Attributes we look for-

·       Awareness of sales methodologies and proposal management

·       High degrees of technical acumen with accompanying certifications

·       Collaborative team player

·       Ability to train Junior SAs and members of the team

·       Good communication skills (written and oral) to technical and non-technical stakeholders

·       Ability to understand customer business problems instead of just focussing on IT problems and tie them together to deliver specific outcomes to the customer.

·       Innovative and passionate about continuous self-improvement on upcoming technologies

·       With coaching, mentoring, training and development, a pathway exists to become tomorrow’s Solution Lead or Team Lead.

·       RFx, Proposals, Presentations

·       Passion for problem solving and enthusiasm for positive customer outcomes.

THE ROLE:

·       This role is a specialist Pre-Sales role around Openstack/Kubernetes/OpenShift to support Rackspace customer’s in EMEA & APAC region. This role is part of Rackspace Private Cloud Business unit.

EDUCATION:

·       Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or Business is preferred.

·       Experience may substitute for the degree requirement at a rate of 3 years’ experience for 1 year of education.

EXPERIENCE:

·       10+ years of solutions engineering experience or experience working as a Pre-Sales solutions architect working with technologies such as Openstack, VMware, Kubernetes, OpenShift

·       At least TWO industry certifications required: Linux+, RHCSA/RHCE, VMware, CCNA, VCP, OpenStack, OpenShift, Kubernetes are preferred.

·       Experience with or working knowledge of VMware Tanzu and Kubernetes on VMware is a plus.

·       Experience may substitute for the degree requirement at a rate of 3 years’ experience for 1 year of education.

Must Have Technical Skills

o   Experience working with OpenStack+ Kubernetes/OpenShift technology.

o   Certification in Openstack plus Tanzu/OpenShift/Kubernetes

o   Ability to lead customer workshops for requirements gathering solution mapping or proposal playback.

o   Ability to Respond to technical RFP/RFI

o   Owning a specific technology area and becoming the Subject Matter Expert (SME)

o   Have experience with OpenStack and Kubernetes architecture and configuration best practices and guidelines.

o   Ability to work with Product team to provide feedback from customers and try to improve the product.

Nice to have Skills-

o   Experience of working with Private Cloud platforms based on VMware.

o   Experience of Tanzu architecture, configuration is a plus.

o   Knowledge and experience around security in OpenStack and VMware platform

o   Experience in Managed or Professional Services engagements is highly beneficial.

o   Attend Trade Shows, User Group Meetings or Conferences, either physically or virtually and present the “Why Rackspace?” message.

o   Hands-on with DevOps Tools such as Ansible, Chef, Jenkins, octopus, Git, Bamboo, JuJu, and others is a plus.

o   IT Industry experience or exposure to technologies and applications such as Docker, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, OpenShift, configuration management, Kafka or kinesis, Zookeeper, WordPress, Magento, and Hybris is a plus.

Location: Bangalore (WFH) or Remote Work

Travelling: Occasional (Anticipated 10-20% maximum)