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Ingram Micro Inc
Sr AWS Sales Engineer
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A Sales Engineer specializes in selling scientific or advanced technology products or services. Provides engineering expertise as part of a sales team. Offers technical demonstrations, identifies or modifies products to meet specific customer requirements and assists with solving technical problems after products are installed.
$113,384 / year median in Illinois
-19% projected decline
Job Description
Accelerate your career. Join the organization that's driving the world's technology and shape the future. Ingram Micro is a leading technology company for the global information technology ecosystem. With the ability to reach nearly 90% of the global population, we play a vital role in the worldwide IT sales channel, bringing products and services from technology manufacturers and cloud providers to business-to-business technology experts. Our market reach, diverse solutions and services portfolio, and digital platform Ingram Micro Xvantage™ set us apart. Learn more at www.ingrammicro.com Come join our team where you'll make technology happen in surprising ways. Let's shape tomorrow
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Sr Sales Engineer Your Role:
A Sr Sales Engineer is the technical relationship owner and presales authority for assigned partners. This role owns technical outcomes across the presales lifecycle, serving as the primary senior technical advisor and ensuring solution integrity, scope accuracy, and architectural alignment. The Sr Sales Engineer transitions from hands-on execution to technical leadership, decision-making, and accountability, enabling others while retaining ownership of outcomes.Experience:
Partner Technical Relationship Ownership:
Own senior partner technical relationships and act as the primary technical point of accountability.Presales Technical Leadership:
Lead complex technical presales efforts including discovery, validation, and risk management.SOW Development & Ownership:
Create, review, and approve Statements of Work with responsibility for scope clarity and technical feasibility.AWS Solution Strategy:
Design, validate, or guide AWS-based solutions across infrastructure, security, networking, and identity services.Cross-Functional Leadership:
Partner with Sales, Services, Delivery, and Architecture teams to ensure executable presales outcomes.Technical Enablement & Mentorship:
Provide coaching and technical guidance without owning execution tasks.Knowledge:
AWS platform services and architectural patterns sufficient to guide design and challenge assumptions. Broad technical knowledge across cloud infrastructure, security, networking, identity, and resiliency. Understanding of partner business models, service offerings, and technical maturity. Presales lifecycle including discovery, solution shaping, qualification, and close support. Service delivery awareness to understand presales impact on execution, margin, and quality. AWS Well-Architected Framework and architectural governance best practices.Skills:
Technical judgment and decision-making without full hands-on execution. Ability to lead senior technical conversations and maintain trusted relationships. Clear communication of complex technical concepts to technical and business audiences. Risk identification and mitigation across technical and delivery dimensions. Strong collaboration across Sales, Services, and Delivery leadership.Key Responsibilities:
Own technical presales outcomes and ensure architectural integrity. Serve as the primary technical relationship owner for assigned partners. Lead solution strategy and validate architectures before close. Develop, review, and approve Statements of Work. Identify and mitigate technical and delivery risk early in the sales cycle. Mentor and enable Sales Engineers through review and guidance. Represent partner technical standards and roadmap internally.AWS Certifications & Experience:
One or more of the following certifications or willingness to achieve AWS Certified Solutions Architect- Professional (preferred) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
- Associate AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
- Professional AWS Certified Advanced Networking
- Specialty AWS Certified Security
- Specialty Equivalent experience: 6-8+ years designing or validating AWS architectures What You Bring to the
Role:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience. 8+ years experience in engineering, architecture, or sales engineering roles. Prior hands-on or design-level AWS experience. Proven success acting as a senior technical advisor. Strong business judgment and independent decision-making ability. The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $97,300.00- $165,400.
- based employees have access to healthcare benefits, paid time off, parental leave, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, and wellbeing benefits, among others.