SR SALES ENGINEER

Job Reference Number	USA90366
State	CA
City	Sacramento
Business Unit	Sales/Retail/Business Development

Job Description

Job Description
The Sr. Sales Engineer is the lead technical sales resource and advocate for Verizons products and applications with a strong strategic partnership/consultative client orientation. Primary responsibility is to work closely with Sales to protect and grow revenue through strategic sales/account planning. The Sr. Sales Engineer will be recognized as the technical implementation leader of highly complex designs involving multiple services. In this presales-oriented role the Sr. Sales Engineer will be called upon to provide consulting/guidance using his/her extensive knowledge in the area of routing (RIP, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP) and routable (TCP/IP, IPX) protocols. Extensive firewall knowledge will also be required. Candidates must possess extensive practical and theoretical experience in data and voice technologies, to include: MPLS, PIP, IP-VPN, VOIP, IP-Telephony, Ethernet-based services, Broadband technologies, Frame Relay, ATM and other related services. This position requires excellent interpersonal skills to effectively work in a team environment with all Sales related staff. You must have a strong technical background with excellent verbal, written and presentation skills. As the Technical Team Lead you will explain complex technology solutions to your customers on sales calls. The successful candidate will support a staff of Verizon Sales professionals by providing customer needs analysis, engineering and design of technical solutions, pricing, proposal assistance, technical presentations, and technical consultation to internal and external customers. The ideal Candidate will have a proven record of success in selling Telephony and or IP technology products & services to Government Accounts. You must be able to travel within assigned sales territory or outside sales territory as may be required.

Requirements
Qualified candidates must have 10+ years of customer facing experience in the telecommunications industry. Technical writing and Presentation skills Bachelors Degree (technical) or equivalent experience. Computer Science or Engineering preferred. Candidate should hold industry related certifications from Cisco Systems, Inc. (CCDA, CCNP, CIPT, CISSP, CCIE). Previous Sales Engineering or Technical Sales Consultant experience is required. Cisco Systems, Inc. CCIE (Routing & Switching) Highly Desirable. ITIL Foundations Certification Experience with one of the following firewall manufacturers: Cisco Systems, Inc. or Juniper Networks. Managed Services Experience Other industry certifications are a plus.

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Who We Are:

Verizon Business is on the cutting edge of network innovation:

We provide voice, data, and Internet services to more then 2,700 cities and 150 countries.
Our more than 485,000 route miles span six continents.
We own and operate one of the most expansive IP backbone networks in the world.

Our mission is to deliver value through global capabilities, integrated service portfolios and our commitment to a customer-first philosophy. We're a truly diverse company, one that values all of our team members' talents and opinions. If it's important to you to be an industry trailblazer working with like-minded individuals, Verizon Business is the place for you.

What We Do:

Verizon Business sets the industry standard by leading the way in global communications, providing communication services for tens of thousands of businesses and government agencies around the world, not to mention 97 percent of the Fortune 500.

The only U.S.-based provider to be a charter member of the new consortium building the Trans-Pacific Express (TPE) optical cable network system that will link the U.S. and Mainland China.
The only U.S. Consortium member of the SEA-ME-WE-4 undersea cable network system that spans 20,000 kilometers and reaches 14 countries in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Western Europe.

Join us and be a part of a high-performing team of front-runners on the leading edge of technology, dedicated to doing and being the best.

What We Offer:

Our employees do groundbreaking, rewarding work, and in return, we offer a Total Rewards package that includes:

Our Verizon Business Savings Plan, a best-in-class 401(k) plan.
An outstanding Tuition Assistance Program to support your continual learning.
Medical/dental/vision from day one.

The work our employees do to help us take care of the world's communication needs makes us proud, and we take care of them in return.

What Are You Waiting For?

With so many opportunities within so many disciplines, there's certain to be a position that's just right for you at Verizon Business. Visit www.verizonbusiness.jobs to learn more.