Job Title: Solutions Engineer (Pre-Sales)

Location: Los Angeles

Type: Full-Time (Hybrid/On-site)

About IMPEX Technologies

IMPEX Technologies is a nationally recognized technology solutions provider helping enterprise, SLED, and healthcare organizations modernize infrastructure, strengthen resilience, and adopt cloud, automation, and AI with confidence. For more than 25 years, we have delivered mission critical solutions for the most demanding IT environments.

Our growth is validated by industry recognition including Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies, Los Angeles Business Journal 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies, CRN Solution Provider 500, and CRN Fast Growth 150.

Trusted by over 750 organizations, IMPEX maintains a 98 percent client retention rate driven by delivery quality and long term partnership. With 40 plus OEM partnerships across infrastructure, cloud, and security, we deliver best fit architectures for modern IT.

At IMPEX, presales is a core revenue driver and a strategic pillar of our go to market engine.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a high impact Pre-Sales Solution Engineer to provide technical leadership in the creation and delivery of customer solutions aligned to business outcomes. This role serves as the primary technical authority in active deal cycles and delivers the deepest level of product and solution expertise available to customers throughout the sales process.

This is a customer facing, revenue aligned role that is core to IMPEX’s go to market motion. You will partner directly with Account Executives to build trust, shape strategy, qualify opportunities, and close complex infrastructure and cloud deals through technical credibility and execution.

Key Responsibilities

Serve as the primary technical authority supporting active sales pursuits in partnership with Account Executives
Lead technical discovery and opportunity qualification, translating business needs into solution requirements and deal strategy
Design, present, and demonstrate scalable architectures across infrastructure, cloud, DRaaS, security, and networking
Develop technical architectures and detailed Bills of Materials for proposed solutions utilizing Dell, Nutanix, VMware, and Cisco
Provide deep product and solution expertise aligned to IMPEX partner technologies
Build and support all technical components of proposals, RFPs, and RFQs
Own proofs of concept and technical evaluations through successful technical closure
Collaborate with delivery teams to ensure accurate scoping and a clean handoff from presales to implementation
Educate and enable sales teams on product positioning, competitive differentiation, and solution strategy
Identify expansion opportunities and technical growth paths within active accounts
Contribute to technical pipeline forecasting and deal strategy reviews with sales leadership
Support pipeline generation through events, webinars, partner sessions, and executive briefings

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience
Minimum 5+years in pre sales, solutions engineering, consulting, or customer facing technical architecture roles
Strong background in data center infrastructure including compute, storage, virtualization, networking, backup, and disaster recovery
Hands on architecture experience with Nutanix AOS and or Dell PowerEdge VxRail
Expert level knowledge of VMware vSphere, vSAN, and NSX
Solid understanding of Cisco data center networking including Catalyst, Nexus, and UCS
Working knowledge of AWS and hybrid cloud architectures
Ability to translate business requirements into technical architecture and solution strategy
Executive level communication and whiteboarding skills
Ability to manage multiple active deal cycles
Disciplined documentation and technical scope control
Working knowledge of Salesforce or enterprise CRM platforms
Demonstrated ownership mentality with a relentless work ethic and full accountability for outcomes
Proven coachability with the ability to absorb feedback and implement it rapidly
Strong emotional intelligence with the ability to remain composed and effective in high-pressure situations

Preferred Qualifications

Cloud platform experience in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
Backup and disaster recovery architecture experience
Vendor certifications from Cisco, Dell, NetApp, Nutanix, VMware, AWS, etc..
Experience in VAR, MSP, or enterprise consulting environments

Location & Travel

Location: El Segundo, CA (Office-based with client visits).
Travel: Local travel within the Southern California region (primarily Los Angeles and Orange Counties) is required, estimated at 25-40%.

Pay: $160,000.00 - $225,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance

Work Location: Hybrid remote in El Segundo, CA 90245

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