Infrastructure Solutions Technical Specialist

About the role

Lenovo is seeking a Technical Specialist to provide deep technical expertise across servers, storage, networking and software‑defined solutions for its Infrastructure Solutions business in South Africa. The role collaborates closely with sales teams, channel partners and customers to design, position and validate modern data‑center architectures.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver technical pre‑sales support, product expertise and solution demonstrations for ThinkSystem, ThinkAgile and Lenovo ISG technologies.
• Design optimized infrastructure architectures for data‑center modernization, virtualization, cloud, AI/ML and edge deployments.
• Lead customer discovery sessions, proof‑of‑concepts and technical discussions to ensure solutions meet business needs.
• Train and enable channel partners on Lenovo ISG offerings, competitive positioning and best‑practice deployment models.
• Contribute to bid proposals, RFP responses, BOM creation and technical validation for complex opportunities.
• Represent Lenovo ISG at events, webinars and workshops, showcasing new technologies and innovations.

Required profile

• Strong knowledge of servers, storage, virtualization, hyper‑converged infrastructure and cloud platforms.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical architectures.
• Confident communicator with excellent presentation and demo skills.
• Proven problem‑solving capability and customer‑facing experience.

Required skills

• Servers and storage technologies
• Virtualization and hyper‑converged infrastructure
• Cloud platforms
• VMware
• Nutanix
• Microsoft ecosystem
• Red Hat ecosystem
• ThinkSystem, ThinkAgile, Lenovo ISG technologies