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Illumio, the Zero Trust Segmentation company, stops breaches from spreading across the hybrid attack surface.
Senior Sales Engineer – Public Sector
Location
District Of Columbia + 2 moreAll locations: District Of Columbia | Virginia | Washington
Posted
38 days ago
Salary
$163K - $195K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Sales Engineer – Public Sector
Illumio
• Develop and nurture both technical and executive relationships across the territory to influence preference for Illumio’s solutions • Effectively present solutions via live presentations and remote webinars and assist with trade shows, expos, and symposiums • Uncover the customer’s desired business outcomes and orient all activities in the sales process to these outcomes • Deliver powerful demos driven by use cases and customer stories • Support deal progression and POVs as needed via in-person or remote meetings • Author blog posts, white papers and other thought leading pieces on behalf of Illumio for the security industry • Assist partners in their enablement pursuits and on deals to maximize mutual benefit • Advocate for customers on future feature development and support.
Job Requirements
- 10+ years of industry experience with at least 5 years in a pre-sales capacity handling SLED/Federal accounts
- Expert knowledge in one or more of the following areas: cloud migration strategies, services offered by the major Cloud Service Providers (CSPs), cloud native development, containers and orchestration, and Infrastructure as Code
- Understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and tooling, especially for cloud native applications
- Development or scripting experience preferred. Knowledge of how to use APIs and methods a plus.
- Industry certifications preferred (e.g. CISSP, CCSP, CCIE, AWS Certified Security Specialty Certification, Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate, Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist, etc.)
- Knowledge of risk-based security assessments and frameworks
- Experience administering Windows and Linux
- Outstanding presentation skills to both technical and executive audiences
- Ability to connect a customer’s specific business problems to Illumio’s solutions
- University degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related fields, or equivalent experience preferred
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage
- Health and Dependent Savings Accounts
- Life and Disability Programs
- Paid Parental Leave
- Voluntary Benefit Programs
- Company Sponsored Wellness Program
- Wellness Reimbursement Program
- Retirement Savings
- Equity Opportunities
- Paid time off
- Paid Holidays
- Employee Incentive Program
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