Inside Sales Engineer, France (French Speaking)

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locations
Reading, England
time type
Full time
posted on
Posted 2 Days Ago
job requisition id
R10692
It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.Corporate OverviewProofpoint is a leading cybersecurity company protecting organizations’ greatest assets and biggest risks: vulnerabilities in people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber attacks. Leading organizations of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 1000, rely on Proofpoint for people-centric security and compliance solutions mitigating their most critical risks across email, the cloud, social media, and the web.We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect their greatest assets and biggest security risk: their people. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity. The Role
The members of our Sales Engineering team are highly valued business partners that play a critical role in our sales process every single day.As an Inside Sales Engineer working with Commercial accounts, you will be one of the most important members of the Proofpoint sales team.
After initial onboarding and regular product training, you will become a trusted advisor to our Account Managers and Channel Partners in region, as well as our current and future customers. As a technical liaison and subject matter expert on all things Proofpoint, you will help to deliver People-Centric solutions that protect against today’s cyber threats.You will get to develop and tell a compelling story that will excite your customer and have them eager to hear more. Your story will be illustrated with an amazing product demonstration often followed by a proof-of-concept or threat assessment which will ultimately result in you providing a compelling solution to your customer that you will take pride in being a part of. It’s an exciting time to be at Proofpoint!Your day-to-day
Collaborate with the sales team to develop and execute targeted account penetration strategies
You will design and champion complex People-Centric Security solutions encompassing the entire Proofpoint portfolio
Occasionally assist in professional services deployments and technical training, and present or attend industry seminars and/or trade shows
Provide valuable customer insights and real-world experiences to Product Management, Marketing and Product Development (Engineering) teams
Work with our Channel team to help support and enable our Distributors and Resellers
You will become an expert in Email Security, Advanced Persistent Threats, Attack Protection, Threat Response, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), and the threat landscape
Although the role is based in Reading, UK, there may be occasional travel.
What You Bring To The Team
Proven hands-on experience, either as a Sales/Systems Engineer, Technical Account Manager, Security Engineer, or senior level product support, preferably related to the cyber-security industry
Experience in either secure messaging, data security, network security, endpoint, NOC/SOC, or MSP-related cybersecurity
Excellent presentation, communication, and organizational skills
Fluency in English and French languages is required, any additional languages are a plus.
Exposure to at least two of the following skill sets are recommended
Enterprise email solutions such as Exchange, O365, G-Suite, Lotus Dominoorworking knowledge of SMTP
IT security related areas such as Vulnerability and Risk Management, Security Operations or Incident Response
Data Loss Prevention (DLP), compliance and data privacy
Cloud security and shadow IT monitoring
Cloud computing Infrastructure (e.g. AWS/Azure)
Nice to have
Hands on experience with
Directory Services and protocols such as Active Directory, Azure AD, LDAP, iDP (identity providers)
Email authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC)
Networking and protocols such as DNS, LDAP, HTTP
Experience with security standards and frameworks such as ISO, MITRE and/or NIST
CISSP, CCSP or other industry certification is beneficial.
In addition to the above, if you have a consultative approach to problem solving and/or have a desire to pivot your career towards a sales direction. And if you thrive in fast paced, high energy environments with the ability to work independently and adapt quickly while maintaining a positive attitude, we would love to speak to you!
Why ProofpointProtecting people is at the heart of our award-winning cybersecurity solutions, and the people who work here are the key
to our success.
We’re a customer-focused and driven-to-win organisation with leading-edge products. We are an inclusive, diverse, multinational company that believes in culture fit, but more importantly ‘culture-add’, and we
strongly encourage people from all walks of life to apply.
We believe in hiring the best and the brightest to help cultivate our culture of collaboration and appreciation. Apply today and explore your future at Proofpoint! #LifeAtProofpointIf you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!
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