As a Cloud and AI Infrastructure Account Executive, you will play a pivotal role in facilitating the success of the Cisco Field Sales teams in selling the full suite of Cloud and AI infrastructure solutions. You will help them position data center compute and networking solutions effectively against competing offerings. You will be passionate about pre-sales engineering activities, demonstrating solutions and architectures in Cloud and AI infrastructure.
Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Business or other relevant bachelore degree
12+ years of relevant experience
Knowledge with technical sales practical experience of Data center designs, Storage, Compute, Converged & hyperconverged Infrastructure, and Data Center Networking.
Deep understanding of Data Center networking and/or compute architectural designs.
Deep knowledge of Data Center enterprise applications, virtualization technologies and operational toolsets.
Excellent presentation skills - ability to deliver engaging workshops to both technical and non-technical audiences
Proven track record of successful DC Networking / Compute technical engagements from ideation to closing and repetitive business.
Proven track record of operational excellence (Business planning, Forecasting, leading without authority, ….)
Solid analytical skills
Demonstrates proactive leadership with a team-oriented attitude.
Hold a continuous learning philosophy, able to navigate ambiguity and complex customer challenges.
Results oriented
Certifications : Cisco Certifications (CCNA, CCNP, …), Vmware, Nvidia, AWS, Azure,…
Good experience with Cisco Nexus, ACI, MDS, Nexus Dashboard, and UCS solutions including intersight.
Good experience designing Converged infrastructure and Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) solutions.
Good understanding of automation tool sets (Ansible, Terraform, Powershell) with a strong focus on DC switching and/or compute.
Good understanding of NSX SDDC, Arista VXLAN EVPN Fabric
Good understanding of containers, Redhat openshift, Rancher
Understanding of Data protection solutions
Good understanding of Nvidia and AMD AI offerings
Good understanding different public cloud platforms
Good knowledge and understanding of Security solutions
Good knowledge of data management solutions