Senior Systems Engineer -Israel

Senior Systems Engineer

There has never been a better time to join Extreme, with several acquisitions extending our portfolio and go to market strategy, we have seen enormous opportunity and growth within the region.

Aside from being a Technology Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant, we also adamantly promote an internal culture that truly embraces diversity, inclusion and equality in the workplace. Having Diversity and Inclusion as part of our core values and beliefs, we’re proud to foster an environment where every Extreme employee can thrive because of their differences, not despite them.

Extreme Systems Engineer providestechnology and product consulting, technical sales support for various account opportunities, performs high-level and in-depth technical presentations for customers, prospects, and Extreme channel partners in the territory of responsibility.

Extreme Systems Engineer also provides support for RFI/RFP responses, organizes and leads Proof of Concept activities, designs solutions meeting customer requirements.

Systems Engineer is also required to participate as a specialiston assigned virtual teams and contribute to other team activities.

Domestic/International travel will be required.

Candidate Requirements:
Strong knowledge of the Israeli market
Excellent presentation skills (fluent in Hewbrew and English).
Strong, successful pre-sales engineering track record in the industry and territory in a similar position is necessary
A sound knowledge of fundamental networking technologies:
Layer 2/3 switching
IPv4/v6 routing concepts
Overlay networking, VPNs
Wi-Fi operation and design
Network security principles
Knowledge and practical experience in these areas are an advantage:
Cloud technologies and Cloud-based network management platforms
Compute and network virtualization principles
Network management and orchestration software
SD-WAN
Automation scripting and APIs
Ability to work as a part of customer project teams on design and PoC labs, setting criteria for successful PoCs, and overall solution designs
Tenacity and perseverance (customer advocate facing internally to Extreme)
Ability to build, develop, and maintain a network of people at the customer/partner side independent of sales being accepted as the trusted advisor
When growing the business the willingness to assume a team-lead role for the account team when/if business requires additional resources.
Experience working with partners is a requirement for technical training on products.
Major account experience and experience in closing deals is necessary.
Extreme Networks certifications are desirable, but not mandatory
Recognized industry certifications is a plus
Ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of future trends and market directions
Ability to support customer evaluations, demonstrations and detailed design requirements
Good general hands-on lab experience is a plus.

Extreme uses Cloud Management, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence to radically simplify and secure the Access Network. Our Cloud-Managed Wireless, Switching, Routing, and Security technologies provide unrivalled flexibility in deployment, management, and licensing. Working with pioneering Controller-less Wi-Fi and Cloud Management, Extreme delivers continuous innovation at Cloud-speed that constantly challenges the industry norm, allowing customers to rethink what’s possible. Our innovations and global cloud footprint radically simplify Access Network operation for 30,000+ customers and 10+ million daily users.