The Sales Engineer will engage with customers and develop pre-sales strategies, provide technical support, and collaborate with marketing and product teams. Responsibilities include conducting technical presentations, managing evaluations, and providing customer feedback for product improvements.
Perforce is a community of collaborative experts, problem solvers, and possibility seekers who believe work should be both challenging and fun. We are proud to inspire creativity, foster belonging, support collaboration, and encourage wellness. At Perforce, you’ll work with and learn from some of the best and brightest in business. Before you know it, you’ll be in the middle of a rewarding career at a company headed in one direction: upward.
With a global footprint spanning more than 80 countries and including over 75% of the Fortune 100, Perforce Software, Inc. is trusted by the world’s leading brands to deliver solutions for the toughest challenges. The best run DevOps teams in the world choose Perforce.
Position Summary:
Our Sales Engineering leader at Perforce is searching for a Sales Engineer to join the Puppet team. We are looking for an individual who is either an experienced sales engineer / presales, or someone who comes from a strong developer skills with the ambition to transition into a customer-facing sales engineer role.
You will be working with tier-1 enterprises who are leaders in their own field and therefore will be expected to possess a matching level of presentation and technical skills, as well as work ethics and professionalism.
There will be opportunities to travel (in Western US, potentially to Central US), and you will work alongside a team of seasoned Sales Engineering A-players, many of whom are thought leaders in the field. We have an open culture at Perforce, where we encourage teamwork, accountability, coachability and humility. We also guarantee a safe environment for you to ask questions, challenge the status quo, learn from and elevate one another, and grow into a rockstar SE yourself.
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with the account executives to develop a strategy to obtain new customers and drive expansion to meet or exceed quarterly revenue targets.
- Lead pre-sales engineering activities including technical discovery, RFP responses, technical presentations, architectural guidance, security questionnaires, manage evaluations, sales support and ongoing client relationships.
- Support Marketing activities by participating in trade shows, reviewing documentation for technical accuracy and hosting introductory webinars as needed.
- Provide customer and industry inputs to the product teams, collaborate with product management on product roadmap.
- Work with cross-functional teams to ensure ongoing support and success for our customers.
- Moderate travel required
Requirements:
- Self-starter – you are expected to make things happen by being resourceful and smart with your time management and prioritization.
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science or related technical field is preferable.
- 3+ years of experience in technical pre-sales or consulting in a SaaS environment.
- Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills.
- Prior experience in conducting demonstrations, training, professional service and managing evaluations.
- Fast learner and not afraid to learn new technologies in a short timeframe.
- A combination of hands-on experience in:
Infrastructure Automation - Puppet, Ansible, Chef, Salt…
Development and Scripting- Ruby, Python, JavaScript, PowerShell, Bash…
Unix, Linux or Windows System Administration
Azure, AWS or Google Cloud experience - Knowledge of cloud resources, deployments, etc…
Git-based version control (GitHub, Gitlab, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket…)
CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Gitlab CI…)
Containers (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, OpenShift…)
This position is eligible for the Sales Engineering Commission Plan.
Additionally, this position is eligible for benefits including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, retirement benefits, life insurance, wellness programs, total time off, and other employee perks that may be offered by Perforce from time to time. The actual offer will depend on a number of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s education, skills, qualifications, depth of experience and other relevant business considerations. Perforce reserves the right to amend or modify employee perks and benefits at any time.
Come work with us! Our team members are valued for their contributions, introduced to new opportunities, and rewarded well. Perforce combines the experience and rewards of a start-up with the security of an established and privately held profitable company.
If you are passionate about the technology that impacts our day-to-day lives and want to work with talented and dedicated people across the globe, apply today!
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