salesforce.com
Senior Platform Solutions Engineer
Paris Area, France, FR - Computer Software, Information Technology and Services, Internet
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The Corporate Platform Solution Engineer will act as a Cloud Computing and Platform-as-a-Service (PAAS) evangelist to customers, prospects and internal teams. They will be comfortable discussing and finding solutions to business and IT challenges at a Strategic, Operational and Tactical level. They will understand the transformational potential of Cloud Computing in terms of technical and business capability. They will be able to tie this into broader trends in Computing such as the move to Social, Mobile & Open technologies and architectures.
The ideal candidate will have a broad business and technology background and will have a strong understanding of IT Infrastructure, Governance, Security, Integration and Development. They will use a consultative approach to understand business and technical requirements to help the sales teams develop and refine a technical sales strategy and Salesforce.com solution fit. They will deliver product and best practices demonstrations and information sessions on how Salesforce products and platform fit into an Enterprise IT Architecture.
Responsibilities:
- Work with Account Teams to develop and execute on the best sales strategy for opportunities
- Advise CIO/CTO/CXO level contacts, their departments, and IT teams as they look to move their business to a cloud architecture
- Present salesforce.com's technology infrastructure, including demonstrating deep familiarity with company's PaaS infrastructure, security and integration capabilities
- Understand the customer needs, establish salesforce leadership, and demonstrate SFDC's products as the best solution that addresses the technical and business requirements
- Work closely with other elements of the Salesforce.com organization, e.g. alliances, sales effectiveness, product marketing, etc. to develop and execute internal and external programs and initiatives
- Participate in all appropriate product, sales, and procedural training and certification to acquire and maintain the knowledge necessary to be effective in the position
- Willing and able to travel
Required Skills:
- Ability to think strategically and to advise companies on opportunities to transform their organizations based on cloud computing innovations
- Capacity to track many industry and internal information sources and stay current on the latest in changing technologies. Synthesize and share innovation insights
- Previous development experience (Java or C#, JavaScript, HTML, XML, AJAX, Ruby, Django, PHP, Python, iOS, HTML5, etc.)
- A good understanding of the architectural principals of web based platforms including SaaS, multi-tenancy, multi-tiered infrastructure and application servers.
- Understanding of cloud offerings in the market and ability to discuss cloud architectures
- Solid oral, written, presentation and interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to work as part of a team to solve technical problems in varied political environments
- A good understanding of enterprise application integration, including SOA, ESB, EAI, ETL environments and an understanding of integration considerations such as process orchestration, customer data integration and master data management.
- A good understanding of database fundamentals including application (relational modeling, SQL)
- Skills in Analytics, Master Data Management, or Website development (e.g. Vignette) would be of interest.
- A good understanding of the security processes, standards & issues involved in multi-tier, multi-tenant web applications - e.g. SSO, LDAP, etc.
- Principals of network, application and information security
- Minimum 5 years Solution Engineering or equivalent experience (IT, product management, consulting, etc.) with position offered commensurate to experience and skills
- Enjoy working in a fast-paced, dynamic, and innovative environment
- Must be fluent in English & French
Salesforce.com is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this Web site or directly to managers. Salesforce.com does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Salesforce.com will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Salesforce.com.
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