Description:
As part of a strong team we are now looking for a Solution Engineer who will work closely with the sales organization ensuring that together we give the right attention to a set of defined integrators, consultants, end customers and distributors. You will therefore be the central point educating and building up Irisity analytics knowledge and deployments in the Middle East & Africa (MEA) with a prioritized focus on a set defined countries in the region.
Your area of focus will be multifold, challenging and fun and the ideal candidate has a technical background with a commercial understanding. There are no two days at Irisity which are the same, which sets a high expectation on the candidate. On the one hand, you plan and structure your time well ahead and in parallel are flexible and agile when needed.
You will be working from your home office with key focus on the MEA region market with the capability to travel within the region. Therefore, the candidate should be willing to travel.
Job tasks
- Work closely with the Sales Executive in the UAE on planning ahead
- Performing demonstration sessions of our solutions to Dealers, System Integrators and customers to win business
- Proactively following up on projects and agreed plans
- Examining tenders and preparing the technical part (response) together with relevant stakeholders
- Hands-on and technical assistance in connection with preparation and setting up of exhibitions, events, customer meetings, etc.
Professional Qualifications
- Solid expertise in software, hardware, and services and understanding of how this works together
- Preferably a background within the Video Surveillance Industry
- More than 5 years’ experience in working with a 2-tier channel (distributors and integrators)
- In-depth technical knowledge of IT, especially network, storage and Windows platform
- Debian Linux OS
- Basic Bash scripting capabilities
- Experience with working in virtualization technologies such as VMWare
- Experience with Kubernetes cluster in a production environment, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) is an advantage
- Knowledge of Kubernetes DNS how it interacts with external DNS servers
- Experience with logging and monitoring tools (specifically Elasticsearch and Kibana)
- Experience with Kubernetes monitoring tools Rancher / KubeSpher
- Experience in the following technologies – advantage:
- Experience in a customer-facing technical role
- Strong ability to convey complex technical concepts to a non-technical audience
- Willingness to travel extensively
- Willingness to work flexible hours across all APAC time zones
Personal Skills
- A “let’sget things done-attitude”
- You bring a technical background, however with a business understanding
- Good at communicating technical knowledge also to non-technicians
- Have fun with software, PCs and technical installations
- Reliable, Open, Independent, Flexible & Innovative
- Service-minded and customer oriented. You always see the glass half full rather than half empty