PRE-SALES ENGINEER - Network Security (Chicagoland)

Senior Sales Engineer - Network Security

Our client is a financially strong, publicly traded cybersecurity leader that helps enterprise organizations secure, monitor, and optimize complex hybrid cloud and network environments. Their technology is trusted by many of the world's largest companies.

We are seeking a Security Sales Engineer to support enterprise sales efforts by serving as the technical expert throughout the sales cycle. This individual will work closely with Account Executives to uncover customer challenges, deliver presentations and demonstrations, lead Proofs of Concept, and help customers evaluate security and network visibility solutions.

Why This Opportunity?

• Work with industry-leading cybersecurity and network security technology
• Strong company culture with excellent employee retention, company culture, career growth opportunity
• Financially stable organization with a long history of success
• Uncapped earning potential plus RSUs
• Excellent benefits including 401(k) match, generous PTO, medical, dental, tuition reimbursement, life insurance, and disability coverage

Key Requirements

• 7+ years of Pre-Sales Engineering or Technical Sales experience
• 5+ years supporting or selling cybersecurity, NDR, DDoS, or network security solutions
• Strong enterprise customer-facing experience
• Experience delivering technical presentations, demonstrations, and Proofs of Concept
• Solid understanding of:
• Network Security (incident response, NDR, EDR, XDR, SOAR, Cyber Kill Chains)
• Cisco Networking (switches, routers, gateways)
• TCP/IP and Network Infrastructure (BGP, LAN, WAN, BGP FlowSpec, NetFlow)
• Cloud Networking Technologies
• Virtualization, Linux and/or Windows environments
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Able to travel up to 30%+ in the upper mid-west region, at times
• Note: This position does not offer any Visa sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Preferred (not required)

• Cisco certification (CCNA, CCNP, or CCIE)
• Experience with RFPs/RFIs
• Formal sales or pre-sales methodology training

This is an outstanding opportunity for a consultative, customer-facing security professional who enjoys helping enterprise organizations solve complex cybersecurity and network visibility challenges.