Partner Technical Specialist (Midrand) at Liquid Intelligent Technologies

Description

• The Partner Technical Specialist (PTS) works with different cloud solutions, supporting resellers and our internal teams with technical assistance and technical thought leadership. The role encompasses enablement and growth of cloud and cyber security partners as well as the scoping, deployment and high-level support for solutions to our partners and their customers. The successful applicant will work hand in hand with our vendors (like Microsoft, Google, etc) and Cloudmania’s internal stakeholders to drive the technical aspects around sales of all offered services. The incumbent will be an expert, assisting partners to retain their customers, identify upselling opportunities and advising them on the best options available for their customers. The role will focus on the acquisition and presales engagement of cloud customers. The successful applicants will work hand in hand with cloud vendors and Liquid Intelligent Technologies’ Business Group Leads and Partner Development Managers to drive workload adoption. The incumbent will be an expert for the workload assisting partners to retain their customers, identify upselling and new opportunities and advising them on the best options available for their customers.
• Engage, create, and manage partner activities to ensure customers are leveraging technologies effectively, and finding value, in the different cloud workloads. The PTS is expected to have a deep understanding of the product portfolio so that he/she can educate customers on the use and benefits of the cloud solutions. The PTS primarily aims to influence partners' technical strategies by integrating and embedding the company's technology portfolio into their reference architectures, practices, and solutions.

Requirements
Qualifications

• MS-900 / AZ-900 / SC-900 / AI-900 - Desirable
• Google Cloud: Digital Leader - Essential
• Google Cloud: Associate Cloud Engineer - Essential
• Google Cloud: Professional Cloud Architect - Essential
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner - Desirable
• AWS Certified AI Practitioner - Desirable
• Bachelor's degree in marketing, Business Operations, Computer Science or a related field AND experience in partner engagement in the technology industry or related experience - Desirable

Experience                                                                                                                       

• Experience in Cloud Presales. 1 – 3 Years - Essential
• Software/ICT marketing experience (cloud preferred). 1 – 3 Years - Essential