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Software Sales Engineer
Location
United Kingdom
Posted
36 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Software Sales Engineer
Quest Software
• Actively participate in the sales process and work closely with the direct and channel sales teams • Discover and understand customers desired business outcomes and align our solutions to those outcomes • Present Quest Software business functions, value and competitive differences • Provide product demonstrations to prospective customers • Assist in developing RFP responses • Participate in onsite and remote Proof of Concept evaluations • Provide feedback to Product Management on product enhancements • Act as a technical expert on all the components of the Quest ISM solutions and be the primary technical point of contact with the client during pre-sales phase • Keep abreast of new competitive products or service offerings and be able to move quickly to neutralize potential impact on Quest objectives • Proactively seek to expand technical knowledge and supplement skills through the use of books, manuals, web, certified training centres and classroom training • Establish and maintain relationships with clients, prospects and partners as well as internal team members
Job Requirements
- 10+ years of relevant experience in customer facing position
- Professional experience as a pre-sales technical resource in an enterprise software company desirable
- Alternatively, 10+ years professional experience within FSI, insurance, healthcare or utilities sectors with a thorough understanding of related business processes and common database platform challenges in these industry verticals
- Hands on experience as a DBA with Oracle is mandatory with additional SQL Server experience highly desirable
- Experience with Azure, AWS or similar cloud database offerings desirable
- Practical knowledge of alternative database platforms (Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, DB2, etc) desirable
- Experience with solutions that address data dictionaries, data lakes/warehousing and business intelligence viewed favourably
- A working knowledge of technical infrastructure including application servers, databases, virtualization and directories is required
- Excellent written, presentation and verbal communications skills
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
- Paid time off
- Wellness programs
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