Ibm Technical Pre-sales Technical Consultant - Reading, United Kingdom - Chapman Tate Associates

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Job Title
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IBM Technical Pre-Sales Technical Consultant


Location
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Flexible - Hybrid Working - Client, home and customer sites


Remuneration
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Base up to £45,000 + car + bonus (up to £10,000) + an enhanced benefits (medical cover for family, dental) package - £55,000 package


Key areas
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IBM Power, IBM Pre-sales, IBM SAN, IBM Storage, pSeries, iSeries, System I, IBM I, IBM Cloud, DR, Backup, Recovery, Storwize, V7000, HACMP, High Availability


Chapman Tate Associates seeks an IBM Technical Pre-Sales Consultant, to join this established award-winning IT Distributor within an international presence, whom are dedicated to making the transformation to the Cloud with ease.


Working within an established and growing IT Professional Services team, this role will be pivotal in acting as a conduit between the Technical and Sales team, assisting a number of existing customers evangelise and transform their IT Infrastructures.

You will help deliver IBM Hardware/Software strategy-focused consulting and design services, helping clients develop their roadmap for adoption.

As a Technical Pre-Sales Consultant you will have experience of various cloud architectures (Private, PublicCloud and Hybrid) and Cloud migration strategies.


You will have an good understanding of the different factors which influence or inhibit Cloud adoption and will be able to guide clients to make the right choices.


You will have a good breadth of knowledge around IBM hardware/Software Solutions, DR/Backup Recovery Software such as:

  • IBM Power Servers expertise
  • IBM Storage expertise
  • Issue, incident and DR management
  • Reporting, Analytics, Project Management
  • Physical asset management expertise
  • Data centre management & control (clients kit in our DC's)
  • Business Partner; vendor & supplier management; excellent relationship management
  • Access control management inc. password expertise
  • Cloud technologies
  • Monitoring & back up tools (such as: Halcyon; Zabbix; SolarWinds; VEEAM; Evault
The role will also include work around the following (but not limited to):

  • By providing expert technical knowledge and professional guidance across our pre-sales process through to implementation stages of projects
  • To work closely with key teams within the business, identifying technical and business requirements across your client base and support within the solution design
Keep abreast of developments in compute, storage, cloud and virtualisation technologies as well as the wider ecosystem

  • Deliver client engagements, shaping their IBM Cloud/DR Strategies and creating roadmaps for migration
  • Expertly define, validate and promote quality solutions for an opportunity, bid or project as required
  • Promote the development and reuse of knowledge across the business as required


You will have excellent customer facing skills and must be able to hold your own in sales and technical environments.


You will be joining a reputable organisation who will offer excellent personal and career development prospects, whilst working at the forefront of the industry.


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