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Senior Client Solutions Engineer

AHEAD • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Managed IT Services (MSP) • Bachelor's Degree • 1 day ago

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Salary

$230k – $250k per year

Location

Hybrid (Chicago, United States)

Seniority

Senior · 4+ years exp

Visa

H-1B filings in 12 months: 23 · for this role: 3 · green card filings: 4

Employment

Full-Time

Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 14, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 13, 2026. AHEAD scores B on the Alion truth index.

Overview

Company

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Profile match

AHEAD

AHEAD is an American IT consulting and managed services firm that helps enterprises build and run cloud, data, AI and automation platforms, covering infrastructure modernisation, security, cloud migration and ongoing managed operations. It works with major technology vendors and runs delivery teams across the United States and in Gurgaon, India, where much of its engineering hiring takes place. Its openings include solutions architects, full stack engineers, partner marketing managers and services partners. The company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

ahead.com • HQ: Chicago, United States • AI Consulting & Integration • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Managed IT Services (MSP) • Cloud Consulting & Migration • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2007

Tech stack of AHEAD

Roles and Responsibilities

Possess deep data center expertise (multiple layers of the stack).
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.

Qualifications

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