Senior Sales Engineer MDR - german-speaking (m/f/d)

Job Description

Role Summary
The Sales Engineer will be responsible for providing deep subject matter expertise on advisory services remotely and in person, scoping and growing the managed services & integrations business, closing incident response engagements, and presenting the advisory services portfolio. This role involves collaboration with Sophos Sales, Sales Engineers, Channel Partners, insurance carriers, brokers, and law firms, with a focus on new logo customers.


What You Will Do:
  • Serve as a subject matter expert on Sophos services, supporting the sales organization and driving new customer acquisitions.​
  • Provide pre-sales support and scope advisory services engagements through remote and onsite interactions with account teams, partners, and customers, with up to 30% travel.​
  • Demonstrate service value through trials, proof of concepts, demonstrations, and enablement activities for partners, resellers, MSPs, and customers, in person and remote, with up to 30% travel.​
  • Collaborate with Channel and Marketing teams to position advisory services, participate in public relations/marketing events, and lead generation campaigns.​
  • Present current cyber threat landscapes and trends to position services for various security assessments and exercises.​
  • Offer light weekend and holiday availability for on-call rotations supporting Digital Forensics and Incident Response services.​
  • Consult, architect, deploy, configure, and troubleshoot solutions within customer environments, ensuring technical requirements are met.​
  • Conduct research on competitive differentiators and maintain a comprehensive knowledge base of the Sophos services portfolio.

  • What You Will Bring:
  • Required: Several years of experience in presales support, solutions architecture, consulting, and supporting cybersecurity solutions (e.g., EDR/XDR/DFIR tools, Managed Detection and Response Services).​
  • Desired: Experience in Incident Response (IR) and IR Management.​
  • Desired: Knowledge or expertise in domains such as Digital Forensics, Incident Response, Business Email Compromise, and Compromise Assessment.​
  • Desired: Experience in SecOps, SOC, or as an Analyst.​
  • Desired: Experience working with cyber insurance carriers, brokers, and legal counsels.​
  • Preferred: Experience in Identity Access Management, Multi-Factor Authentication, and deployment of Firewalls, Network Appliances, API Configurations, and SIEM ingestion.​
  • Preferred: Experience in Penetration Testing, Red Teaming, Physical Security, Social Engineering, Insider Threat, Cyber Threat Intelligence, and Threat Hunting.
  • Strong in-person and virtual communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.​
  • Ability to apply empathy, build trust, and establish rapport with various stakeholders, including customers, partners, insurance carriers, and legal counsels.​
  • Self-motivated and able to thrive in a team environment.​
  • Willingness to travel​
  • Fluent in German ​
  • English as a second language essential