Systems Engineer-Scandinavia

Candidate Requirements:

• Excellent presentation skills (fluent in Swedish and English)
• Strong, successful pre-sales engineering track record in the industry and territory in a similar position is necessary
• A sound knowledge of fundamental networking technologies:
• Layer 2/3 switching
• IPv4/v6 routing concepts
• Overlay networking, VPNs
• Wi-Fi operation and design
• Network security principles
• Knowledge and practical experience in these areas are an advantage:
• Cloud technologies and Cloud-based network management platforms
• Compute and network virtualization principles
• Network management and orchestration software
• SD-WAN
• Automation scripting and APIs
• Ability to work as a part of customer project teams on design and PoC labs, setting criteria for successful PoCs, and overall solution designs
• Tenacity and perseverance (customer advocate facing internally to Extreme)
• Ability to build, develop, and maintain a network of people at the customer/partner side independent of sales being accepted as the trusted advisor
• When growing the business the willingness to assume a team-lead role for the account team when/if business requires additional resources.
• Experience working with partners is a plus for technical training on products.
• Major account experience and experience in closing deals is necessary.
• Extreme Networks certifications are desirable, but not mandatory
• Recognized industry certifications is a plus
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of future trends and market directions
• Ability to support customer evaluations, demonstrations and detailed design requirements
• Good general hands-on lab experience is required