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The candidate would be expected to have a good knowledge Telecoms/Solution designs, exposure to one or more elements of the Public Sector customer base (including Central Government, Local Government, Regulatory Authorities, Health and Social Care, Education and Higher Education) and be able to provide: “Pre-Sales” Solutions support internally and externally to Public Sector Sales Team working on complex solutions, managed service outsource models, network and basic voice or cloud projects \nWork as a team player to assist in the smooth running of the Solutions department \nClosely interact with the engineering department during the design stage of new solutions \nUnderstand and advocate best practice in Public Sector solution design, such as security standards, network design, compliance and governance. \nBe able to assimilate customer requirements and provide pragmatic, innovative solutions. \n Primary product focus areas: \nWAN Portfolio: VPLS, Data Connectivity and Wireless - Nokia, Cisco, Checkpoint and Juniper platforms \nLAN and WiFi Portfolio - Including, but not limited to Cisco solutions \nUnified Communications & contact centre portfolio - including Broadsoft and Cisco Unified Communications \nVoice portfolio: Hosted and traditional voice offerings - including PSTN and SIP technologies \nHosting & Cloud - Including the VMware stack \nManaged IT & Professional Services \nKey responsibilities for this job:\nTo engage with Public Sector Sales Team from the early stage of the opportunity cycle \nTechnically qualify new opportunities in conjunction with the commercial qualification \nTo attend customer meetings with Public Sector Sales Team \nTo present and inform Mid-level and CXX level customer stakeholders \nTo define solutions, create design artifacts ( such as Network Diagrams, Solution Descriptions, Bill of Materials )  To participate in customer conference calls when required \nThe ability to design and develop innovative and competitive solutions, working individually or leading a wider virtual team for the qualified opportunity \nSupport the Public Sector Sales Team with input to the commercial aspects of the opportunity - such as Bill Of Materials, Dependencies and Risks \nTo take opportunities that may deal with elements of unknown information and define an assumptive or prescriptive approach \nWork very closely with the Exponential-e Bid Team and Public Sector Sales Team to respond to tenders (RFI/RFP) \nTo act as a central point of contact and provide technical support within existing accounts \nCreate a close working relationship with the wider solutions design teams and the engineering / delivery departments in order to validate proposed designs and solutions \nAny other fair and reasonable task or duty assigned to you by your Manager, or other senior Exponential-e Ltd staff member \n A key element of the role will be to own the end-to-end proposition for a significant number of small and medium sized opportunities at a technical and design level. 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