Main Responsibilities:
Pre-Sales Solution Consulting
- Serve as a trusted technical advisor throughout the sales lifecycle, engaging customers to understand their business objectives, operational challenges, and technical requirements.
- Design end-to-end networking and cybersecurity solutions leveraging primarily the Juniper Networks portfolio, and where applicable, HPE Aruba Networking and other complementary technologies.
- Develop solution architectures covering campus, branch, data centre, WAN, SD-WAN, service provider, cloud connectivity, and network security.
- Conduct customer requirement workshops, technical design/product presentations, solution demonstrations, architecture reviews, Proof-of-Concept (PoC), and technical validation sessions.
- Prepare high-quality technical proposals, Bills of Materials (BOM), Statements of Work (SOW), implementation scope, technical specifications, and responses to RFPs/RFIs/RFQs.
- Position and articulate the value proposition of Juniper Networks, HPE Aruba Networking, and partner technologies against competing solutions.
- Work closely with the Sales team to develop technical strategies that maximize the likelihood of winning customer opportunities.
Solution Architecture & Design
- Produce High-Level Design (HLD), Low-Level Design (LLD), migration plans, implementation methodologies, and testing/acceptance procedures.
- Design highly available, scalable, resilient, and secure enterprise and service provider network infrastructures.
- Review customer environments and recommend architecture improvements, modernization strategies, and technology roadmaps.
- Ensure all solution designs adhere to industry best practices, customer standards, and vendor design guidelines.
Project Transition & Technical Governance
- Act as the technical owner throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring continuity from pre-sales to project delivery.
- Conduct comprehensive solution handover sessions to the Professional Services and Post-Sales Implementation teams, ensuring a complete understanding of the solution architecture, implementation methodology, assumptions, dependencies, and customer expectations.
- Support project kick-off meetings and provide technical clarification during implementation when required.
- Review implementation plans and validates that deployed solutions align with the approved architecture and design intent.
- Provide technical governance and design assurance throughout project execution, assisting with complex technical issues or design changes.
Professional Services & Implementation
- Lead or participate in the deployment, migration, integration, and commissioning of enterprise and service provider networking and security solutions for strategic or technically complex projects.
- Perform advanced configuration, testing, troubleshooting, optimisation, and knowledge transfer activities.
- Support customer acceptance testing and project sign-off activities.
- Mentor post-sales engineers on new technologies and complex solution deployments where appropriate.
Technical Leadership
- Maintain deep technical knowledge of Juniper Networks solutions, including enterprise networking, data centre networking, routing, switching, AI-driven networking, network security, automation, and cloud networking.
- Maintain a working knowledge of HPE Aruba Networking solutions, particularly campus networking, wireless LAN, ClearPass, Aruba Central, SD-Branch, and network access technologies.
- Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and recommend new solution offerings to strengthen the company's portfolio.
- Develop reusable reference architectures, design templates, implementation standards, and best practices.
- Deliver internal technical enablement sessions and mentor junior engineers.
Customer Success
- Build trusted advisor relationships with customers by providing strategic technical guidance beyond individual projects.
- Support escalated Level 3 technical issues involving complex architecture or design challenges.
- Identify opportunities for network optimisation, lifecycle refresh, cybersecurity enhancements, and digital transformation initiatives.
Requirements:
Education, Experience & Certification Requirements:
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Equivalent industry experience will be considered in lieu of formal qualifications.
Experience
- Minimum 8 years of experience in network solution architecture, technical consulting, and enterprise or service provider networking.
- Proven experience in both technical pre-sales and post-sales solution delivery.
- Demonstrated success designing and deploying medium to large-scale enterprise and/or service provider network infrastructures.
- Experience leading customer technical workshops, preparing solution proposals, conducting PoCs, and supporting complex bids.
- Experience coordinating solution handover and working closely with project delivery teams throughout implementation.
Technical Competencies
Candidates should possess strong hands-on knowledge in:
- IP Routing (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS)
- Ethernet Switching (Layer 2/Layer 3)
- EVPN-VXLAN and Data Centre Fabrics
- Enterprise LAN/WLAN
- Firewalls, IPSec VPN, Network Security and Zero Trust
- SD-WAN and WAN technologies
- IPv4/IPv6
- High Availability and Disaster Recovery
- Network Automation (Python, Ansible, REST APIs) is an advantage
Preferred Certifications
Juniper Networks certifications are highly preferred, including:
- JNCIP-ENT, JNCIP-SP, or JNCIP-SEC (minimum preferred)
- JNCIE-ENT, JNCIE-SP, or JNCIE-SEC (highly desirable)
HPE Aruba Networking certifications such as:
- Aruba Certified Switching Professional (ACSP)
- Aruba Certified Mobility Professional (ACMP)
- Aruba Certified Design Professional (ACDX) or equivalent
Equivalent expert-level certifications from Cisco, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, or other leading networking vendors will also be considered.
Personal Attributes
- Excellent customer-facing communication and presentation skills.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and solution design capabilities.
- Ability to communicate effectively with both business stakeholders and technical teams.
- Strong documentation and technical writing skills.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple opportunities and projects concurrently.
- Self-motivated, proactive, and committed to continuous professional development.
- Able to work at irregular hours.
- Fluent in both written and spoken English and Bahasa Malaysia.