Pre‑Sales Consultant – Open Source & Virtualization

About the role

As a Pre‑Sales Consultant focusing on Open Source and Virtualization, you will partner with sales, vendors and customers across the UAE to design and promote modern infrastructure solutions that enable digital transformation.

Key responsibilities

• Act as technical advisor for Open Source and virtualization solutions throughout the sales cycle, from discovery to proposal.
• Deliver presentations, workshops, demos, proof‑of‑concepts and solution assessments that address customer business challenges.
• Collaborate with sales teams, technology vendors and partners to create scalable cloud, virtualization and automation architectures.
• Stay current on emerging technologies and help shape go‑to‑market strategies.

Required profile

• Proven experience in a presales, solutions architect, systems engineer or consulting role focused on virtualization, Linux, cloud or open‑source technologies.
• Ability to manage technical projects independently, influence stakeholders and work effectively across sales, engineering and partner teams.

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of Red Hat, Ubuntu, SUSE, OpenShift, Kubernetes, VMware, KVM and related virtualization technologies.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure solutions and Linux operating systems.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., Red Hat, Kubernetes, OpenShift, VMware) are highly valued.