Technical Engineer, Pre Sales Manager

Company Profile:

Exertis is the industry-leading distributor of technology products and specialist services in Ireland serving the reseller, retailer and telco channels. As part of DCC Technology, Exertis Ireland sits in one of four divisions within DCC plc, a FTSE 100 company. We are a global distributor of consumer, business and enterprise products supported by a range of managed services. We are committed to exceeding expectations through best-in-class customer service and have 30 years of successful relationships to prove it. Our scale and knowledge, combined with our experience across the technology sector, enables us to continue to innovate and deliver market leading services for our partners.

Role Profile:

Reporting to the Enterprise & Cybersecurity Director, the position of Technical Engineer, Pre Sales Manager is a key role within the Team. The primary function of this role is to develop and lead a Pre-sales technical team across a range of technologies. To ensure partners are technically enabled to sell, implement and support our product set.

Essential Responsibilities: Presales

• Assist the Security sales team with technical configurations across enterprise class cyber security vendors

• Assist with customer engagements as an extended Presales Resource for the Partner

• Be the voice of Exertis for technical engagement with partners

• Facilitate the Sales Life Cycle along with the Partner

• Complete Technical Closure if required

• Enable the Partner to Articulate the Vendor message, discover new opportunities, and Close Deals

• Sales & Presales Enablement

• Marketing Events

• Provide support services

• Leverage Vendor programs for Enablement activities. Education / Professional Qualifications: • Engineering Degree or equivalent

• Industry Certification advantageous - CCNA, CCNP, Fortinet NSE4+, MCP, VCP • Knowledge & experience with Fortinet, Cisco, Dell and Sophos would be an advantage

• 3 to 5 years in a similar role.

Skill Sets

• Some experience of security solution deployment and management (firewall, mail, AV, waf, sandbox, ips, vpn)

• Understanding of the OSI model and Protocols such as DNS, SMTP, HTTP, TCP/IP, IPSEC • Knowledge of virtualisation and cloud technologies

• Knowledge of the following technologies: NGFW, Routing, Switching, VPN, LAN, WAN, Network Security, Intrusion Detection, and Anti-Virus

• Understanding of encryption and authentication technologies

• Strong presentation and interpersonal skills Presentation Skillset

• Proficient spoken and written English

• Willingness to learn new technologies

• Willing to travel to meetings, events and customer sites as necessary.