Principal Presales Systems Engineer (Networking)

Location: Remote/Teleworker in the United States; salary range specified for California

Salary: USD 199,000–411,500 annual combined base and target-level sales compensation. The target compensation mix is 75% base salary and 25% target-level sales compensation.

Company

hirify.global is a global edge-to-cloud technology company delivering networking, security, cloud, automation, IoT, AI, and data solutions.

What you will do

• Provide presales technical consultation for sophisticated networking, security, cloud, and data center solutions.
• Partner with sales teams and industry partners to assess customer needs and develop optimized systems solutions.
• Create responses to RFPs, RFQs, and RFIs, including viable technical proposals and engineering bills of materials.
• Design and consult on large-scale WAN, data center, security, and cloud architectures.
• Present and demonstrate Juniper technologies through technical sales presentations, proofs of concept, and trial engagements.
• Build relationships with customer IT decision-makers, deliver partner and customer training, and stay current with competitive technologies.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of experience in a technical or presales role as a Sales Engineer or Systems Engineer.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, computer science, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience designing, implementing, and operating WAN backbones, data center networks, cloud solutions, and security architectures.
• Deep knowledge of routing protocols, Layer 2/3 VPNs, EVPN/VXLAN, Clos architectures, MPLS, SR-TE, SRv6, NGFW, UTM, DDoS, IPsec, MACsec, and SIEM.
• Strong customer-facing communication, presentation, whiteboarding, relationship-building, and executive-level engagement skills.
• Hands-on experience with Juniper or other networking vendor solutions and willingness to travel as required.

Nice to have

• DevOps automation experience with Python, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, YANG, JSON, and NETCONF.
• Experience with AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Azure.
• JNCIP, JNCIE, CCNP, CCIE, or another industry certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Health, financial, and emotional wellbeing benefits for employees and their families.
• Professional development programs supporting technical specialization and career progression.
• Flexible work arrangements for managing professional and personal needs.
• Inclusive workplace that values varied backgrounds and individual uniqueness.