Job Description

Our client is a leading distributor of technology, services, and lifestyle products in Sub-Saharan Africa. They currently have an opening for a technical presales executive to be based in Abuja, Nigeria.
Job Description:
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Working with clients to determine how their business can use Microsoft cloud services most effectively.
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Analysis and optimization of existing IT environments of customers.
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Customer support of technical projects in on-premises, hybrid, and Cloud systems.
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Remain current on emerging and innovative technologies for end-user computing.
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Contribute to and update bid, project, departmental and technical documents.
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Maintain an awareness of developments and best practices, adapt and apply new and appropriate ideas.
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Work closely with the sales team to identify professional services opportunities and qualify customer requirements early in the       sales cycle.
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Work closely with the account and service management teams to identify professional services opportunities within existing       accounts.
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Engage directly with customers, often on speculative/pre-RFP requirements, to understand their business challenges and       translate these into technology requirements.
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Advise customers on technology choices and options.
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Developing customer proposals, statement of work, supporting cost models, and defining proof of concept engagements where       appropriate.
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Providing support to sales and Bid team colleagues for the completion of Bid responses including, Requests for Information,       Requests for Proposal, and Pre-qualification Questionnaires.
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Contribute to presales engagements to ensure opportunities are handled appropriately and with clarity in relation to the proposed       solution, implementation approach, and customer engagement.
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Use problem-solving creativity to design, architect, and develop high-end technology solutions that solve our client's; most       complex and challenging problems across different industries on Microsoft azure.
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Develop deployment of automation using automation tools and scripts to provide a fully functional cloud stack in Azure that       supports the Client's environment.
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Build, migrate and test Azure environments and integrations of services with IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.
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Develop the ability to architect and integrate on-premises applications, cloud providers, or other platforms with Azure.
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Take an active role in operational and business-development aspects of the business.
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Apply architectural experience to make trade-offs at different layers of the architecture by keeping end customer scenarios       business goals, cost and complexity in mind.
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Builds PoCs and demos with Account Managers.
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Fundamental knowledge of common Operating Systems (Windows, Linux);
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Foundation experience or reasonable understanding of some aspect(s) of the network stack and network protocols;
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Understanding of some aspect(s) of computer security: network security, application security, security protocols, cryptography,       etc
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Crafting architecture with Microsoft Azure that meets customers’ technical, security, and business needs for apps/workloads.
Qualifications and Experience
• Minimum of 3 years post-graduate experience in similar position
• B.Sc/HND in Engineering, Computer Science or any social science related courses.