Logicalis is an international multi-skilled solution provider providing digital enablement services to help customers harness digital technology and innovative services to deliver powerful business outcomes.

Our customers span industries and geographical regions; and our focus is to engage in the dynamics of our customers vertical markets; including financial services, TMT (telecommunications, media and technology), education, healthcare, retail, government, manufacturing and professional services, and apply the skills of our employees in modernising key digital pillars; data centre and cloud services, security and network infrastructure, workspace communications and collaboration, data and information strategies, and IT operation modernisation.

We are the advocates for our customers for some of the world's leading technology companies including Cisco, HPE, IBM, CA Technologies, NetApp, Microsoft, Oracle, VMware and ServiceNow.

The Logicalis Group has annualised revenues of $1.7 billion, from operations in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific and Africa. It is a division of Datatec Limited, listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, with revenues of over $4.3 billion.

Responsibilities:

Supporting sales team by providing business-technical consulting advice and solution, including demo and proof of concept (POC)
Responsible to provide pre-sales consulting for:
Servers (Cisco, HPE, Dell)
Storage (NetApp, Pure Storage, Hitachi),
Hyperconverged (Nutanix, Hyperflex, Azure Stack HCI)
Microsoft products (Active Directory, Exchange, M365, Azure, SCCM)
Virtualization platform (VMware, Hyper-V),
Backup Platform (Veritas, Cohesity, Veeam)
VDI (eg. Citrix, Omnissa)
The presales will also be responsible to taking customer's technical, financial, and business requirement into consideration to recommend optimal configuration or solution and deliver presentation, tender proposals, included with bill of material as result.
Work closely with our Microsoft BDM to increase the adoption of Microsoft Azure cloud, modern workplace, and security solutions to customer through customer assessments, customer meetings, and actively involved in executing Go-To-Market strategy for Microsoft technologies.

Required Certification:

Candidates must possess certifications related to Microsoft 365 and/or Microsoft Azure.
Specifically, one of the following certifications is mandatory:
Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

The Individual and their Experience:

Proven experience in system and cloud solution design, with a focus on Microsoft Azure, Exchange, M365, and Entra ID.
Familiarity with solutions such as AVD, Intune, AvePoint, and Quest.
Strong communication and presentation skills able to engage both technical stakeholders and C-level executives.
Solid proposal writing and solution documentation capabilities.
Basic knowledge of Microsoft Defender security solutions is required.
Additional cloud knowledge (AWS, GCP) is a plus.
Familiarity with storage networking (iSCSI, SAN), VDI (Citrix XenDesktop, Omnissa), and Linux is advantageous.
Exposure to AI infrastructure, load balancing, data encryption, and monitoring/management tools is a strong plus.
Experience with analytics or BI platforms is an added advantage.
Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to align technical solutions with business challenges.
Independent, self-driven, and highly motivated to succeed in a fast-paced environment.

Interested applicants please submit your application with your expected salary and notice period to be considered for the role.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

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