform for procurement across 14 European countries. We provide comprehensive IT solutions ranging from consultation, procurement and delivery of hardware and software, project planning and implementation, system integration, maintenance, training and even the complete on-site operation of IT systems.
Bechtle UK | Human Resources | jenny.careless@bechtle.com | +44 (0) 1249 467935
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