Sales Engineer

OPSWAT
Tampa, FL
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Geared toward technically proficient professionals comfortable with customer-facing demonstrations and lab collaboration, with a focus on cybersecurity and critical infrastructure domains.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a background in cybersecurity and experience in customer-facing technical evaluations
    — “Demonstrable experience in cybersecurity or networking, with some customer-facing or pre-sales exposure”
  • Individuals who thrive in hybrid roles combining fieldwork and lab development
    — “splitting your time between the field and our lab team”
  • Professionals with a demonstrated ability to manage customer expectations and secure buy-in
    — “Manage customer requirements, expectations, and solution buy-in”

Things to consider

  • The role demands a significant travel commitment and time spent at customer sites.
    — “Travel to customer sites and trade shows to present and support OPSWAT solutions”
  • This position requires maintaining ongoing technical proficiency in multiple domains.
    — “maintain proficiency in the domains we serve, expertise in the products”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with enterprise software demos and customer stakeholder engagement.
    — “Work with AEs and partners to grow OPSWAT business through customer demos, proof of concepts, and technical evaluations”
  • Emphasize your ability to build and refine reusable technical demonstrations.
    — “Collaborate with the CIP lab team to build, maintain, and refine reusable demonstrations and mobile show lab kits”
  • Showcase your skills in installing and troubleshooting enterprise applications.
    — “Experience installing and troubleshooting enterprise applications”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • growing OPSWAT business through customer demos
  • managing customer requirements and expectations
  • delivering detailed responses to RFPs
Typical background
cybersecurity or networking experiencecustomer-facing or pre-sales exposure

Skills & requirements

Required

CybersecurityNetworkingCustomer-facingPresentationProblem-solvingTechnical EvaluationRfp/rfi Responses

Preferred

Enterprise SoftwareNetwork Or Device SecuritySandbox And Anti-malware ProductsAPI UnderstandingVirtualized And Cloud Hosted Environments

Stack & domain

CybersecurityNetworkingEnterprise ApplicationsTroubleshootingProblem-solvingCommunicationOrganizationalInterpersonalLeadershipInfluenceTeamworkITOTICSCritical InfrastructureManufacturingNuclear FacilitiesFinancial InstitutionsGovernmentsUtilities

About the role

Original posting from OPSWAT

OPSWAT, a global leader in IT, OT, and ICS critical infrastructure cybersecurity, delivers an end-to-end platform that gives public and private sector organizations and enterprises the critical advantage needed to protect their complex networks, secure their devices, and ensure compliance. Over the last 20 years our commitment to innovative technology has earned the trust of more than 1,700 organizations, governments, and institutions globally, solidifying our role in protecting the world’s critical infrastructure and securing our way of life.

The Position

Are you purpose-driven? We are. At OPSWAT, our purpose is to secure the way of life we all enjoy. We focus our innovations on protecting the most critical infrastructure there is, such as manufacturing, nuclear facilities, financial institutions, governments, utilities, and more. You've probably done some interesting things in your career, but how often can you say you've contributed directly to the benefit of our global community with such a positive impact?

“Critical Infrastructure” refers to a wide variety of systems, including not only traditional on-premise and cloud-based IT systems, but can also include operational technology.

As a Solution Engineer, you'll work alongside a peer group of talented professionals, splitting your time between the field and our lab team. Your job will be to uncover customer challenges, demonstrate how OPSWAT solves them, and guide customers through operationalizing the solution. You'll travel to customer sites and trade shows, collaborate with our CIP lab on demo kits and reusable demonstrations, and support RFPs alongside senior field SEs. You'll be required to maintain proficiency in the domains we serve, expertise in the products, and the disposition that makes a customer want to enthusiastically partner with you for their success.

What You Will Be Doing

Work with AEs and partners to grow OPSWAT business through customer demos, proof of concepts, and technical evaluations

Travel to customer sites and trade shows to present and support OPSWAT solutions, including working show booths

Collaborate with the CIP lab team to build, maintain, and refine reusable demonstrations and mobile show lab kits

Manage customer requirements, expectations, and solution buy-in

Deliver detailed responses to RFPs in partnership with field and lab SEs

Support proof of concepts, evaluations, and post-sale transitions

Provide pre-sales support to the OPSWAT Channel sales team to drive business and product proficiency

What We Need from You

Demonstrable experience in cybersecurity or networking, with some customer-facing or pre-sales exposure

Comfort presenting and leading discussions with customers, including technical and business stakeholders

Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines while traveling and managing multiple engagements

Results-driven with an entrepreneurial mindset

Ability to influence others to achieve results

Strong communication, organizational, and interpersonal abilities

Adaptable, self-motivated, and open-minded

Experience installing and troubleshooting enterprise applications

Problem-solving abilities; skilled at identifying and resolving technical issues

It Would Be Nice if You Had

Experience in enterprise software or networking solutions, ideally within the network or device security space.

Knowledge of Sandbox and anti-malware products and market.

A technical understanding of APIs.

Experience working with virtualized and cloud hosted environments (AWS, Azure, etc.).

Experience working with CRM software.

We Value Our Differences

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

OPSWAT is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment where equal employment opportunities are extended to all employees and applicants, free of discrimination and harassment of any type. All employment decisions are based on individual qualifications, job requirements, and business needs without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Recruiting Agencies: we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third party agencies for any of our open positions. To submit resumes for our jobs, there must be a recruiting contract approved by our legal team and endorsed by both parties. We are currently not accepting additional 3rd party agencies at this time.

Source: OPSWAT careers

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