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Senior Partner Solutions Engineer
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Senior Partner Solutions Engineer
Akamai Technologies
This description is a summary of our understanding of the job description. Click on 'Apply' button to find out more. Role Description As a Senior Partner Solutions Engineer, you will be responsible for: - Developing trusted relationships with partners' sales and technical sales leaders - Supporting channel sales team to grow the topline revenue through channel partners nationally and regionally - Enabling our focused partners to resell and service Akamai's strategic products - Customizing resources such as sales plays, market intelligence and use cases to drive partner sourced opportunities and position Akamai's market differentiations through the partners - Representing the needs of partners with product teams, marketing, services and support to drive our partners' success Qualifications - 8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, MIS, related field or its equivalent - Experience working in a customer facing technical channel sales or presales - Comprehensive understanding of the internet, including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, HTML, and SSL protocols - Customer advocate passionate about delivering technical solutions - Experience with presenting technical topics to diverse audiences - Team player, able to collaborate, prioritize, and solve problems in a fast changing environment Benefits - FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, allows 95% of employees the choice to work from home, the office, or both - Opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things - Benefits surrounding health, finances, family, work-life balance, and personal endeavors - Industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave, and an employee assistance program Company Description Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences, helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. - With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge - We make it easy for customers to develop and run applications while keeping experiences closer to users and threats farther away
Job Requirements
- 8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, MIS, related field or its equivalent
- Experience working in a customer facing technical channel sales or presales
- Comprehensive understanding of the internet, including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, HTML, and SSL protocols
- Customer advocate passionate about delivering technical solutions
- Experience with presenting technical topics to diverse audiences
- Team player, able to collaborate, prioritize, and solve problems in a fast changing environment
Benefits
- FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, allows 95% of employees the choice to work from home, the office, or both
- Opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things
- Benefits surrounding health, finances, family, work-life balance, and personal endeavors
- Industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave, and an employee assistance program
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