Presales Cloud Solutions Consultant
50k - 60k plus excellent benefits
London, Whitechapel, E1
Key Skills: Pre-sales, Presales, Virtualization Technologies, Solutions, Customer, Microsoft 365, Azure, Private and Public cloud.
My client is an innovative IT, cloud and communications services provider based in London, with a fantastic reputation and a loyal client base. They use cutting-edge technology to help their customers digitally transform and grow and due to expansion, they are looking for an experienced Presales Cloud Consultant to join their team on a permanent basis.
Presales Cloud Consultant – Duties:
- To provide technical pre-sales support to the sales teams for standard and bespoke cloud services, managed services and professional service opportunities.
- To support the company in achieving the sales targets through the creation of least cost-compliant and validated solution design aligned to customer and partner requirements
- To undertake and achieve strategic objectives as defined by the Cloud Solutions Manager to ensure the continued evolution, efficiency and productivity of the cloud solutions department.
- To effectively manage a personal case queue to enable sales to achieve targets and maximise cloud pipeline generation
- Provide subject matter expertise relating to the portfolio of cloud products and services, managed services and professional services capabilities
- A front-line consultant who creates opportunities, solves problems, and establishes working relationships with customers and sales staff. Helping them move to a cloud and services infrastructure that gives them maximum flexibility in cutting edge technology while helping them run faster and more efficiently.
- To provide technical validation at order stage, ensuring a consistently high standard of solution handover to delivery teams is maintained
Key responsibilities for the Presales Cloud Solutions Consultant:
- Instrumental in full sales cycle including discovery, opportunity and technical evaluation, pilot support, opportunity closure and handover processes
- Supporting the Sales Teams with client meetings, technical workshops and presentations
- Promote sales confidence in the Cloud Services portfolio by producing and maintaining relevant collateral and documentation, and through sales education
- Leading the gathering of architecture, design, and presentation of solutions to meet customer requirements in relation to Cloud and IT Services
- Working with sales teams and prospects to devise technical solutions based on customer business requirements
- Building and delivering compelling customer demonstrations to contribute to sales success
- Scoping Proof of Concept evaluations to demonstrate the ability to meet customer objectives on standard product offerings
- Conducting pre-contract Cloud, Professional, and Managed Services due diligence
- Assist in the full handover of solutions to the delivery teams post contract signature
- Acting as a technical point of contact for prospects, customers, and the sales teams for Cloud and IT Services
- Coordinating solutions design with the Sales team, technical approval board to ensure accuracy and feasibility
- Assisting with and leading practice development activities, including the development of new services, knowledge management, delivery methodologies and tools
Presales Cloud Solutions Consultant - knowledge and experience required:
- Experience working as a Pre-Sales Consultant, Solution Consultant, or Solution Architect
- Ability to translate customer requirements into technical designs and solutions
- Commercially astute and confident within a customer facing role, giving presentations, writing proposals, and holding conference calls
- Ability to work with and manage delivery partners in diverse project teams
- Ability to clearly articulate the benefits of technical solutions in relation to customer business objectives
Presales Cloud Solutions Consultant - Technical Skills Required:
- Practical experience of working with virtualisation technologies
- Knowledge or experience of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365
- Server Backup and Disaster Recovery technologies
- Cloud service development and architecture
- Microsoft server technologies, Application High Availability modelling and design
- Storage – strong knowledge of enterprise storage and how it pertains to cloud and IT infrastructure
- Networking pertaining to cloud infrastructure
- General ICT Knowledge of server infrastructure
Desirable knowledge and experience:
- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure – Citrix and VMware technology stacks
- Application High Availability modeling and design
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Virtualisation technologies –Hyper-V, VMware
- Storage solutions
- Experience with cloud migration
- Experience with IT Transformations, IT Outsourcing and managed services
In return, my client is offering the chance to be part of a large and growing, innovative IT solutions company based in London with a fantastic reputation. My client has big plans for the future so it’s a great time to join them! They offer a great working environment, excellent staff benefits and masses of career potential! Sound interesting and something you would love to be part of? Apply today!
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