Sr Solutions Specialist

What We Do

We calm the confusion of IT by guiding the connection between people and technology. If a customer is looking for a better way to manage their warehouse inventory, equip their workforce, or secure their data, we make it happen. All it takes is finding the right combination of tech hardware, software, cloud solutions, and support services. That’s what we do. We’re the IT Department’s IT Department.

Who We Are

Our team is made stronger by a multitude of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. It’s what makes Connection unique—what drives us to innovate and create technology solutions that stand apart from the crowd. We’d love for you to be a part of that fabric, to share your ideas and experiences with a team that thrives on fresh thinking, creativity, and helping others.

Why You Should Join Us

You’ll find supportive teammates and a rewarding career at Connection—plus great benefits. We take pride in supporting employees with a total rewards package that provides financial, emotional, and physical resources for you and your family.  Our compensation, 401k plans, medical insurance, and other benefits are progressive and competitive.  We value the importance of our employees’ emotional wellbeing. To support employees, we provide free therapy visits, mental health coaching and tools, and meditation resources. You’ll also enjoy a generous paid time off package that includes not only vacation and sick time, but also Wellness and Volunteer Time Off days. 

Job Summary

Working under general supervision of the (Sr.) Manager, Partner Alliance, referring only exceptional problems and issues for management review or approval, the Senior Solutions Specialist works directly with Connection sellers and their respective client portfolios to drive demand and pipeline of complex Cisco networking solutions incuding LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, and wireless while increasing rapid acceptance of recommended solutions. After assessing the needs of the client given an analysis of the business requirements coupled with the clients' functionalobjectives, the Sr. Solutions Specialist effectively designs and recommends complex Cisco networking solution(s) to the client. The Sr. Solutions Specialists directly engages with the partner engineering team on design and price of the Cisco networking solutions to address the clients' need(s). The Sr. Solutions Specialist trains and supports sellers in effectively packaging, pricing and presenting security solutions to clients including return on investment (ROI) and value propositions.

Primary Job Duties

• Drives demand and pipeline for Cisco network device and software solutions through application-centric customer and sales engagement
• Solutions can include routers, switches, wireless access point for use in LANs, WANs, SD-WAN, WiFi and related management tools either on premis or cloud based.
• Analyzes business systems infastructure utilizing applications
• Clarifies clients' mission critical application needs and partner with appropriate Independent Software Vendors (ISVs)
• Defines and articulates a network transformation journey for clients and sellers
• Designs solutions
• Develops customer proposals
• Delivers well-prepared business solutions proposals that connect the solution to business outcomes
• Differentiates partner solutions from competitor's solutions
• Collaborates and employs thought leadership around data center solutions with internal, partner cross-functional teams and senior level management CXO levels 

Required Competencies

• Proficient use of Microsoft Excel, Cisco WebEx, Cisco Commerce Workspace, and relevant internal business systems.
• Working knowledge of respective practice area technologies and related product solutions (datacenter, networking, security, cloud, converged, hyperconverged) ability to create well
  organized plans and business cases to present to client that clearly articulate relevant facts about proposed business solution
• High aptitude to stay current and train on related technology areas
• Account planning skills with experience in up-sell and cross-sell strategies.
• Adept at providing technical solutions based on customer needs per the practice area
• Analytical with ability to assess the customer’s business systems requirements
• Action oriented with strong executional skills
• Self-motivated and results-driven
• Excellent time management skills
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, communication and negotiation skills
• Proven experience managing projects and delivering expectations, both internally and with clients
• Proven success at working collaboratively with sales and internal colleagues to solve technical problems
• Multi-tasker, with high energy, and excels in a fast-paced, dynamic call center environment.

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