Junior Sales Engineer – Network Security

Organisation

My client has been fighting the cybercriminal industry for over 26 years, defending small- and medium-sized businesses and enterprises worldwide. Backed by research and the formidable resources of over 26,000 loyal channel partners around the globe, their award-winning, real-time breach detection and prevention solutions secure more than a million business and mobile networks and their emails, applications and data.

Ready to do your part in the cyber arms race? My client offers fun, high-energy work environments at the leading edge of technology, networking and cybersecurity.

The Role

I am currently supporting them in finding a Jnr Sales Engineer to join their growing team to work with the clients/accounts in the UK and Ireland territory. This is an internal pre-sales role working closely with the account executives to provide technical assistance & security solutions expertise to potential and existing customer and partners.

This is a fantastic opportunity to really develop your skills and experience and be mentored by some of the best in the business.

Role Responsibilities

• Conduct sales presentations and demos for partners and potential customers.
• Identify customer security and connectivity requirements and propose solutions to address these needs.
• Work with a customer’s technical contacts during evaluation/demonstration periods, respond to their technical issues/questions and act as a liaison between the customer and engineering as well as product management and marketing.
• Work alongside post-sales support when necessary to preserve relationships with partners and customers.
• Work with other departments on writing competitive analysis papers for competing technologies, interoperability white papers with other vendors, writing case studies and new feature white papers.
• Manage the team’s demonstration equipment / staging and shipping.
• Support the sales team at customer events.
• Be a technical point of contact for our distribution partners.
• Be an out of office escalation for the field SE team.

Requirements

• 3+ years of technical consulting or systems engineering / support experience in network security industry.
• HND in Computer Science or related field.
• Good presentation skills.
• Good understanding of IPv4, IPv6, networking, routing, switching and Virtual Private Networks.
• Good understanding of SSL/TLS, PKI, signing and encryption.
• Good understanding of network security including Firewall, IDS, IPS, DDOS, and Anti-Virus technology.
• Appreciation of LDAP, Radius, Microsoft Active Directory, and other AAA.
• Hands-on experience with operating systems including Linux, Windows, and OSX.
• Experience with SMTP filtering and Content Security solutions.
• Experience with 802.11x wireless networks.
• Knowledge of network management tools that utilize SNMP, NetFlow, or equivalent.
• Good understanding of the structure of the Internet and of performance issues including first mile concerns, last mile limitations, and backbone and network issues.
• Good skills in English both written and verbally. Any other language is a plus.