Overview of the role Phoenix enables digital transformation in the workplace, empowering UK organisations to innovate and transform with cloud and hybrid infrastructures, data, AI, security, and collaboration tools. We are now very excited to grow that team further by hiring a new Data Protection Sales Engineer within our Vendor Alliances team with the key objective to provide technical direction and guidance to increase the revenue and pipeline for Rubrik-based solutions. What will you be doing? Act as a pre-sales technical resource, to customers and internal staff in the development of fully integrated technology solutions Assist in the design and development of integrated technical solutions. Demonstrate technical leadership for Rubrik solutions. Acts as technical expert and consultant to develop and propose solutions that meet the technology and business requirements of assigned customers. Make technical and sales presentations to customer's technical staff and senior management. Lead technical sales calls. Support training to ensure all sales employees have the relevant knowledge to be able to position data protection solutions to their customers. Why you should apply At Phoenix, our philosophy is simple – we aim to be the UK’s leading IT solution and managed service provider and that means we recognise that it’s our people who are the heart of everything we do. We do this by providing the encouragement, support and skill development that you need to be the very best you can be at work. We are proud of our culture, so much so that we have developed our Culture Blueprint which you can read here. What are we looking for? The right person for this role will already be in a technical pre-sales role within a similar environment. You will have a strong technical grounding in data protection, particularly in the areas of backup and recovery. Key Skills: Pre-sales technical expertise in IT solutions, with a focus on data protection technologies Strong knowledge of backup and recovery solutions, particularly within hybrid and cloud environments Technical leadership in architecting and demonstrating Rubrik-based solutions Customer-facing communication skills, including the ability to present to technical and senior management audiences Solution design and integration capabilities for enterprise IT environments Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions Experience leading technical sales calls and collaborating with sales teams Technical consulting and problem-solving skills in customer environments Training and knowledge sharing abilities for internal sales staff on data protection technologies Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills across teams and departments Practical stuff Where is the role based? Our HQ is based in Pocklington (YO42) and the expectation for this role is to visit the office 1-2 times per week. How many interviews? Following a screen with the Recruitment Team you can expect a two-stage interview process. What are the benefits? You can read about the benefits on offer here *Important* BPSS Check As part of our recruitment process due to the nature of the work we do, all employees are required to undertake a Baseline Personal Security Standard (BPSS) check. While some employees require further security clearance, the BPSS check is a must-have requirement and all offers of employment are conditional pending the passing of this check Have you made it this far? If you’re still reading, we think there’s a strong chance you might be our kind of person. Here’s the thing, though — research suggests that 60% of women and underrepresented people might have already talked themselves out of applying. Even if you don’t check every box above, we want to encourage you to introduce yourself. We believe a diversity of perspectives and experiences makes a team stronger — and the stronger our team, the more successful we will be.