Description
Our client is currently seeking a Principal Storage Consultant for an exciting contract opportunity. This successful candidate will require having previous experience working within EMC,HDS and Netapp.This role will also require previous knowledge of business consulting/pre sales experience to present to C level executives and the right decison makers.
General Details:
- Excellent communication skills - written and oral.
- Proven ability to call on prospective clients at technical and management levels sales situations concerning enterprise storage requirement and solution definition; conduct presentations and workshops with clients; and document and presents product solution designs to customers.
- Align sales campaigns often entail a coordinated effort among the various Align product groups and vendor sales teams.
- Demonstrated motivation and initiative and the ability to work independently as well as part of a high performance team.
- B.S. degree or equivalent in a Computer Science related field.
- Technical Certifications with: EMC (Technology Architect, Platform Engineering), and/or one (1) Technical Certification from: HDS, NetApp, HP, Symantec, and/or IBM Storage.
- Business Acumen Training or Certification: (ie Organization Skills, Consultative Selling, Myers Briggs seminar etc.).
Required Skills
- 5 or more years' experience in a technical or sales overlay position, with either Mainframe or Open Systems (Windows, Linux or UNIX) experience.
- Business consulting.
- Familiarity with at least one major backup/recovery software framework (eg EMC Networker, Symantec NetBackup, and IBM TSM) along with a knowledge of general backup/recovery concepts such as database logging, backup leveling, media management, etc. This should also include working knowledge of industry leading tape and tape library solutions.
- Familiarity with Storage Area Network (SAN) and Network Area Storage (NAS) technologies and their practical applications in disk and tape solution design. Ideally this includes Fibre channel, FCoE and as well as IP based storage network solutions.
Responsibilities:
- Provide on-site consulting support for Align clients
- , preparation of documentation, execution of moves and onsite support
- Work on data center migration projects including rack and stack of equipment
- Assist with the administration of projects including acting as a scribe and transcribing meeting minutes, making updates to budget and project plans, creating project documentation, etc.
- Create visuals of data center cabinet elevations, desk profiles and floor plans using graphics programs such as Visio and Asset Point
- Work in conjunction with Project Associate to incorporate technology into floor plans.
- Participate in project overtime as required
- Assist with client billing
- Become knowledgeable of company standards and procedures
- Align professionals will be expected to carry out such additional or alternative duties for the company which are reasonably consistent with his/her position, as the company may from time-to-time require.
- Align professionals are expected to continually enhance their professional and business skills, and are encouraged to take advantage of opportunities provided on the job and through participation in training programs both internally and externally
Huntress Group does not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and complies with all relevant legislation. PLEASE NOTE: You should make yourself aware of how immigration laws apply to your situation before applying for any jobs. We are acting as a Recruitment Business in relation to this role.