Solutions Architect (Networking)
Cirencester, Gloucestershire | Full-time | Starting ASAP
With over years of making the complex simple, Kubus enhances customers experiences by simplifying complex IT solutions, delivered through our managed expertise, leading vendor partnerships and global logistics capability.
Our people are at the centre of our community, building strong relationships and supporting one another, creating an environment where everyone can thrive. At Kubus, we recognise a collaborative working environment encourages greater outcomes and a positive experience for our customers, partners and wider community.
Our Values:
1. Passion - putting customers, partners and vendors first, delivering solutions at pace, and being passionate about driving change.
2. Agile - Embracing flexibility, remaining open to change, and adapting quickly to meet customer and market needs.
3. Community - Building strong relationships, supporting one another, and creating an environment where everyone can thrive.
4. Expert - Commitment to curiosity and excellence, constantly pushing boundaries, sharing knowledge and delivering value.
The Role:
We are recruiting a Solutions Architect (Networking) to act as a senior level technical resource for service provider technologies, involving aspects of both pre-sales and post-sales support for employees and customers of Kubus.
What You’ll Be Doing:
PRE-SALES
5. Liaise with customers to help define their requirements and offer solutions from the company’s portfolio of products.
6. Engage in customer pre-sales activities to include presentation and whiteboard sessions as well as providing written work such as RFI responses and Statement of Works.
7. Design robust solutions for customers encompassing a wide range of networking technologies and services.
8. Deliver onsite presentations and demonstrations of solutions in isolation and alongside representatives from our vendors.
9. Deliver consultancy services for customers, understand their requirements and design solutions that deliver value into their environment.
10. Manage Helpdesk tickets generated by sales staff in a timely manner
11. Produce Bill of Materials for sales that can be converted into customer quotes
12. Liaise with customers to help define their requirements and offer solutions from the company’s portfolio of products
13. Complete customer presentations and workshops as required
14. Create standard project documentation such as HLD, LLD to allow post sales engineers to deliver projects to our customers
COMPANY STRATEGY
15. Become Kubus’ advocate of networking products and services.
16. Provide input to marketing team on website content & marketing collateral
17. Evaluate new vendors, products and services.
18. Oversee market and present new solutions to the COO for possible inclusion in the Kubus portfolio.
19. Onboard new technologies and create documentation such as battle cards and sales training.
TECHNICAL CERTIFICATION
20. Maintain all current and future industry and vendor certifications and ensure they remain active.
21. Complete vendor led and self-study learning to complete certifications as required by the business.
22. Identify potential training courses that will be of benefit to the individual and the business.
PROFESSIONAL AND MANAGED SERVICES
23. Attend customer site to deliver solutions and services.
24. Ownership of assigned customer projects.
25. Define project scope for customer engagements.
26. Act as single point of technical contact for service provider related projects.
27. Define workflows and manage on site delivery utilising post sales engineers.
28. Produce high quality customer documentation.
What We’re Looking For:
29. Understanding of vendor technologies from HPE, Dell, Pure, Juniper, Cisco, Arista, Nokia and others.
30. Proven success in delivering Pre-Sales to prospect customers and designing solutions or services that meet requirements and deliver on expectations
31. Understanding of orchestration and management platforms such as Juniper Apstra
32. Ability to develop and maintain relationships with peers throughout the business and with customer contacts
33. Strong communication skills, a ‘can-do’ attitude and a self-starting ethos
34. A desire to win, meet and exceed targets, and a personality that will inspire trusted long-term relationships with colleagues and Customers alike
35. Ability to manage multiple tasks/issues/projects concurrently and adjust as priorities change
36. Strong work ethic and ability to take initiative
37. Proven experience in working efficiently and meeting tight deadlines
38. Organised and meticulous, with a high level of attention to detail
39. Positive contributions to the organisation beyond the scope of normal responsibilities
40. Understanding of vendor technologies from HPE, Dell, Pure, Juniper, Cisco, Arista, Nokia and others.
41. Experience in delivering and designing solutions based on HPE (inc. Juniper) or alternative vendor portfolio
42. Proven success in delivering Pre-Sales to prospect customers and designing solutions or services that meet requirements and deliver on expectations
43. Knowledge of hyperscale and AI delivery networks including design, deployment and management using single or multiple vendors
44. Multiple years of experience within a service provider, distributor or reseller
45. Certification to HPE ASE in networking
46. Master ASE preferred but not mandatory
47. Preferred Certification to Juniper JNCIS, JNCIP or JNCIE level or an equivalent from an alternative vendor (Aruba, Cisco, etc)
48. Ability to develop and maintain relationships with peers throughout the business and with customer contacts
49. Understanding of orchestration and management platforms such as Juniper Apstra, Juniper Mist or Cisco ACI
50. Hands on experience with CLI and/or orchestration platforms to configure Juniper, Cisco, Nokia or Arista device
What you’ll get:
51. Competitive salary & bonus/commission scheme
52. Private healthcare & healthcare cash plan
53. Pension contributions above minimum requirement (matched up to %)
54. days holiday + bank holidays upon starting, increasing by a day each year to a maximum of days
55. Salary sacrifice electric vehicle scheme
56. Enhanced parental leave
57. Technology scheme
58. Cycle to work scheme
59. Reward & recognition portal – including discounts/cashback at hundreds of retailers
This is an excellent opportunity to join the Solutions team at Kubus during an exciting period of growth!
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