Solutions Engineer

Granite Telecommunications Atlanta, Georgia
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January 21, 2023
Granite Telecommunications
Atlanta, Georgia
OTHER

Granite Background & History


Granite is one of the premier communications services provider to businesses across the United States and Canada. We provide exceptional customized service with an emphasis on reliability and outstanding customer support and our customers include over 85 of the Fortune 100. Granite has over $1.65 billion in revenue with more than 2,200 employees and is headquartered in Quincy, MA just off I-93 and directly next to the North Quincy T Station on the Red Line. Our mission is to be the leading telecommunications company wherever we offer services as well as provide an environment where the value of each individual is recognized and where each person has the opportunity to further their growth and achieve success.


Granite has been recognized by the Boston Business Journal as one of the “Healthiest Companies” in Massachusetts. Our Quincy office has an onsite dining facility and a fully equipped state of the art gym that offers daily Cross Fit, Mixed Martial Arts, and Yoga classes available to employees at zero cost.


Granite’s philanthropy is unparalleled with over $200 million in donations to organizations such as Dana Farber Cancer Institute, The ALS Foundation and the Alzheimer’s Association to name a few.


We have been rated a “Fastest Growing Companies” by Inc. Magazine past ten consecutive years in a row (2007-2016).


If you are a highly motivated individual who wants to grow your career with a fast paced and progressive company, Granite has countless opportunities for you.


EOE/M/F/Vets/Disabled


General Summary of Position:


Granite Telecommunications brings together a wide array of voice and data technologies to revolutionize

the way our customers approach communication and networking within their enterprise. We help customers transform their business by creating, delivering, securing, and continuously improving their business environment within our product framework. Centering around innovation and creativity for ever-evolving technology platforms, we are committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business and industry. Our mission for employees is to provide an environment where each individual has the opportunity to live up to their boldest ambitions while defining their own career path and route of success.

Your Goal:

Granite is currently seeking a results-driven, self-motivated Solutions Engineer who is passionate about solving our hardest customer problems and closing our largest enterprise deals. Reporting to the SE Manager, the SE is the front-line support for the sales team for all product and technology driven opportunities with prospects and customers alike. Your role as a technical resource to the sales team will include performing discovery calls, conducting product demonstrations and presentations, uncovering customer needs and requirements, and creating solutions that translate into associated business value propositions. With an integrated suite of UCaaS, Security, SDWAN, and Managed Services offerings, you will be able to easily match up the best solution for each customer’s unique environment. In addition to your customer facing role, as an SE you will also engage and work cross-functionally with other departments such as product development, engineering, and customer implementation/success to continuously improve and enhance our position in the market.


Duties and Responsibilities:


  • The impact you’ll have includes:

    Develop and continually refine deep product knowledge within Granite’s voice

    and data product portfolio

    Participate in functional and technical discovery sessions

    Provide informational presentations and live demonstrations that align

    customer needs to Granite’s product platform

    Strategize with customers to design solution architecture that accommodates

    their requirements and fits appropriately into their networking environment
  • Address competitive differentiation and technical objection-handling

    Work with implementation teams to ensure steady project success

    Detail out proposals via diagrams, white board sessions, RFP responses of

    customer meetings

  • Participate in the overall life cycle management cycle of the customers solution to ensure it remains secure and up to date while also identifying upsell opportunities.

Required Qualifications:


  • Experience in Voice/Data/Networking/Telecom related field

    Knowledge of networking components and concepts

    B.S. from 4-year university and/or Equivalent technical education/certification.

    5+ years of sales and engineering experience from related field

    Ability to think strategically on how to approach a prospect in a sales process

    Proficiently able to conduct a thorough discovery and qualification of prospects

    needs

    Exceptional communication and presentation skills

  • Ability to build relationships across Granites large sales organization as well as customer contacts.

  • Ability to take ownership of solutions to ensure the customer rollout is a white glove experience due to fantastic due diligence


Preferred Qualifications:


  • MEF-CECP
  • CCNA, CCDA, and or CCDP

  • NSE 4+

  • Juniper MIST/128 experience

  • Velocloud experience


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