Associate Solutions Engineer

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Associate Solutions Engineer

at Acquia

Boston, MA

Acquia is the open digital experience company. We provide the world's most ambitious brands with products built around Drupal to allow them to embrace innovation and create customer moments that matter. At Acquia, we believe in the power of community and collaboration — giving our customers and partners the freedom to build tomorrow on their terms.

Headquartered in the U.S., we have been named one of North America’s fastest growing software companies by Deloitte and Inc. Magazine, rated a leader by the analyst community, and named one of the Best Places to Work by the Boston Business Journal. We are Acquia. We are building for the future and we want you to be a part of it!

Acquia is seeking an Associate Solutions Engineer

to join our US Presales team – someone to evangelize Acquia to our potential customers; to work with our prospective customers to develop strong technical solutions that map to their business needs. In this role, you will:

Develop a deep knowledge of Acquia’s products, solutions, and value propositions

Build solution proposals, presentations, and other customer communications

Gather customer business needs to tailor the right solution with the Acquia products to help the customer succeed

Combat competitive threats in accounts and educates the customer on Acquia’s key values and benefits

Anticipate potential challenges for the proposed project plan and brings those to the customer attention with a resolution

Facilitates smooth transition from sales to delivery by orienting the appropriate teams to the solution design

Engage with peers on technical matters and helps educate others on Acquia’s key values and benefits

The ideal candidate has the ability and desire to develop a solid and demonstrable understanding of SaaS software ideally in web development / content management and / or e-commerce. You should be confident and comfortable with illustrating your ideas in written, verbal and visual forms.

Summary:

Acquia’s Associate Solutions Engineers communicate how Drupal and Acquia can help them succeed. You'll research, scope, estimate and present Drupal solutions for enterprise-grade web sites and applications. You'll also act as a key bridge between our business development team and our engineers and consultants, both helping sales staff to better position Drupal and Acquia’s solutions, as well as bringing feedback from customers back into the development of new products and processes.

Required Education and Experience:

Bachelors or Technical Degree required with strong preference for a Major or Minor in Computer Science, IT, Information Services or similar

Front- end experience

Experience in sales a plus

Solution selling experience especially with customers regarding their technical requirements a plus

Desired Knowledge and Skills:

Loves Technology

Loves Problem Solving

Has a desire to go in-depth on technical solutions

Has had hands-on knowledge with some of the current industry leading technology (in a classroom or real world setting)

Demonstrates an ability to learn new technologies and effectively communicate those concepts to others

Professional Skills:

Outstanding interpersonal skills (detail-oriented)

Excellent communication skills

Demonstrates good questioning techniques and effective interpretation skills

Demonstrates ability to work as a team on large complex projects

Possesses an effective presentation capability with both small and medium sized audiences

Comfortable balancing multiple concurrent opportunities and delivering on time

Passion for open source and for helping us build a hot and growing start-up

A keen interest in learning Drupal and relevant WCM application architecture

Drupal knowledge is not required, experience in relevant WCM or Marketing technologies is strongly preferred.

Acquia is an equal opportunity (EEO) employer. We hire without regard to age, color, disability, gender (including gender identity), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

Company info

Acquia
Website : https://www.acquia.com