Principal Presales Systems Engineer

📋 Description

• Provide senior presales technical consultation for networking, security, cloud solutions.
• Lead responses to RFPs/RFIs with compelling solution approaches.
• Design architectures, BOMs, and implementation specs for networks.
• Translate customer needs into differentiated solution architectures.
• Deliver technical presentations, demos, and PoCs to customers.
• Travel as required to engage with customers and partners.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years in technical presales or equivalent customer-facing role.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Extensive WAN, data center, security, and cloud networking experience.
• Strong routing, switching, and security expertise; IGPs/EGPs, VPNs.
• Experience with EVPN/VXLAN, Clos, MPLS, LDP, SR-TE, SRv6.
• Hands-on with automation tools: Python, Ansible; cloud: AWS/Azure/Google Cloud.

🎁 Benefits

• Annual compensation: $199,000–$411,500 USD (CA base).
• 75% base / 25% target sales comp structure.
• Comprehensive health, retirement, and wellness programs.
• Professional development and career growth opportunities.
• Primarily remote/teleworker arrangement.
• Work with advanced networking, cloud, security, and AI solutions.