About us

Founded in 2002 and swiftly established a reputation for pioneering innovation in the technology market. From launching the world’s first Virtual private LAN in 2006 on our privately-owned 100GigE secure and super-fast Network to our recent work integrating SD-WAN and SD-DC, our commitment to innovation has resulted in us being recognised as a world-class IT Service provider, one of the fastest-growing private companies in the UK and have 8 ISO accreditations to our name.

Overall purpose of the job:

We are looking for a Senior Solutions Consultant who can think outside of the box and work on complex projects that encompass network, voice and cloud solutions. The candidate would be expected to have a vast knowledge and experience across all market verticals and provide:

Non-negotiable:  Senior Solutions Consultant

• Experience in pre-sales - client-facing, supporting the sales account managers.
• Hands-on technical experience/understanding of the products that we
• offer.
• Experience in a role with a similar scope of responsibilities; candidates must have pre-sales and technical consultancy.

Key responsibilities for this job: Senior Solutions Consultant

• To engage with Sales Account Managers from the early stage of the opportunity cycle
• Technically qualify new opportunities in conjunction with the commercial qualification
• To attend customer meetings with Sales Account Managers
• To participate in customer conference calls when required
• The ability to design and develop innovative and competitive solutions, working individually or leading a wider virtual team for the qualified opportunity
• Support the Sales Account Manager with the commercials of the opportunity
• Work very closely with our Bid Team and Account Managers to respond to tenders (RFI/RFP)
• To act as a central point of contact and provide technical support within existing accounts
• Create a close working relationship with the engineering department in order to validate proposed designs and solutions
• Any other fair and reasonable task or duty assigned to you by your Manager, or other senior staff member

Knowledge and experience required: Senior Solutions Consultant

• Significant IT / Telecoms experience
• Significant experience in a pre-sales environment with the ability to talk confidently about technical solutions
• Excellent presentation skills – the ability to articulate technical concepts to a non-technical audience
• Demonstrable experience responding to bids and tenders
• Good commercial acumen
• Proven technical design skills and the ability to create design documentation
• Knowledge of VPLS, MPLS, IP Networking, Routing Protocols, BGP, VRRP, IGRP
• Knowledge of SDN and SD-WAN technology and solutions
• Experience in designing secure Internet solutions (UTM firewalls. SIEM)
• Experience of IPTelephony, SIP, Hosted Voice (especially Broadsoft), Unified Comms
• Knowledge of LAN (wired and wireless) environments desirable
• Familiarity with Private & Public Cloud architecture would be advantageous
• Previous hands on technical experience is desirable

Benefits:

• Pension
• Medical insurance after probation period
• Eyecare voucher
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Mileage/travel expenses as appropriate
• Childcare Vouchers
• 25+8 days holiday