Sr. Data Protection Engineer - Pre-Sales focus

Sr. Data Protection Engineer - Pre-Sales focus

Job Id - FT11502
Title: Sr. Data Protection Engineer - Pre-Sales focus
Position Type: Perm
Number of Positions: 1
Start Date: ASAP
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
United States
Citizenship Required: Yes
Security Clearance: No
Travel Percent: 25
Relocation Assistance: Negotiable
Years Experience: 10

Responsibilities:

• Design and/or recommend technical solutions based on Symantec NetBackup 7.
• Facilitate long-term customer relationships through delivering technical solutions to customer business problems.
• Maintain technology expertise & currency in Data Protection Solutions (NetBackup being KEY one, everything else a plus).
• Provide approximately 75% Pre‑Sales and 25% Post‑Sales delivery.
• Participate in prospective client meetings, presentations, conference calls, web conferences, and whiteboard sessions.
• Create detailed Statements of Work for proposed solutions.
• Provide knowledge transfer to Professional Services Implementation Consultants as projects move into delivery phase.
• Maintain professional communication with internal and external clients.
• Work on multiple projects simultaneously, adhering to deliverable deadlines.
• Uphold customer satisfaction throughout the lifecycle of the engagement.
• Obtain various vendor‑related training and certification levels.

Required Expertise:

• Years of Experience: 5+ years in design & deployment of Symantec NetBackup solutions – Enterprise Level.
• Prior Pre‑Sales Engineering Experience – at least 3 years.
• Ability to communicate current features, benefits, and other intricacies of required technologies to customers coherently and organized, supporting pre- and post‑sales consulting services.
• Strong documentation skills in development of deliverables such as design specifications and proposals.
• Strong Server / OS - Windows/Unix.
• Strong Storage Background / SAN/NAS background: 2 or more: HP, HDS, IBM, EMC, NetApp etc.