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Orange

Global telecommunications provider delivering mobile services

Solutions Presales Engineer

Full-TimeDeadline 9/18/27
No salary listed
Senior
Bachelor's, Master's
Massy, France
In Person
Solution EngineeringPre-Sales Solution Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • A Bac+4/5 level of education is required.
  • At least 5 years of experience with perimeter security issues, ideally at a systems integrator, is required.
  • Knowledge and mastery of cybersecurity systems vendors and distributors is required.
  • A fluent level of English is strongly recommended.
Responsibilities
  • Provide technical support and advice to sales teams throughout the sales process.
  • Understand customer needs and design suitable technical solutions.
  • Lead presales opportunities with the sales force from prospecting through transfer to operational teams.
  • Write and coordinate technical and commercial responses while ensuring feasibility, technical and organizational consistency, deadlines, delegation rules, and proposal-writing standards.
  • Recommend innovative and differentiated technology solutions within the relevant areas of expertise.
  • Prepare and present product demonstrations and technical proposals.
  • Participate in customer meetings, address requirements and questions, and support commercial and technical negotiations through closing.
  • Prepare functional, technical, and budgetary tender responses with architects, consultants, project managers, and sales staff.
  • Complete Bid/No Bid qualification documents, including estimates, major risks, and key elements.
  • Define the requirements baseline from customer needs and identify solutions from the offer catalog.
  • Co-facilitate decisions on whether to continue the response process.
  • Work with financial controlling to establish the project profit-and-loss statement or use costing tools.
  • Identify and negotiate with required suppliers and participate in external-supply and customer contract negotiations.
  • Transfer bid files to operational teams and support production with contractual interpretation issues during delivery.
  • Draft the Technical and Commercial Proposal with the sales engineer and present proposals to delivery teams and customers.
  • Participate in commercial presentations and offer validation.
  • Support delivery teams in identifying and managing deviations in the interpretation of commitments.
  • Estimate delivery workloads and pilot test projects or initial deployments.
  • Monitor technology developments and contribute to offer evolution.
  • Understand the legal, contractual, and financial aspects of tenders.
  • Translate customer requirements into technical or organizational architecture and design within the Technical Proposal.
  • Consult technical experts to validate architecture or sizing decisions.
  • Serve as an interface between sales teams and stakeholders involved in preparing international quotations.
  • Apply international processes and rules when preparing quotations, help international stakeholders understand delivered documents, and support sales teams with international opportunity qualification and processes.
  • Obtain certifications in one or more relevant technical domains, particularly those related to Orange Business partners.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience at a systems integrator is ideally preferred.
  • A fluent level of English is strongly recommended.

About the company

Orange is a global telecommunications company providing mobile, fixed-line, and internet services to millions of customers. Its products work by running cellular networks, fixed broadband, and digital services that let people make calls, send messages, browse the web, and use apps on smartphones and other devices; brands like Orange are used across services and regions to offer plans, data, roaming, and customer support. The company differentiates itself through its long history of growth via strategic acquisitions and a single, unified global brand, giving it a broad European and international footprint with integrated mobile, fixed-line, and digital offerings. Its goal is to connect people and businesses worldwide by delivering reliable communications and digital services while expanding its network reach and continuing to evolve in the telecom landscape.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Paris, France

Founded

1988

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What believers are saying

  • Orange raised 2026 EBITDA guidance above 4% and cash flow to about €4.3 billion.
  • MasOrange became fully consolidated in June 2026, immediately boosting earnings and cash generation.
  • The SFR transaction would add five million subscribers and 47 MHz spectrum by 2027.

What critics are saying

  • French antitrust review of the SFR deal runs into 2027, delaying strategic payoff.
  • Orange France's REGAIN restructuring targets over 20,000 employees, triggering union resistance in 2026.
  • Net debt hit 2.4x after MasOrange; another failed integration would constrain capital flexibility.

What makes Orange unique

  • Orange Business bought Obvios Dome on September 2, 2026, adding sovereign private 5G.
  • Orange launched Wi-Fi 7 repeaters with SoftAtHome in France and Poland during 2026.
  • Orange's Africa, Middle East, and Europe 6 businesses keep outperforming mature European peers.

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6 month growth

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1 year growth

22%

2 year growth

22%
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