Sales Engineer - Federal at IronNet Cybersecurity in Dhs, VA

Description

What’s your mission?

At IronNet Cybersecurity, our mission is simple:

To deliver the power of collective cybersecurity to defend companies, sectors, and nations. In response to cyber adversaries who increasingly collaborate for collective offense, leading organizations in our critical infrastructure are using collective defense strategies and solutions to meet these powerful and ever-changing threats. We believe that collective defense is our collective responsibility and we are leading the charge.

IronNet delivers unmatched collective cyber threat detection for enterprise on-premise, cloud, and hybrid networks. We do this through the application of advanced behavioral analytics, AI, and machine learning techniques. Our team combines the tradecraft knowledge of the best offensive and defensive cyber operators in the world with world-class mathematicians and data scientists to engineer solutions that empower companies to defend against advanced threats.

IronNet is recognized in Gartner’s 2019 Market Guide for Network Traffic Analysis and was recently named a Vendor to Watch by Enterprise Management Associates. Our founder and Co-CEO, General (Ret) Keith Alexander, is a recognized cybersecurity innovator and a frequent speaker about current cyberthreats and effective defenses. We have a leadership team with deep government and commercial cyber experience and are advised by a board of esteemed security and venture investment professionals.

About the Role: Sales Engineer (SE)

Are you a competitive team player with a desire to help businesses grow, scale and succeed? Are you a Rockstar technical expert and passionate about cutting edge technology? If you are, IronNet is seeking a highly motivated results oriented individual to join our world-class pre-sales engineering team. You will work together with IronNet’s direct sales organization on all technical aspects of selling IronNet’s solutions to our largest commercial clients. Our clients span all business sectors and sizes. You will be the subject matter expert for our sales team serving our customers and prospects for your assigned vertical.

Share these same values?

• Believe that “the mission continues”
• Thrive personally, grow professionally - be happy!
• Innovate, learn, lead
• Be the best and prove it.
• Act with Integrity - always do the right thing
• Be the most trusted, respected, and loved cybersecurity company in the world!

Would you like the opportunity to work at a fast-growing mission-focused company that is delivering the power of collective cyber security to defend companies, sectors, and nations? You will be a strategic partner through-out the sales process, actively driving and leading the technology evaluation stage of the sales cycle. Working in conjunction with the sales team, CyOC, and customer success as the key technical advisor, you will be an advocate for IronNet’s products and value-driven framework. Additionally, you will position IronNet’s technology and solutions to both business and technical users. You will identify all technical constraints of your assigned accounts to assure complete client satisfaction throughout the sales process and establish and maintain positive relationships with your client's technical staff.

Responsibilities

The SE will have the ability to demonstrate IronNet’s products and services to clients on site, remotely via web-conferencing software, and/or at field events such as conferences.

• Provide world-class pre-sales technical support and technical account management for IronNet’s sales organization.
• Serves as the go-to field technical resources for the assigned vertical sales team(s), SE peers, partners, and customers utilizing domain expertise to advocate for IronNet and its collective defense cyber solutions.
• Occasionally deliver product or industry lectures/knowledge transfer in the form of conferences or seminars.
• Lead customers and partners through whiteboarding sessions, product demonstrations, and proof of value (POV) projects.
• Be a professional student of the cyber industry, threat landscape and continuously learning and explore leading edge technology, techniques and tactics.
• Proactive listen, learn and keep a close eye on IronNet’s key competitors.
• Be the field champion for IronNet’s product management and engineering teams. Communicate cross-functionally to ensure all key stakeholders are update to date about product functionality and enhancements.
• Partner with the product management and engineering departments to develop features critical to IronNet’s success.
• Develop and maintain an in-depth technical knowledge of the IronNet product line.
• Respond to functional and technical elements of RFIs/RFPs as required.
• Identify new opportunities by creating and developing strong technical relationships with customers and channel partners
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Participate in sales operations, enablement and forecast calls.
• Organized and analytical, and able to eliminate sales obstacles using creative and adaptive approaches.
• Comfortable working for a dynamic technical organization with a fast-growing customer base.
• Travel as needed within the theater with occasional international travel.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, or related field
• 10+ years’ experience in the technology industry – cyber security experience is a plus
• Previous pre-sales experience recommended
• Excellent communication, leadership skills, and attention to detail is a must
• Familiarity with sales and enablement tool is a plus (SFDC)
• Strong cyber domain expertise within a core security discipline (e.g. cyber threat hunting, security operations, forensics, incident response, threat detection, security assessments, or penetration testing) with additional knowledge of security tools, industry trends, and methodologies.
• Must have soft skills that bring a sense of self-motivation, self-awareness with a vision for the art of possible with technology.
• The desire to work with an awesome team and a positive, “gratitude in my attitude” mindset.
• Industry certifications such as GIAC, ISC2, CEH, ISACA

Benefits of Working at IronNet:

IronNet strives to provide and takes pride in being able to offer comprehensive, essential and affordable benefits for our employees and their families. We offer an unlimited PTO plan, 401(k) match as well as Medical, Dental, Vision, and Disability Insurance.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.