Careers - Job Description

Position
Sr. Sales Engineer

Location
Orlando, FL or San Francisco, CA

Company

Pentaho is the business analytics company providing power for technologist and rapid insight for users. Pentaho is growing rapidly, in the spotlight of leading analyst firms like Gartner, and racking up public wins over traditional players in business intelligence such as Business Objects, Cognos, Informatica and Microsoft. Thousands of organizations globally, such as ideeli, Mozilla, Specsavers and more, depend on Pentaho Business Analytics to make faster and better business decisions that positively impact their bottom line.

For this reason, Pentaho is positioned for exponential growth in the global business intelligence and analytics market. Pentaho is a fast-moving, fun start-up, where employees at all levels and in all departments can make a difference, develop new skills, and enjoy the pace and excitement of disrupting a major enterprise software market.

Description

Sales Engineers are the stage performers of the IT world: immensely capable, adaptable, confident, excellent communicators who are equally cool in front of large crowds and intimate groups. Sales Engineers work closely with Pentaho Account Managers to demonstrate the breadth and depth of Pentaho products and services. These individuals are customer-oriented and capable of answering a wide variety of questions related to business intelligence and data integration.

Responsibilities

  • Providing general product information, installation and configuration support to evaluators
  • Interviewing prospects to determine business and technical requirements
  • Creating POCs and demonstrating features and solutions that link to prospect requirements
  • Contributing knowledge on a regular basis, both internally and via Pentaho's public communication channels
  • Creative troubleshooting of issues that require solutions or innovative work-a-rounds
  • Demonstrating the entire BI suite

Required Skills/Experience

  • Excellent communication skills including the ability to deliver compelling presentations
  • Customer-focused work habits and attention to detail
  • Open and proactive approach to interpersonal communication
  • Ability to quickly learn new Pentaho products and technical environments
  • Ability to systematically assess and accurately diagnose software-related problems
  • Creativity and Imagination – the ability to think out-side the box
  • Excellent time-management skills
  • Business intelligence or data integration background (prefer both)
  • Minimum of two year's experience supporting the sale of enterprise software
  • Prior experience (3+ years) installing, administering and maintaining computer systems and applications in an enterprise IT environment
  • Solid knowledge of core infrastructure technologies including operating systems (Linux, Windows, UNIX), Java application servers (e.g. Tomcat, JBoss), relational databases (e.g. Oracle, MySQL) and networking (HTTP/SSL)
  • An understanding of the architecture of Java-based applications
  • Practical working knowledge of web application development tools and components such as PHP, Perl, Python, XML, CSS, JSP, HTML, JDBC, JavaScript, .NET, SQL and shell scripting
  • Experience with security systems and LDAP a plus
  • B.A. or B.S. Degree from an accredited university (may substitute an Associate degree plus 4 additional years of experience)
  • Major or minor in computer science or MIS a plus

We offer a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package which includes medical and dental coverage, life insurance, and 401 (K) plan.

Please forward cover letter, resume and salary requirements to resumes@pentaho.com