Senior Solutions Engineer (Pre-Sales) assisting customer engagements across North America through technical discovery and solution planning. Collaborates with the Sales organization to deliver carrier-grade video solutions.
Responsibilities
Join WISI’s collaborative and customer‑focused Sales organization as a Senior Solutions Engineer (Pre-Sales)
Support customer engagements across North America through advanced technical discovery, solution planning, and production deployment support
Lead complex customer engagements, apply sound judgment, and represent WISI’s carrier‑grade solutions with confidence and credibility
Run effective technical discovery, identify efficiencies and opportunities within customer workflows, and translate those insights into well‑designed, well‑documented solutions
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Lead technical discovery sessions with customers to gather, clarify, and validate complex requirements
Participate in and often lead customer meetings, calls, and on‑site engagements to establish technical confidence and trust
Design and recommend solution architectures aligned to customer goals, technical requirements, and operational realities
Produce high‑quality block diagrams, technical documentation, and solution summaries using Visio, Word, and PowerPoint
Partner closely with the Principal Solutions Architect, receiving technical direction while independently executing assigned customer initiatives
Lead or heavily support proof‑of‑concept and evaluation activities, including requirements definition, configuration guidance, and validation
Stay current with evolving technologies, customer architectures, and industry trends.
Requirements
10+ years of professional experience in the video headend equipment industry
Strong familiarity across workflows “from the bird to the box,” including encoding, transcoding, and transport stream processing
Working knowledge across many of the following technologies and standards (not all required): IPTV and Cable headend systems; MPEG‑2 Transport Streams (SPTS/MPTS); multiplexing; ASI; ATSC 1.0/3.0; QAM; DVB‑C Annex B; ABR/OTT; HLS; MPEG‑DASH; DRM; EAS; and a range of video and audio encoding and transcoding formats
Extensive professional experience with Linux (multi‑distribution experience preferred), including common administrative and troubleshooting toolsets used in production environments
Administrator‑level networking skills, including diagnostics, routing and switching fundamentals, Layer‑3 concepts, and practical troubleshooting within complex customer environments.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences
Demonstrated consultative skills, including asking thoughtful questions, clarifying ambiguous requirements, and surfacing unspoken needs and constraints during customer discovery
Proficiency with Microsoft 365, including Visio, Teams, Outlook, and SharePoint.
Demonstrated ability to produce clear, professional technical documentation and block diagrams suitable for customer validation and internal execution.
Benefits
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
Employee & Family Assistance Program (EFAP) to support you and your family
Health & Wellness Spending Account, giving you flexibility to use benefits where you need them most
RRSP matching program to help you plan for the future
Paid volunteer hours so you can support causes you care about.
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