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Job Description Summary:
The Senior Sales Engineering role will support Account Executives in new and existing partner relationships, as well as, direct business in order to grow revenue opportunities.Rocket Software Sales Engineers are experienced technical professionals with an extensive enterprise software sales background who can successfully be the technical sales lead on software opportunities to progress and close business, and must function well as a member of a dynamic team, while having the ability to also work independently to progress and close business.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Engage with prospective clients to understand their data integration challenges, especially around migrating from mainframe systems to cloud environments.
- Present and demonstrate our software solutions, clearly articulating the technical benefits and integration capabilities.
- Engage and inspire customers by presenting solutions that demonstrate real value, backed by your passion for the latest database and AI technologies and trends.
- Deliver compelling proof of concepts, highlighting how our offerings stand at the forefront of technology.
- Successfully convey technical details to a non-technical audience, as well as, foster credibility with more technical audiences.
- Provide knowledge and skills to help qualify business opportunities by understanding the user requirements and technical environment.
- Handle objections professionally; answer questions quickly and coherently; deal with challenges assertively and persuasively.
Required Qualifications:
- A minimum of 4+ years of relevant sales engineer experience.
- Proven track record in presales or consulting roles with a strong foundation in mainframe or IBMi.
- Experience working with large-scale enterprise data migration projects.
- Solid understanding of data integration concepts, especially relating to mainframe databases (such as IBM Db2, IMS, VSAM) and cloud-native databases (such as Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora, Amazon Redshift).
- Data replication technologies (ETL, CDC) expertise is a plus.
- Prior experience supporting or migrating workloads from mainframe environments is preferred.
- Familiarity with security best practices for data handling across cloud and mainframe environments is preferred.
- Strong problem solving and requirements gathering skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Information Security:
Information security is everyone’s responsibility. A fundamental principle of information security at Rocket Software is that all individuals in the organization have a responsibility for the security and protection of company information and IT Resources over which they have control, according to their role.
Diversity, Inclusion & Equity:
At Rocket we are committed to an inclusive workplace environment, where every Rocketeer can thrive by bringing their full selves to work. Being a Rocketeer means you are part of our movement to continually drive inclusivity, diversity and equity in our workforce.
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The base salary range for this role is $129,966.00 - $162,458.50 per year. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
..What Rocket Software can offer you in USA:
- Unlimited Vacation Time as well as paid holidays and sick time
- Health and Wellness coverage options for Rocketeers and dependents
- Life and disability coverage
- Fidelity 401(k) and Roth Retirement Savings with matching contributions
- Monthly student debt benefit program
- Tuition Reimbursement and Certificate Reimbursement Program opportunities
- Leadership and skills training opportunities
EOE M/F/Vet/Disability. Rocket Software Inc. is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Rocket Software Inc. is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Rocket is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment, please call: 781-577-4321 or send an email to [email protected]. We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.
As part of our commitment to a safe and trustworthy workplace, we include background and reference checks in our hiring process.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!
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Rocket Software Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
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