Inside Sales Engineer, Italy

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the sales team to develop and execute targeted account penetration strategies
• You will design and champion complex People-Centric Security solutions encompassing the entire Proofpoint portfolio
• Occasionally assist in professional services deployments and technical training, and present or attend industry seminars and/or trade shows
• Provide valuable customer insights and real-world experiences to Product Management, Marketing and Product Development (Engineering) teams
• Work with our Channel team to help support and enable our Distributors and Resellers
• You will become an expert in Email Security, Advanced Persistent Threats, Attack Protection, Threat Response, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), and the threat landscape
• Occasional travel required.

Qualifications

• Proven hands on experience, either as a Sales/Systems Engineer, Technical Account Manager, Security Engineer, or senior level product support, preferably related to the cyber security industry
• Experience in either secure messaging, data security, network security, endpoint, NOC/SOC, or MSP related cybersecurity desirable
• Excellent presentation, communication, and organizational skills
• Fluent Italian and English language is required. Any additional languages are a plus.
• Exposure to at least two of the following skill sets are recommended
• Enterprise email solutions such as Exchange, O365, G Suite, Lotus Dominoor working knowledge of SMTP
• IT security related areas such as Vulnerability and Risk Management, Security Operations or Incident Response
• Data Loss Prevention (DLP), compliance and data privacy
• Cloud security and shadow IT monitoring
• Cloud computing Infrastructure (e.g. AWS/Azure)

Nice to Have

• Directory Services and protocols such as Active Directory, Azure AD, LDAP, iDP (identity providers)
• Email authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC)
• Networking and protocols such as DNS, LDAP, HTTP
• Experience with security standards and frameworks such as ISO, MITRE and/or NIST
• CISSP, CCSP or other industry certification is beneficial.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive benefits
• Career success on your terms
• Flexible work environment
• Annual wellness and community outreach days
• Always on recognition for your contributions
• Global collaboration and networking opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer

Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.