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Systems Engineer

Spirent Communications
Redmond, WA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/17/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/28/2025

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.

    Annualized Salary Wage Range : $98,000 - $145,000

    Spirent applies geographic differentials to its pay ranges. The pay range assigned to this role will be based on the geographic location from which the role is performed. Starting pay is commensurate with relevant experience at or in line with the minimum requirements. Spirent offers the following benefits to eligible employees : Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, Floating Holidays, Volunteer Time Off, Paid Holidays, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Life and AD&D insurance, Tuition Reimbursement, Flexible Savings Accounts, and Commuter Benefits. Spirent benefits programs are subject to eligibility requirements.

    Salary : $98,000 - $145,000

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