Purpose of the Role
Support Cloud sales opportunities by combining technical expertise with consultative sales skills. The Digital Customer Engineer helps Partners and Sales teams understand customer requirements, evaluate Cloud solutions, and develop scalable architectures that deliver business value. The role is primarily Partner- and Sales-facing, supporting technical evaluations and solution adoption across products, channels, segments, and regions.
Responsibilities
Technical Consulting and Architecture: Work with Partners and Sales to define technical requirements, identify barriers to cloud adoption, and recommend scalable future-state architectures aligned with customer needs and business value
Technical Evaluations and Prototyping: Support solution evaluations through the sales stages; build prototypes, demonstrations, and integration examples using Cloud products in Partner environments
Partner and Sales Enablement: Serve as a key technical resource for Partners and Sales teams, addressing technical questions, objections, and blockers throughout sales engagements
Solution Guidance and Messaging: Provide best-practice guidance on integration strategies, enterprise architecture, platforms, and application infrastructure. Prepare and deliver technical briefings, whiteboards, and product messaging that communicate the Google Cloud value proposition
Technical Research and Product Expertise: Interpret Cloud technical documentation and use relevant administrative, development, and support consoles to assess solutions and demonstrate product capabilities
Opportunity Management: Maintain accurate Salesforce opportunity records, ensure technical-win criteria are met, and upload or document required sales-stage artifacts
Training and Certification:



Complete required product training and certifications through the designated Learning Management Solution within the established timelines
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
At least five years of experience in technical sales engineering in cloud computing, or a comparable customer-facing role in professional services or systems engineering
Experience with Big Data, PaaS, and IaaS technologies, plus hands-on experience using or managing databases
Knowledge of data technologies such as MapReduce, Hadoop, Spark, Flume, Hive, Impala, Spark SQL, or BigQuery
Working knowledge of Linux, web technologies and protocols, including HTTP, authentication, cookies/sessions, XML, HTML/XHTML, and XSLT
Understanding of enterprise networking concepts such as DNS, TCP, firewalls, proxy servers, and DMZs
Experience with web application development and integration, including REST, SOAP, J2EE, servlets, Python, JavaScript, PHP, or related technologies
Strong communication and presentation skills, a proactive approach, and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision
Benefits
Total Compensation Package: total compensation package 48,656.00€
Full-time employment, with working arrangements to be confirmed
Opportunities for professional development and career progression
Continuous training and certifications in Cloud products and solutions
Ongoing coaching and support to facilitate personal and professional growth
Opportunities to participate in sales initiatives and performance-based contests, where applicable
A collaborative and dynamic working environment with opportunities to work with colleagues and partners across teams
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