KGP Telecommunications

Role Description The Sales Engineer is responsible for answering a customer’s technical needs while on location at a customer location. The Sales Engineer should drive additional product and services content by aiding in the sales effort while being a technical resource to help customers solve complex problems. Qualifications - Minimum of 5 years of experience in L2/L3 networking design and implementation with a focus on Data Center, Central Office, Campus, and Wi-Fi solutions - Expert-level experience with routing and switching, including L2/L3 protocols, as well as overlay technologies such as VxLAN - Current hands-on experience in designing highly scalable leaf-spine network architectures - Expert knowledge in Ethernet, RSTP/MSTP, VLANs, IP Routing, TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, eBGP, VxLAN, Multicast, Spanning Tree, and QoS - Experience with Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is highly desired - Experience and certifications with technology companies such as: Ciena, Juniper, Arista, Cisco, and Nokia are highly desired - Strong writing skills and ability to create informative white papers on technology and products is highly desired Requirements - Work closely with account teams to provide pre-sales technical systems engineering support for enterprise and service provider customers - Collaborate with the sales team to respond to RFP/RFQs and provide valuable customer feedback to Partner Product Management and Engineering teams - Conduct whiteboard network architectural reviews to identify areas for improvement in network performance and efficiency - Lead/support customer meetings from a technical/solution capacity, communicating customer needs to KGPCo engineers and project managers - Act as a trusted advisor to customers, gathering requirements and identifying opportunities with existing and new customers - Conduct KGPCo partner product presentations of Networking Solutions - Create consistent and highly scalable network solutions that improve network performance and efficiency - Provide technical guidance and leadership on products by leading Compute, Transport and IP Networking vendor partners - Stay current with industry trends and advancements in networking technology - Author and collaborate on informative white papers on Network technology and products - Responsible for various customers and projects in multiple states, including multi-site projects - Work independently, including the self-management of projects - Contribute as a technical expert in resolving customer problems - May provide guidance to other Sales Engineers - Offer design guidelines and provide recommendations to enhance network performance and efficiency Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision and Supplemental insurance plans - Flexible Spending Accounts - 401(k) with Company match - Generous vacation, holiday, and sick/safe time - Pet insurance for our non-human family members