Senior Sales Engineer, India
Proofpoint, Inc. (company site, opens in a new tab)5+ yrsOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 15–28 LPA
Posted on 24 Sept
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About This Role
- Serve as Technical Lead for Proofpoint's pre-sales process, driving targeted account penetration and customer engagement strategies.
- Deliver compelling cyber-security product demonstrations, lead Proof-of-Concepts, and support Production Evaluations with customer security teams.
- Design and champion complex People-Centric Security solutions across Proofpoint's portfolio, providing customer insights to internal teams for product enhancement.
Minimum Requirements
- 5+ years hands-on technical experience in cybersecurity-related roles (Sales/Systems Engineer, Technical Account Manager, Security Engineer).
- Experience in Enterprise or Cloud Security, including cloud/SaaS platforms and cybersecurity for messaging, data, network, endpoint, or SOC/NOC environments.
- Bachelor’s or advanced degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
- Willingness to regularly travel interstate.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Experienced technical pre-sales or security engineer with consultative problem-solving skills and customer-facing engagement at various organizational levels, including C-suite.
- Strong skills in presenting and organizing technical content, with the ability to work independently in fast-paced environments.
- Familiarity with cybersecurity domains such as email security gateways, DLP, compliance, cloud security, and frameworks like MITRE or NIST, plus relevant certifications (e.g. CISSP) is valued.