Solution Engineer III

$69,000 - $141,000/Yr

Red River - Huntsville, AL

Full-time - Senior

Huntsville, AL

Administration of Economic Programs

About the position

The Solution Engineer III at Red River is a highly skilled technical sales professional responsible for providing in-depth technical information and design guidance to customers. This role involves mentoring team members, engaging in pre-sales engineering activities, and collaborating with account executives to propose technology solutions that align with customer business outcomes. The Solution Engineer serves as a technical point of contact, validating proposals and ensuring alignment with customer needs while maintaining OEM certifications in their area of expertise.

Responsibilities

• Defines technology and product recommendations, as well as architectural solutions for sales opportunities.
• Serves as the technical point of contact and technical sales lead for the customer.
• Provides the initial input for proposals and statements of work, validating that the completed proposal aligns with customer desired outcomes.
• Demonstrates technical knowledge and consultative skills while working with customers and Red River team members.
• Uses professional level presales engineering skills and in-depth knowledge in at least one specialization, such as Data Center, Collaboration, Security, Microsoft Modern Workplace, Cloud or Route/Switch/Wireless.
• Understands Red River offers and solution strengths, and opportunities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 10 years work experience
• 5 - 7 years of presales engineering experience
• For Federal positions, must be a U.S. citizen and qualify to obtain a Top Secret Clearance
• Active and verified professional level OEM certifications (e.g., Cisco CCNP, Cisco Certified Devnet Associate)

Nice-to-haves

• Strong technical aptitude with the ability to learn new technical information quickly.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to create a message to share verbally or in written form.
• Ability to relate technology or technical solutions to solving customer business problems.
• Ability to create a detailed implementation plan (SOW) for a customer solution, including expected timelines for project completion.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Excellent benefits
• Exceptional work environment