The Presales Engineer – Networking is responsible for designing, positioning, and supporting enterprise networking solutions for customers across the region. The role acts as a technical advisor throughout the sales lifecycle, supporting opportunity qualification, solution design, technical presentations, and customer engagement activities.
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Working closely with sales and delivery teams, the engineer develops scalable and high-performance networking solutions aligned with customer business and technical requirements. The role focuses on enterprise networking technologies including routing, switching, wireless, and SD-WAN environments, while supporting solution positioning and customer success initiatives.
Responsibilities
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Design enterprise networking solutions aligned with customer requirements and business objectives
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Develop:
- High-Level Designs (HLD)
- Low-Level Designs (LLD)
- Technical proposals
- Bill of Quantities (BOQs)
- RFP/RFI responses
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Support networking solution architectures covering:
- LAN/WAN infrastructure
- Enterprise wireless solutions
- SD-WAN
- Network segmentation and connectivity
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Provide technical guidance on networking best practices, scalability, and infrastructure design
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Support positioning of Cisco-based networking solutions across enterprise environments
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Assist in solution comparison, technical assessments, and vendor positioning activities
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Stay updated on emerging networking technologies and vendor roadmaps
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Conduct customer meetings, workshops, presentations, and technical demonstrations
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Understand customer technical and business requirements and translate them into networking solutions
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Support technical discussions during pre-sales engagements and opportunity qualification
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Participate in Proof of Concepts (PoCs) and technical validation activities where required
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Work closely with Sales, Delivery, and Technical teams to ensure successful solution alignment and handover
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Support implementation readiness and technical clarification activities
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Contribute to customer success initiatives through technical support and engagement
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Maintain accurate technical documentation and solution records
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Ensure proposed solutions align with customer standards and best practices
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Support continuous improvement of solution templates, technical documentation, and presales processes
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Network Engineering, or a related field
- 3–6 years of experience in networking, presales, or system integration environments
- Strong technical knowledge in:
- Routing & Switching
- LAN/WAN networking
- TCP/IP, VLANs, BGP, OSPF
- Network design and architecture
- Enterprise wireless technologies
- SD-WAN fundamentals
- Experience developing:
- Technical proposals
- BOQs
- Network solution designs
- Good understanding of enterprise infrastructure environments
- Cisco networking technologies
- Hands-on or presales experience with Fortinet solutions (basic security integration awareness is a plus)
- Experience supporting enterprise networking projects and customer engagements
- Strong customer-facing and technical solution positioning experience
- Certifications; Cisco (CCNA, CCNP), Fortinet (NSE 4 or above)
