Tufin

Pre-Sales Engineer

France full-time Mid Salary not listed
full-time Mid level Technology & IT Curated
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About the role

Description
Tufin is the leader in Network Security Policy Orchestration for enterprise cybersecurity. Our customers turn to Tufin to simplify management of some of the largest, most complex networks in the world, consisting of thousands of firewall and network devices and emerging hybrid cloud infrastructures. Enterprises select the company’s award-winning Tufin Orchestration Suite to increase agility in the face of ever-changing business demands while maintaining a robust security posture. The Suite reduces the attack surface and meets the need for greater visibility into secure and reliable application connectivity. Its network security automation enables enterprises to implement changes in minutes with proactive risk analysis and continuous policy compliance.
Responsibilities

Meet or exceed quarterly and yearly products/services sales goals.

Provide extensive tactical and strategic pre-sales support for the Tufin inside sales team.

Identify and develop business opportunities with potential customers/channels/partner.

Provide technical pre-sales support to various entities for the purpose of promoting and selling Tufin products/ services. Entities include: potential customers, existing customers, partners, and resellers. Pre-sales activities will also include close interaction with internal groups such as product management, marketing, R&D and post-sales support.

Initiate and manage numerous remote proof of concept installations.

Training partners and resellers on the proper positioning and technical sales of Tufin products.

Interfacing with R&D & Product Management for the purpose of articulating collected RFEs and the associated business cases

Ongoing collection and dissemination of technical competitive information

Execute responsibilities using all possible media and methods including conference calls, emails, web demonstrations, on site visits, public presentations, trade show attendance and more.

Requirements
Experience

Presales Expirience, either in another vendor or delivery partner environment

2-5 years experience in networking and security

Ability to work in a team sales environment, participating in sales strategies as well as individual stand-alone sales activities.

Ability to understand the highly charged sales situations and hidden agendas

Highly developed interpersonal skill

Strong presentation and pitch skills

Ability to rapidly understand and articulate new technology.

A high sense of urgency and deep interest in serving the customer.

Skills

Hands on functional experience with multiple firewalls platforms to include some of the following:

Check Point Firewall-1, Provider-1, and VSX

Cisco FWSM, CSM, ASA, routers and switches

Juniper Firewalls and NSM

Fortinet Fortigate

Palo Alto

Cloud Security (NSX, OpenStack, AWS etc…)

A deep current and historical understanding of firewall and security architectures.

A strong working knowledge of application development cycles, delivery and deployment

Hands on, strong functional understanding of networking

Some international travel is required (required travel could reach 50% at times)

Languages: French (Native) & English (Must)

Location: France, UK or Italy

Nice to have:

Hands on functional understanding of supporting technologies such as SSH, LDAP, Active Directory, Radius, TACACS, SIM, and event correlation.

Hands on functional understanding of parallel technologies such a VMWare, APT, Cloud (AWS, Azure, NSX, OpenStack) and F5.

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Technology & IT Remote Collaboration Sales Pre Engineer Technology Mid level

Likely questions

  1. Tell us about work you have done that is close to the Pre-Sales Engineer role.
  2. How would you approach your first 30 days at Tufin?
  3. Which of Remote Collaboration, Sales and Pre have you used recently, and what did it help you achieve?
  4. Describe a time you solved a problem without waiting to be told exactly what to do.
  5. How do you handle busy days, changing priorities, or pressure at work?

Prepare before the call

  • A recent example that proves your experience with Remote Collaboration, Sales and Pre.
  • One short story with a problem, your action, and the result.
  • Two examples that show the strengths listed on your CV.
  • A clear reason why this role and company interest you.
  • Your availability, preferred work style, and salary expectations.

Ask them

  • What would success look like in the first 90 days?
  • What are the main problems this hire should help solve?
  • How does the team give feedback and measure good work?
  • What does a normal working week look like for this role?
Practice line

I am interested in the Pre-Sales Engineer role because I can bring practical experience in Remote Collaboration, Sales and Pre, learn the team quickly, and contribute to the outcomes Tufin needs from this hire.

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