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# Senior Client Solutions Engineer

- **Company:** AHEAD
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $230,000.0 - $250,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Centers, Data Center Infrastructure Management (CIM), HybridCloud, Information Technology
- **Published:** October 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=3db819d405a47591

## About the Role

* Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent
 * 4+ years Pre Sales and Data Center experience is required
 * Professional communication, presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills
 * Experience working as a technical lead in a pre-sales sales campaign
 * Extensive knowledge of one or more of the following data center solutions: storage, networking, compute, virtualization, data center management / automation, and security
 * Ability to work under critical conditions and influence others to achieve results
 * Strong interpersonal skills with excellent presentation skills
 * Must be independent, self motivated, a self starter and possess a good working attitude
 * Able to work well within a team and partner environment
 * Customer focused and results driven

## Description

* Present at Technical Briefings and Lab Demonstrations with clients and partners to showcase AHEAD's value.
 * Considered a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in one or many technologies for the team to leverage.
 * Recognized by the partner community to own technical sales campaigns without their support.
 * Qualify and position consulting engagements and services.
 * Provide coaching and mentoring to team resources in order to enhance their solution knowledge, technical acumen, and pre-sales skill sets.
 * Qualify sales opportunities in the terms of client technical requirements, decision making process and funding and decides if we should move forward with the campaign.
 * Understand and articulate AHEAD's Enterprise Cloud Framework.
 * Prioritize opportunities and efforts assigned to the geography based on maximizing total impact on team productivity and profit.
 * Drive engagement conversions to additional services / solutions.
 * Provide feedback to improve internal efficiencies.
 * Work with Practice Directors to provide input and suggestions for new solutions and offerings.
 * Present regularly at AHEAD events, user groups, conferences, and forums.
 * Lead Solution Verification / BOM Review process for the geography.