
Sr Systems Engineer Public-Government
SAS Software20 hours ago
Marlow, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Advise UK public-sector clients on creating business value through data, AI, analytics, and SAS solutions.
- Act as the primary technical contact between clients and SAS, translating business needs into solutions based on SAS products, software, cloud, and associated services.
- Define and execute technical strategies and own technical engagement plans in partnership with account executives and wider engagement teams.
- Provide technical and pre-sales leadership for new business opportunities and build or lead multidisciplinary pursuit teams.
- Manage complex customer situations using industry standards, SAS solutions, and knowledge of customer technology landscapes.
- Deliver customer presentations, discussions, software demonstrations, workshops, and proofs of concept.
- Translate business and technology requirements into compelling SAS solutions and facilitate discovery and requirements gathering.
- Use storytelling, influencing, negotiation, and objection-handling skills with technical, business, and executive audiences.
- Travel to customer sites as required and provide hands-on customer-facing support.
Requirements
- UK Security Clearance in place due to current or previous work across UK government.
- At least 3 years of experience in a similar technology-industry pre-sales role.
- Broad technical knowledge, including enterprise architecture, architecture standards, and cloud platforms.
- Experience or knowledge in data management, AI, analytics, fraud detection, and intelligence, with a passion for applying AI to public-sector challenges.
- Practical hands-on skills with SAS technology, including the SAS Viya Platform, SAS Studio, VA, and VI, or similar technology.
- Previous experience working within the UK public sector.
- Ability to facilitate workshops, gather requirements, deliver software demonstrations, and work directly with customers.
- Strong presentation, written communication, storytelling, workshop facilitation, creative problem-solving, organisation, prioritisation, and project leadership skills.
- Willingness to travel to customer sites as required.
Benefits
- Hybrid working from Marlow with home working permitted and an expectation of working from an office two to three days per week.
- Competitive base salary, OTE, and benefits package.
- Car allowance, generous pension scheme, private healthcare, and flexible benefits including family healthcare, dental cover, holiday trading, discounted shopping, and rewards.
- Marlow headquarters amenities include a subsidised canteen, free beverages, onsite golf course, cricket pitch, games room, and facilities designed to support wellbeing and collaboration.
Tech Stack
Sass
Categories
Solutions Engineering