Pre-Sales Engineer - Networking Infrastructure

About the role

Ingram Micro is looking for a Pre-Sales Engineer with an extensive background in networking infrastructure to lead its technical networking pillar. The role drives the strategic technical direction for a core portfolio such as Cisco, Arista, HPE Aruba and equivalents, with a focus on high-complexity enterprise networking and Data Center Networking (DCN) architectures. It also requires leading a team of pre-sales engineers.

Key responsibilities

• Manage and mentor the networking pre-sales team, overseeing resource allocation, workload distribution and technical enablement.
• Serve as Subject Matter Expert for high-complexity enterprise and DCN, providing consultative services and high-level architectural design.
• Oversee technical proposals, accurate Bills of Materials (BOM) and solution architectures for large-scale projects and public sector tenders.
• Lead and validate complex Proof of Concepts, technical demonstrations and site surveys.
• Manage the team's vendor certification roadmap to maintain partner statuses and meet technical requirements.
• Collaborate with the product team on marketing programs and contribute to meetings and quarterly sales quotas such as QBRs.

Required profile

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering or a related field.
• At least 10 years of experience in networking infrastructure design and troubleshooting, with 2-3 years in a leadership or supervisory capacity.
• Mastery of Cisco, Arista, HPE Aruba or equivalent solutions.
• Proven ability to lead sales cycles in multi-stakeholder environments and to present complex technical concepts clearly.

Required skills

• Networking fundamentals: IPv4/IPv6, Wi-Fi 7, static and dynamic routing protocols, VLAN, SDN.
• Data Center Networking: spine & leaf, EVPN, VXLAN, micro-segmentation, SASE/SSE, secure networking (firewall, zero trust).
• Vendor certifications and solution design.