Senior Solutions Architect Pre Sales

This is an incredible opportunity to be part of a company that has been at the forefront of AI and high-performance data storage innovation for over two decades. DataDirect Networks (DDN) is a global market leader renowned for powering many of the worlds most demanding AI data centers in industries ranging from life sciences and healthcare to financial services autonomous cars Government academia research and manufacturing.

DDNs A3I solutions are transforming the landscape of AI infrastructure. IDC

The real differentiator is DDN. I never hesitate to recommend DDN. DDN is the de facto name for AI Storage in high performance environments - Marc Hamilton VP Solutions Architecture & Engineering NVIDIA

DDN is the global leader in AI and multi-cloud data management at scale. Our cutting-edge data intelligence platform is designed to accelerate AI workloads enabling organizations to extract maximum value from their data. With a proven track record of performance reliability and scalability DDN empowers businesses to tackle the most challenging AI and data-intensive workloads with confidence.

Our success is driven by our unwavering commitment to innovation customer-centricity and a team of passionate professionals who bring their expertise and dedication to every project. This is a chance to make a significant impact at a company that is shaping the future of AI and data management.

Our commitment to innovation customer success and market leadership makes this an exciting and rewarding role for a driven professional looking to make a lasting impact in the world of AI and data storage.

Pre-Sales Solutions Architect - India

Job Description:

We are currently seeking candidate for Pre-Sales Solutions Architect India to join our dynamic team of passionate customer-enabling technologists ! The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of AI & HPC infrastructure solutions and a proven track record of driving successful pre-sales engagements with great communications and presentation skills. The candidate expected to:

• Design solutions and proposals to meet customer-defined specifications
• Help customers define solution specifications matching DDN products
• Provide Proof of Concept (POC) and benchmarking support
• Compare and contrast with competitive products to highlight DDNs superior features & functionality
• Work with DDN engineering professional services and sales teams to drive win ratio.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The duties and responsibilities for this role include but are not limited to;

• Pre-sales activity supporting HPC and AI customers.
• Assist in closing new business opportunities by gaining a thorough technical and business understanding of clients needs and helping sales identify qualify and close new opportunities.
• Understand the sales process and how to utilize company resources to close accounts.
• Participate in customer-focused seminars tradeshows events and training.
• Provide RFP responses technical drawings presentations and recommendations.
• Acquire and maintain a thorough technical and procedural understanding of DDN Sales cycles products/services and a thorough technical understanding of similar industries.
• Create of Bill of Materials of proposed solutions for DDN products and professional services.

• Ability to work with DDN Subject Matter Experts from different geographies and time zones.
• Ability to manage customer relationship post-sale including strategy to close repeat business.

Qualifications:

• BSc or higher degree or equivalent

PERSONAL SKILLS:

• Ability to simplify and explain complex tasks architectures and environments.

• Good written and oral communication skills. Must be able to develop and deliver presentations; connect and build a rapport with customers via phone face to face meetings and in written correspondences.
• Ability to work independently respond timely and remain composed in hectic environments.

• Ability to listen understand and articulate the customers needs along with possible solutions to sales team and sales management.

IT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF GETTING HIRED IF YOU HAVE:

• 5 years of relevant pre-sales experience
• Good understanding of AI ecosystem of NVIDIA/AMD/INTEL GPUs including but not limited to hardware components software libraries containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes middleware and application stack.
• Good understanding of storage technologies including SAN NAS DAS Parallel Filesystems Object Storage Software Defined Storage etc.
• Good knowledge of storage protocols like BLOCK I/O NFS SMB and S3 and whats required to build solutions around them.
• Good understanding of Ethernet and InfiniBand networking technologies including network topology blocking ratios throughput and IOPS capabilities etc.
• Experience of working with Lustre/GPFS/Weka/BeeGFS in the capacity of building or deploying the solution is a plus.
• Experience of architecting or deploying solutions in public or private clouds and multitenant environments.
• Understanding of appropriate content to be developed to address different set of customers (as per their seniority level in the organization).

DDN Core Competencies:

DDN has a very strong orientation towards these four characteristics and any successful employee will demonstrate these capabilities:

• Self-Starter - Takes independent action to identify and solve problems. Seeks out relevant information needed to make decisions. Gets involved with new initiatives.
• Success/Achievement Orientation - Delivers quality results consistently. Targets achieves (or exceeds) measurable results. Sets challenging goals focuses on critical priorities and is accountable.
• Problem Solving - Recognizes problems and responds with a systematic assessment that identifies and addresses cause of issue. Practical realistic and resourceful.
• Innovative - Builds and improves key business processes that enhance the effectiveness of DDN. Generates new ideas challenges the status quo and solves problems creatively.

DataDirect Networks Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender gender identity gender expression transgender sex stereotyping sexual orientation national origin disability protected Veteran Status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law.