Sr. Specialty Solutions Engineer - Observability

AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation. At AHEAD, we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard. We create spaces to empower everyone to speak up, make change, and drive the culture at AHEAD. We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived. We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD. AHEAD’s Sr. Observability Solutions Engineers are the technical experts that collaborate with our AHEAD account teams to help identify, qualify, and build solutions that support our customer’s Digital Business transformation. The AHEAD Sr. Observability Solutions Engineer (SSE) will be focused on technologies such as Datadog, Dynatrace, Chronosphere, etc. The SSE is considered a subject matter expert in these areas with responsibility for selling and designing complex solutions. The SSE is also considered [... source excerpt omitted ...] ional thought leader for their specialty area. *Must be in PST* Responsibilities Active participation in the AHEAD SSE and service delivery teams Be a thought leader for AHEAD clients, responsible for designing, architecting technical solutions Support the sales teams during engagements by providing advice and solutions or proposals optimized to meet customer technical and business requirements Develop relationships with other Observability SSE team members, leaders, and partners in support of sales objectives Strategize and execute technical sales calls Complete required pre-sales documentation (configurations, pricing, services, presentations, justifications, etc.) qu [... source excerpt omitted ...] n terms of customer technical requirements, decision-making process, and funding Present and market the design and value of proposed AHEAD solutions and business justification to customers, prospects, and AHEAD management Participate in the mentorship of entry-level team members Possess strong, detailed product/technology/industry knowledge Knowledge of job-associated software and applications Travel required up to 30% Qualifications Expertise in observability technologies such as Datadog, Dynatrace, Chronosphere, New Relic, Splunk, etc Expertise in with Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Cloud, and Splunk Enterprise Security Expertise as a consultant for clients, advising on tec