Technical Pre-Sales Consultant (Biometric Solutions)

Location: Austin, United States of America

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

Position Summary

Thales is looking for a Technical Pre-Sales Consultant who will be the technical interface of the solutions area team within the Identity & Biometric Solutions (IBS) business line and will address customer’s needs in order to offer the most appropriate technical solutions, in coordination with the Sales team for the IBS business unit portfolio of solutions.

Regulatory Compliance Requirements

Must have U.S. Citizenship in order to obtain the post-hire Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Clearance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and must be able to obtain post-hire clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investments in the U.S. (CFIUS) and Department of Justice.

This position will require successfully completing a post-offer background check. Qualified candidates with criminal history will be considered and are not automatically disqualified, consistent with applicable federal law, state law (the California Fair Chance Act), and local ordinances (San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County’s Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers).

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Drive the definition of solutions for prospects and customers.

• Contribute to the development of technical business for new solutions or services (based on the field feedback).

• During the bid process, lead the technical answer for the proposed solutions.

• During the pre-bid phase, lead technical consulting and support to define the solution.

• During the bid process phase, coordinate the technical requirements for bid answering, set up the POC when needed and ensure the following activities.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or similar technical field.

• 5+ years of relevant experience (e.g. Pre-Sales in hardware/software/computing/cloud solutions, or as a software developer/architect).

• 3+ years of prior experience with functional technical requirements (for example: high level software architecture, databases, hardware, cloud technologies) and sharing those requirements/technical solutions in presentations to partners and/or internal and external customers.

• Previous Biometric industry solutions experience.

• Excellent Team player with proven ability to accomplish goals through collaboration within a global cross-functional matrix environment.

• Ability to operate effectively and autonomously across multiple teams in situations of ambiguity leveraging problem solving skills and a willingness to learn with only high-level direction.

Special Position Requirements

Travel: 30% both domestic and international.

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This position will require successfully completing a post-offer background check. Qualified candidates with [a] criminal history will be considered and are not automatically disqualified, consistent with federal law, state law, and local ordinances.

We are an equal opportunity employer, including disability and veteran status. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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