Technical Architect

 

World Wide Technology, Inc. is a leading systems integrator that provides innovative technology and supply chain solutions to the commercial, government and telecom sectors.  WWT is a Top 5 partner with Cisco, recently exceeding 2007 forecasts, selling over $800 million of Cisco equipment over the calendar year.  The company brings to market a powerful blend of people, processes, and partnerships to help its customers manage the planning, procurement and deployment of IT solutions. Based in St. Louis, WWT works closely with industry leaders including Boeing, Dell, AT&T, Microsoft, and the U.S. Air Force. The company is also one of the world’s largest Cisco Gold resellers and was recently recognized as Cisco’s North American Partner of the Year.  WWT employs over 1,000 people and operates more than 1.7 million square-feet of warehousing, distribution and integration space in 20 facilities throughout the world. 



 



































































































World Wide Technology, Inc. currently has a Regional Technical Architect (RTA) position available in Omaha, NE. This senior level resource will be responsible for the translation of our customer’s storage, server, virtualization and data center business requirements into specific product and/or service proposals. Working in conjunction with Inside Sales, other Pre-Sales and Post Sales engineers, and Business Development team members, this technical Pre-Sales architect leverages appropriate WWT offerings and expertise to best address the customer needs with a cost effective solution and the best possible benefit to WWT.





































RESPONSIBILITIES:





















·  Aligns with WWT outside sales team to represent WWT’s data center (Storage, Servers, Virtualization, Backups, Fabric, etc.) expertise to all assigned accounts. 

·  Uses knowledge of technology, products and services to build data center solutions (and solution options) for the customer.

·  Works with clients and outside sales to obtain technical priorities, challenges and initiatives that can be translated into WWT data center opportunities.

·  Ensures effective coordination and support between account teams and supporting post sale technical resources.

·  Responsible for the coordination, delivery, and quality of presales technology solution deliverables within the domain of the opportunity which may include items such as configurations, architectural diagrams, and proposals.

·  Lead in managing and reporting all assigned accounts data center opportunities.

·  Manage and achieve a data center gross profit number.

·  Develop and foster relationships with strategic original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and key data center partners local to your region and/or territory.

·  Assist in statement of work review and development.

·  Responsible for designing and proposing data center technology solutions that meet customer's needs. 

·  Ensures that proposed solutions, when implemented, meet the needs and functional requirements of the customer.

·  Assists with accounts within the assigned geography.

·  Works closely with WWT outside sales to prioritize requests.

·  May perform other duties as required.

 

SKILLS:









·  Must have passion driving storage/server/virtualization solution strategies

·  Strong personality with leadership skills working in a complex matrix organization

·  Strong presence and credibility proved at client site and internally

·  Knowledge of the technical aspects of storage, server, backup and virtualization hardware, software and architecture(s).

·  Understanding of Sun Microsystems EMC, HP & VMware’s configuration and quoting tools highly desired. 

·  EMC, Sun, HP TSG and/or VMware certifications highly desired.

·  Other SAN certifications are highly desired.

 

WWT offers excellent benefits, training, and a competitive compensation package. Visit our corporate website at www.wwt.com for more information. EOE M/F/V/D

 

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