Direct Hire full-time position
Salary + Commission + Bonus
Hybrid onsite in Columbus, Ohio (Polaris area)
Columbus, Ohio client is seeking a technically strong, early-to-mid career Network Sales Engineer to support the sales team in designing and presenting advanced network infrastructure solutions. This role bridges engineering and sales – working with customers to understand requirements, develop technical architectures, and support proposals for next-generation networking solutions. We are looking for someone with a solid networking foundation who wants to grow into a senior technical leadership role in a fast-moving systems integrator.
Job Responsibilities
- Partner with account managers during customer discovery, technical presentations, and solution development
- Design network architectures including switching, routing, wireless, security, and optical LAN solutions
- Perform technical discovery with customer IT teams to understand operational requirements and constraints
- Assist with technical proposals, bill-of-materials (BOM) development, and RFP responses
- Deliver technical demonstrations and presentations to both technical teams and executive stakeholders
- Support proof-of-concept testing, lab validation, and solution demonstrations
- Participate in limited hands-on engineering activities including network configuration review, troubleshooting support, and deployment assistance when needed
- Work closely with engineering teams to translate real-world deployment experience into practical customer solutions
- Collaborate with vendor partners (Juniper, Aruba, Ruckus, etc.) on solution design and technical validation
- Participate in occasional on-site customer meetings, design workshops, and project kickoffs
Technologies You Will Work With
- Enterprise switching and routing
- Enterprise firewalls & security platforms
- Wi-Fi 7+ wireless solutions
- Optical LAN and next-generation network architectures
- Smart building and converged infrastructure systems
- Digital electricity | Fault managed power systems
Experience + Qualifications
- 5+ years experience as a Network Engineer or Systems Engineer
- 2+ years experience supporting pre-sales or sales engineering activities
- Strong understanding of enterprise networking (routing, switching, wireless)
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to customers
- Experience working with major networking platforms (Cisco, Juniper, Aruba, Ruckus)
Educations | Certifications Preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in Network Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field preferred
- Industry certifications (CCNA/CCNP, JNCIA/JNCIP, Aruba, Ruckus, etc.)
- Experience supporting system integrator and/or MSP environments
- Experience with network design tools wireless surveys
