IT & Software

Systems Engineer

Extreme Networks, Inc.

Reading · Berkshire · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you drive technology and product consulting for strategic accounts, supporting pre-sales efforts and technical demonstrations. You will lead PoC activities, design customer solutions, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to win opportunities. The position emphasizes hands-on lab work, partner engagement, and shaping customer outcomes at scale. You will operate in a dynamic, world-spanning team with travel and growth opportunities as the company expands its digital transformation impact.

Pay / Benefits
  • Training resources
  • Technical equipment and resources
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program (optional)
  • Flex First (flexible work model)
  • Recreation time and flexibility on time off
  • Employee Assistance programs, support services
Responsibilities
  • Technology and product consulting for account opportunities
  • Technical sales support and presentations to customers and partners
  • Support RFI/RFP responses; organize and lead Proof of Concept activities
  • Design solutions meeting customer requirements
  • Participate as a specialist on virtual teams and contribute to team activities
  • Travel domestically/internationally as needed
  • Potential to lead account team resources when required
  • Collaborate with partners for technical training and validation
Key requirements
  • Excellent presentation skills
  • Successful pre-sales engineering track record in the industry and territory
  • Strong knowledge of core networking technologies (Layer 2/3, IPv4/IPv6, overlay networking, VPNs)
  • Wi‑Fi operation and design; network security principles
  • Advantageous: cloud technologies, cloud-based management platforms, virtualization, network management/orchestration, SD‑WAN, automation scripting and APIs
  • Ability to participate in design and PoC labs; set PoC criteria and overall solution designs
  • Tenacity and customer advocacy; build and maintain customer/partner networks
  • Willingness to lead team efforts for accounts when needed
  • Experience with partners and major accounts; ability to close deals
  • Extreme Networks certifications desirable; recognized industry certifications a plus
  • Hands-on lab experience
  • Future trends awareness and market direction understanding
  • Ability to support customer evaluations and detailed designs
  • Tenacity
  • customer advocacy
  • team collaboration
  • Layer 2/3 switching
  • IPv4/IPv6 routing
  • Overlay networking

Reference: WJ-747_30347824

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