Job Summary

Alliance Technology Group LLC (ALLIANCE) is seeking a qualified Pre-Sales Engineer for opportunities in the United States. The candidate will work with ALLIANCE account management on federal, state & local government as well as commercial opportunities to qualify leads, respond to inquiries (customer questions, RFI's, RFPs, etc.), quotes and proposals, and perform demonstrations of ALLIANCE-provided solutions. The Pre-Sales Engineer should be self-motivated and have familiarity with data networking, surveillance and physical security products, manufacturers, and solutions. This person must be able to balance sales and technical competency in order to be proficient in this position. This position requires a skilled individual that is primarily focused on physical security solutions.

Responsibilities
- Support the sales team on creation of comprehensive responses to complex requests for proposals, quotes and qualifications
- Work with internal resources, vendor and industry experts to devise state-of-the-art technical solutions including physical security products, data networking (wired and wireless), access control, and periphery systems
- Perform site surveys, security assessments (basic) and create an understanding of current embedded environment
- Respond to requests for proposal/quote
- Assist in the creation of Statements of Work (SOWs)
- Develop work breakdown structures (WBS) and solution bill of materials (BOM) for customer proposals
- Liaison to technology partners/manufacturers to test and validate conceptual designs being proposed
- Perform knowledge transfers to sales, program management, and leadership on an as-needed basis
- Work with business development team to deliver creative solutions that address current issues
- Provide feedback on application of systems and possible modifications to improve upon system performance well as reliability, availability and maintainability of supported solutions
- Support system operation, configuration, commissioning and testing as necessary
- Stay abreast of current trends in these technology spaces and continue to introduce ALLIANCE to potential new partners
- Create, maintain and improve upon standard response templates for use throughout the organization and on subsequent proposals

Requirements
- B.S. Information Technology or Computer Science or related field experience desired
- 10+ years' experience managing, engineering and/or installing complex IT related solutions (i.e. cabling, networking, storage, security, etc.)
- Strong understanding of physical security systems; good data networking foundation required
- Strong leadership, communications and presentation skills
- Strong writing and organizational skills; able to work remotely (Virtual Office)

Other Information
Can be located anywhere in the USA; preference is Southeast USA. Some travel will be required (approximately 30%) outside of training.