Senior Sales Engineer
Forcepoint
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇮🇹 Italy
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Senior
Tech Stack
Cyber SecurityFirewallsLinuxTCP/IP
About the role
- Lead technical discussions with customers to understand and document their environment, focusing on network security, DLP, and intellectual property protection needs
- Recommend appropriate Forcepoint solutions
- Deliver compelling presentations and demonstrations to technical and business decision-makers, including whiteboarding and technical Q&A sessions
- Provide technical support and guidance for Forcepoint cybersecurity technologies
- Collaborate with customers, partners, and internal teams to design and deploy cybersecurity solutions for pilots and proof-of-concept projects
- Participate in industry events, conferences, and trade shows
- Prepare technical documentation, including trade studies, cost-benefit analyses, white papers, and RFI/RFP responses
- Coordinate with Product Specialists during sales activities
- Work with partners and professional services teams to ensure project alignment with customer expectations
- Maintain state-of-the-art demo and lab environments
Requirements
- Proven experience in cybersecurity and technical sales engineering
- Hands-on experience with Web Security and Data Loss Prevention solutions
- Strong customer engagement and relationship-building skills
- Experience working with enterprise accounts
- Excellent communication skills, able to engage both technical teams and C-level executives
- Solid understanding of networking concepts: TCP/IP, proxies, firewalls, routers, and network architectures
- Familiarity with Linux/Windows system administration (preferred)
- Ability to design security architectures and understand customer requirements
- Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Security, or equivalent experience
Benefits
- Equal employment opportunities
- Reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
cybersecuritytechnical sales engineeringWeb SecurityData Loss Preventionnetworking conceptsTCP/IPproxiesfirewallsroutersLinux
Soft skills
customer engagementrelationship-buildingcommunicationcollaborationpresentation skillstechnical Q&Aproject alignmentguidancedocumentation preparationproblem-solving