CLOUD SOLUTIONS SALES SPECIALIST
Job Field: Legal Jobs
Location: Mountain View, CA
Salary: $Not stated
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<tr><td valign="top" width="450"><b>Cloud Solutions Sales SpecialistJob ID: 37871Location: US-CA-Mountain ViewDepartment: Field or Inside SalesRemote base: ..Posting date: 11/20/2012 Job descriptionCompany descriptionRedHatisanopensourcetechnologycompanyleadingamovement.Thewaywedeveloptechnologyisbasedontraditionalideasaboutsharingknowledge,andourhighlycollaborativecompanycultureisunique.Wesellgreattechnologiesthatdeliverlong-termfreedom,flexibility,choice,andsuperiorperformance.Ourcontinuedsuccessdependsonfindingmorepeoplewhothriveinourvibrantmeritocracy.Theymustbepreparedtoenjoyconstantimprovementinafast-changingcompany,amajorplayerinenterpriseITthatdoesn’tcompromiseitsfreedom-mindedcultureoropensourcevaluestosucceed.RedHatisanS&P500companyandisheadquarteredinRaleigh,NCwithmorethan70officesspanningtheglobe.Weprovidehigh-quality,affordabletechnologywithouroperatingsystemplatform,RedHatEnterpriseLinux,togetherwithcloud,virtualization,applications,managementandservice-orientedarchitecture(SOA)solutions,includingRedHatEnterpriseVirtualizationandJBossEnterpriseMiddleware.RedHatalsoofferssupport,training,andconsultingservicestoitscustomersworldwide.WiththerecentacquisitionofGluster,Inc.,aleadingproviderofscale-out,opensourcestoragesolutionsforstandardizingthemanagementofunstructureddata,RedHatisdefininghowenterpriseITmanagestheexplosionofbigdatawhetherdeployedon-premiseorspanningintothecloud.We''reexpandingintoacriticalpartofenterpriseinfrastructure,enablingthedeliveryofopenstoragesolutionsthatprotectcustomerinvestmentsastheyapproachtheneweraofcomputing.Ourtechnologyandpeopleareexceptional.Ourofferingshavethousandsofeyeswatchingovertheircontinuedquality,haveacompellingstory,andarethefutureofcomputing.Ourassociatesarededicated,passionate,andinterestedinseeingRedHatsucceedaswesetnewrecordsandimprovetheITlandscapeglobally.ThenextITrevolutionisn''taboutrawtechnology,it''sabouthowpeoplecreate,improve,anduseit.Peoplewhounderstandthatfutureareexcitedbyit,andweempowerthemtomakeithappen.Job summaryRedHatisseekingaOpen CloudSolutionSalesProfessionaltogrowanddevelopourRedHatEnterpriseVirtualization(RHEV)businessbyworkingcloselywithourmoststrategiccustomerstodeliverVirtualizationandCloudsolutionsthatmeettheiruniqueneeds.Theidealcandidateshouldhaveexperience hunting in Fortune 500 accounts and experience selling virtualization and Cloud solutions.Theprimarygoalsofthispositionaretoa)Break into net new accounts for Open Cloud Solutions which will include RHEV via POC and pilotsb) Ensure that RHEV gets utilized in production environments and that RHEV becomes the strategic choice for Virtualization and the customer becomes a public reference.* Guide the customer from initially adopting virtualization to a private, hybrid and public cloud utilizing Red Hat technologies and servicesTheVirtualization Sales Professionalwillalsocollaborate with the Red Hat sales teams, overachieve goals and accurately forecast pipelinePrimary job responsibilitiesKeyResponsibilitiesInclude:* Workcloselywiththe Enterprise Sales Account teamstoidentifykeyaccounts,assistinthecreationofaccountplans,andexecuteonthosestrategicplans.* Attain“trustedadvisor”statuswithseniorITandbusinessexecutiveswithinkeyaccountswiththegoalofcreatingalong-termpartnershipwithcustomers.TheOpen Cloud Solutions Sales Professionalwillhaveastrongbackgroundinsellingcomplexcustomersolutionsinarapidlyevolvingtechnologydomain.Thesuccessfulcandidatewillhaveaminimumofeightyearsofsolution salesexperience,withatleastfourofthoseyearsspecificallyfocusedonEnterpriseVirtualization,andaproventrackrecordofworkingcloselywithcustomerstodeliversolutionsthatexceedtheirtechnicalandbusinessexpectations.Required skillsAdditionalQualifications:* 8+yearsofexperienceinaSolutionSales rolewithatleast4ofthoseyearsfocusedonEnterpriseVirtualization.(WK:experienceinsystemsmanagementspaceiscritical,purevirtualizationissecondary)* Broadanddeeptechnicalexperiencewithenterprisevirtualizationtechnologies(e.g.RedHatEnterpriseVirtualization,VMWarevSph
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