Solutions Engineer

at Riverbed Technology, Inc in Rosemont, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Solutions Engineer
Job Locations

US-IL-Home Office

Category 
Sales  

Req No. 
2024-7486
Riverbed. Empower the Experience

Riverbed, the leader in AI observability, helps organizations optimize their user's experiences by leveraging AI automation for the prevention, identification, and resolution of IT issues. With over 20 years of experience in data collection and AI and machine learning, Riverbed's open and AI-powered observability platform and solutions optimize digital experiences and greatly improves IT efficiency. Riverbed also offers industry-leading Acceleration solutions that provide fast, agile, secure acceleration of any app, over any network, to users anywhere. Together with our thousands of market-leading customers globally - including 95% of the FORTUNE 100 - we are empowering next-generation digital experiences.

Position

Title: Solutions Engineer
Location: Remote/Home Office - greater Chicago, IL
Technology Specialization: Unified Observability
We are seeking a Solutions Engineer for immediate hire. In this role you will function in a highly technical pre-sales environment, creating technical solutions to solve business problems for global enterprises.

What you will do

Serve as the technical subject matter expert throughout the sales process. Owning and managing various pre-sales activities - including technical presentations, demonstrations, and proof of concept projects.
Collaborate with the Sales team, jointly owning the sales cycle and account plan.
Help to drive deeper & wider into the account - identifying requirements for additional resources from other departments within the customer, customer alternatives (i.e., other means of handling their current requirements), and potential internal sponsors.
Understand and document customer business & technical requirements and use them to create value-based proposals, addressing business drivers & pain points - guiding the technical sales cycle towards a technical close & a business win.
Build strong relationships with key contacts in the partner ecosystem. Work with Channel Sales team to build and strengthen relationships with partners; Oversee product and solutions training and enablement of the partner ecosystem so that they can be leveraged to help drive opportunities to technical close.

What makes you an ideal candidate

Experience in a pre-sales role, with a deep understanding of enterprise sales cycles and various selling strategies.
Relevant competitive knowledge - i.e., industry, technologies and product offerings, evolving technologies, and threats.
Proven consultative skills from prior performance engineering engagements in presales or professional services.
Able to travel 20% - 40% - traveling primarily in the Great Lakes but also in other parts of North America as required.
Outgoing personality and passionate about technical sales and working with customers.

What we offer

Our employee benefits including flexible workplace policies, employee resource groups, learning and development resources, career progression pathways, and community engagement initiatives are some of the reasons why we have had great success in bringing in new talent. In addition, our global employee wellness programs are crafted to support the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of our employees.
Benefits & Perks vary by Country. 

About Riverbed

With a 20-year history of innovation, Riverbed is agile, yet proven, and we are disrupting the market with differentiated solutions that enable our customers to deliver secure, seamless digital experiences and accelerate enterprise performance While we are a 'customer-first' company, we are all about our people with a shared commitment to creating a global impact. We bring our best selves to work and pursue excellence, trust, and respect for one another. We welcome diversity and value and encourage transparency and open communication throughout the company. We strive to be an inclusive, fair, and enjoyable workplace for our people globally and care about their wellbeing. We are committed to our people, partners, and customers while supporting the communities where we work and live. It's the Power of WE that binds us together.
We want people of all backgrounds to see themselves represented and included in our work, so we actively seek to diversify our team and bring more voices to the table. We understand that when people can be themselves, more is possible. We would love to have more people on board to join us on our journey to be better every day! So, come speak... For full info follow application link.

Riverbed is proud to be an affirmative action (AA) and equal employment opportunities (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.