Job Summary:
We are looking for a Telco Account Solution Architect to join our Telco Tech Sales team in Saudi Arabia. In this role, you will be a leading part of the local Telco sales teams to develop and promote opportunities and business within key Tier-1 Telco accounts based in Saudi Arabia.
You will help your customers invest in an infrastructure that will give them maximum flexibility and allow them to make their IT and telecommunications infrastructure services faster and more reliable. You will engage, meet, and demonstrate to the telco accounts that Red Hat solutions match their needs and expectations.
You will collaborate with the Business Development team, account managers, and solutions/domain architects to define plans, tactics, and strategies for supporting customers with the technical solutions from Red Hat applied for Telcos.
This position is open to candidates located in Saudi Arabia.
What You Will Do:
Evangelize the value of Red Hat Solutions. Work with the Global Account Manager and collaborate with the extended team to focus on the best manner to address your customer needs
Define, document, present, and demonstrate how the Red Hat product portfolio can enable next-generation IT and network architectures for telecommunications providers, both in the NFV and in the OSS/BSS space.
Work with the ecosystem to position Red Hat as a key strategic vendor for telecommunications and NFV infrastructures, e.g. ISVS, NEPs, telecommunications, cloud providers, integrators, and hardware vendors
Deliver expert-level presentations and demonstrations for Red Hat products and solutions in the context of Telco IT operations teams and networks
Lead the technical responses to RFx processes
Design value-driven architectures and present their application and return on investment (ROI)
Contribute to growing and developing the businessof the account in all aspects of the relationship, including on the telco network and the IT side, as well as developing the business partnership in place
Demonstrate and act as a role model of great leadership skills in an open organization, fostering a culture of success and inclusiveness
Position Red Hat at all levels within the customer, including C-level executives
Actively contribute to account plans and strategy sessions. Develop technical account plans.
Maintain and develop new relationships within the assigned account
Exhibit a high level of initiative with the ability to work independently, while maintaining the team role and being an exceptional team player
Knowledge-sharing, and sharing of lessons learned where applicable
What You Will Bring:
Extensive Telco industry knowledge and market insights, with a good understanding of current, new, and future technologies and business directions
Solid technical skills in IT technologies used in telcos, such as Virtualization, Cloud, Container Platforms, and Microservices
Understanding of the existing and new technologies used by the telecommunications industries is required; such as 5G, RAN, IoT, SDN, NFV, OSS/BSS
Excellent presentation skills to both business and technical audiences
Ability to learn new concepts and new technology quickly
Reliable, committed, and organized, with the ability to handle change easily
Ability to demonstrate creativity and innovative thinking
Motivated and result-oriented with the ability to perform within a fast-paced environment
Fluent Arabic and English speaking and written communication skills
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