Presales Engineer - Networking

The Presales Engineer – Networking is responsible for designing, positioning, and supporting enterprise networking solutions for customers across the region. The role acts as a technical advisor throughout the sales lifecycle, supporting opportunity qualification, solution design, technical presentations, and customer engagement activities.

Working closely with sales and delivery teams, the engineer develops scalable and high-performance networking solutions aligned with customer business and technical requirements. The role focuses on enterprise networking technologies including routing, switching, wireless, and SD-WAN environments, while supporting solution positioning and customer success initiatives.

Responsibilities:

Solutions Architecture & Presales Support

• Design enterprise networking solutions aligned with customer requirements and business objectives

• Develop:

  • High-Level Designs (HLD)
  • Low-Level Designs (LLD)
  • Technical proposals
  • Bill of Quantities (BOQs)
  • RFP/RFI responses

• Support networking solution architectures covering:

*   LAN/WAN infrastructure 

*   Enterprise wireless solutions 
*   SD-WAN 
*   Network segmentation and connectivity

Technical Expertise & Solution Positioning

• Provide technical guidance on networking best practices, scalability, and infrastructure design
• Support positioning of Cisco-based networking solutions across enterprise environments
• Assist in solution comparison, technical assessments, and vendor positioning activities
• Stay updated on emerging networking technologies and vendor roadmaps

Customer Engagement & Technical Advisory

• Conduct customer meetings, workshops, presentations, and technical demonstrations
• Understand customer technical and business requirements and translate them into networking solutions
• Support technical discussions during pre-sales engagements and opportunity qualification
• Participate in Proof of Concepts (PoCs) and technical validation activities where required

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Sales, Delivery, and Technical teams to ensure successful solution alignment and handover
• Support implementation readiness and technical clarification activities
• Contribute to customer success initiatives through technical support and engagement

Documentation & Best Practices

• Maintain accurate technical documentation and solution records
• Ensure proposed solutions align with customer standards and best practices
• Support continuous improvement of solution templates, technical documentation, and presales processes

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Network Engineering, or a related field

• 3–6 years of experience in networking, presales, or system integration environments

• Strong technical knowledge in:

  • Routing & Switching
  • LAN/WAN networking
  • TCP/IP, VLANs, BGP, OSPF
  • Network design and architecture
  • Enterprise wireless technologies
  • SD-WAN fundamentals

• Experience developing:

  • Technical proposals
  • BOQs
  • Network solution designs

• Good understanding of enterprise infrastructure environments

• Cisco networking technologies

• Hands-on or presales experience with: Fortinet solutions (basic security integration awareness is a plus)Experience supporting enterprise networking projects and customer engagements

• Strong customer-facing and technical solution positioning experience

• Certifications; Cisco (CCNA, CCNP), Fortinet (NSE 4 or above)