Sr. Systems Engineer - Public Sector

Represent BEA Business Interaction Division (BID) in sales related activities for prospects, customers and partners. Gather information and tailor product demonstrations to meet their requirements. Assist with required proposal writing (RFI, RFP) requirements. Identify and respond to all functional and technical issues that are required to close the sale. Keep current on new product features, technical architectures, directions etc. Provide feedback to product management on competition and future product enhancements. Assist with product training for sales and partners. Maintenance of regional equipment/center, if applicable. Will be required to perform other duties as requested, directed or assigned.

Qualifications
Deep understanding of the BEA Business Interaction Division (BID) products and how they jointly contribute to solutions. General understanding of BEA WebLogic products as needed. Minimum of 3 years experience in enterprise software sales support, consulting or development. Superior public speaking, presentation, oral and written communication skills to either a technical and business function audience at all levels of the organization.

Experience in developing solutions which are based on solving business problems. Sales skills including the ability to overcome objections, persuade and convince others, think and react 'quickly - on your feet'.

Ability to multi-task, be flexible and meet aggressive deadlines. Proven ability to work well in an ever-changing, fast-paced environment and take ownership for all assigned responsibilities, deliverables and results. Ability to travel, sometimes at a moments notice.

Technical Qualifications:

Operating System experience with Unix (Solaris, HPUX or AIX preferred), Windows 2003 and/or Linux. Familiarity of J2EE and .NET technologies along with background in enterprise applications including content management, portals, and business applications. Design/development experience with HTML, XML, JSP, ASP, JavaScript and other web-related tools and technologies. Competency developing web services and server components and a familiarity with associated technologies such as XML and SOAP. Experience with Web servers and applications servers (Tomcat, BEA Weblogic, IBM Websphere, IIS, Apache). Knowledge of RDBMS systems, specifically Oracle and MS SQL Server.

Bachelors Degree