System Engineer

Systems Engineer

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Work Location: Seattle, WA

Requisition: # 6360

Job Overview:

Spirent is hiring a Systems Engineer in the Seattle, WA area to help drive sales in Test and Measurement. This individual will be an integral member of Spirent's regional sales team and work closely with our Hyperscaler Accounts.

In this role, you will perform the core Systems Engineering responsibilities specializing in Pre-Sales activities and acting as the technical expert on Spirent's products and solutions. The ability to understand customer requirements, determine the best solutions, and effectively communicate the value proposition of those solutions are critical to the success of this role. All candidates must have a proven networking background and demonstrated capability to rapidly learn and assimilate new networking technologies as our customers require.

In this role, your primary focus will be to drive technical end-to-end solutions into our Hyperscale clients as part of an integrated sales team. Pre-sales activities include solution development, technical presentations, design documentation creation, assisting with technical questions or concerns during the sales process, frequently participating in the project specification process, acting as a liaison between Spirent's sales/business development and engineering groups, and leading key customer proof of concepts in addition to direct customer engagement in support of the sales team's objectives.

About Spirent Communications

Spirent is the leading global provider of automated test and assurance solutions for communications networks, cybersecurity, and positioning.

We provide innovative products, services, and managed solutions that address the test, assurance, and automation challenges of a new generation of technologies, including 5G, cloud, autonomous vehicles, and beyond. From testing in the lab to testing in the real world, Spirent helps companies deliver on their promise to their customers of a new generation of connected devices and technologies.

Why Spirent?... Because together we can shape tomorrow!

Spirent is its people. When you join the Spirent team, you will join forces and work alongside some of the industry’s most passionate subject matter experts. In an environment of innovation, you will find a place where you can grow, think, explore, create, and make change happen.

At Spirent, we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential to thriving in the ever-changing world of global technology. We embrace a culture where difference is valued and openness, mutual respect, collaboration, and fairness are considered fundamental. Spirent does not tolerate discrimination or offensive behavior of any kind. We are committed to creating workplaces that genuinely reflect the diversity of the world we serve and an environment where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic self to work.

Your success is vital to our success, which is why we will support you to perform, grow, and contribute – with the confidence to be yourself. And to support your personal wellbeing, we hope you will love our dedication to creating the right work and life balance experience!

Join Spirent and together let’s shape tomorrow!

Job Responsibilities:

• Technical support within a sales team.
• Provide direct pre-sales support to key customers.
• Understand customer business needs and to be able to reflect business benefit through proposed solutions using a consultative approach.
• Tailor Spirent product presentations and provide technical demonstrations to customers to help obtain sales objectives.
• Effectively work with internal/external teams to anticipate and qualify customer needs.
• Identify customer requirements and communicate these requirements/feature requests to Product Marketing.
• Provide post-sales support and on-going customer training, as required.
• Work with Spirent Support and Engineering teams to help solve customer issues.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree with a technical focus from an accredited university required, or equivalent work experience.
• A minimum of 2 years of industry experience in a technical role including Sales, Pre-sales, Technical Sales, or Systems Engineering.
• Proven understanding of the partner community and Hyperscale markets.
• Network/Security certifications, including CCNA, CCIE, JNCIA, and/or CISSP are a plus.
• Strong technical skills in networking, network security, telecommunications, and applications.
• Strong technical skills and hands-on experience in IP and Ethernet technologies, Data Center Ethernet, 400/100/40/10GigEth, L4-L7 technologies, Cloud Services, Virtualization, OpenFlow & SDN/NFV.
• Application-level protocol knowledge (HTTP(s), FTP, DNS, TELNET, TCP/IP, Streaming Media).
• Security device knowledge (Firewall, load balancing, IDS, IPS).
• Routing protocol knowledge, both IPv4 and IPv6 including RIP, BGP, OSPF, ISIS.
• MPLS Protocol knowledge: RSVP-TE, LDP.
• Previous telecom/networking test equipment experience would be a plus (Spirent TestCenter, Avalanche, Adtech, Ixia, Agilent, Shenick, BreakingPoint Systems).
• Programming Language experience in TCL/TK, C/C , Java, Perl are a plus.
• Outstanding interpersonal abilities, and strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Attention to detail, plus analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Positive, service-orientated personality.
• Self-motivated, working independently, and willing to accept challenges.
• Organized with excellent time management skills.
• Strong commitment to develop and maintain long-term customer relationships.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to customer questions.
• Ability to travel locally within the local area (75%).

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment changes bases on customer facilities which include test labs and data centers loaded with hundreds of heat-controlled networking devices.