The Senior Sales Engineer will lead technical presales activities, engage with customers and partners, and drive sales through strategic solutions in cybersecurity. Responsibilities include facilitating assessments, conducting executive briefings, and influencing customer decisions while ensuring alignment with business objectives.
About Us
Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions for defeating cyberattacks. The company acquired Secureworks in February 2025, bringing together two pioneers that have redefined the cybersecurity industry with their innovative, native AI-optimized services, technologies and products. Sophos is now the largest pure-play Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider, supporting more than 28,000 organizations. In addition to MDR and other services, Sophos’ complete portfolio includes industry-leading endpoint, network, email, and cloud security that interoperate and adapt to defend through the Sophos Central platform. Secureworks provides the innovative, market-leading Taegis XDR/MDR, identity threat detection and response (ITDR), next-gen SIEM capabilities, managed risk, and a comprehensive set of advisory services. Sophos sells all these solutions through reseller partners, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) worldwide, defending more than 600,000 organizations worldwide from phishing, ransomware, data theft, other every day and state-sponsored cybercrimes. The solutions are powered by historical and real-time threat intelligence from Sophos X-Ops and the newly added Counter Threat Unit (CTU). Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Sales Engineer to join our high-performing presales team. This role will be instrumental in enabling customer success and accelerating revenue across a defined regional territory of strategic prospects, existing customers, and channel partners.
As a senior technical leader, you will drive solution strategy, articulate business value, and influence executive-level buying decisions. With a strong foundation in cybersecurity including Firewall, MDR, EDR/XDR, risk management, and incident response, you will lead technical conversations and position Sophos as a trusted advisor and long-term strategic partner.
Key Responsibilities - Customer Engagement & Technical Leadership
- Act as the senior technical advisor for enterprise and strategic accounts, owning the full presales lifecycle, from technical discovery and qualification through solution design, validation and technical win
- Lead complex security discussions, translating business risk into outcome driven architectures using Sophos’ platform, with emphasis on MDR, XDR, Firewall, incident response readiness and proactive risk reduction
- Facilitate customer security posture and maturity assessments, clearly articulating measurable improvements, threat detection maturity and return on security investment
- ·Build and sustain strong relationships with technical stakeholders through to C-suite executives, aligning Sophos solutions to long term security and business objectives
- Lead executive briefings, workshops, demonstrations and proof of concepts (POCs) that accelerate consensus and technical confidence in Sophos solutions
- Influence customer decision making by balancing technical depth with commercial awareness and strategic insight.
Key Responsibilities - Channel & Partner Enablement
- Enable and influence partners, MSSPs and distributors to uplift technical capability and deliver joint enterprise opportunities
- Provide input into territory and channel strategy, collaborating with sales to co-develop enterprise focused go to market plans
- Support partner led engagements with advanced solution architecture, bid support and customer facing expertise
Key Responsibilities - Strategy & Collaboration
- Contribute to account and territory planning alongside sales leadership, ensuring alignment between technical strategy and commercial priorities
- Share field intelligence and customer insights with Product Management and Marketing to influence roadmap direction and messaging
- Represent Sophos at industry and regional events, conferences and strategic customer forums as a credible security authority
Skills & Experience - Essential:
- 8+ years’ experience in a senior presales, sales engineering or solution architecture role within cybersecurity, with demonstrable success in enterprise environments
- Strong domain expertise across:
- MDR, EDR/XDR, and SIEM/SOAR platforms
- Incident response planning and frameworks
- Risk assessment, exposure management and mitigation strategies
- Network and endpoint security architectures
- Hands on experience with security operations, threat detection techniques, and managed security services
- Solid understanding of threat frameworks, security standards and industry best practices (e.g. MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, CIS)
- Technical depth across Windows, Linux, Active Directory, identity, and network security (L2–L7)
- Proven ability to position solutions competitively against endpoint, firewall, cloud, and SOC-focused vendors
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence both technical audiences and executive decision makers
Skills & Experience - Desirable
- Relevant cybersecurity certifications (e.g., CISSP, CEH, GIAC, Microsoft Security, AWS Security and similar)
- Prior experience supporting or delivering cybersecurity assessments, maturity reviews, or executive-level risk briefings
- Prior experience mentoring or leading technical teams in a presales or consulting context
Ready to Join Us?
At Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. Research shows that candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don't check every box in a job description. We challenge that notion. Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team. Don't let a checklist hold you back – we encourage you to apply.
What's Great About Sophos?
· Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. While we are a remote first organization, applicants must have legal authorization to work in the jurisdiction where the position is posted, without requiring employer sponsorship.
· Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit
· Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy
· Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities
· Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint
· Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp
· Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge
· Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing
Our Commitment To You
We’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team. All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation. We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know.
Data Protection
If you choose to explore an opportunity, and subsequently share your CV or other personal details with Sophos, these details will be held by Sophos for 12 months in accordance with our Privacy Policy and used by our recruitment team to contact you regarding this or other relevant opportunities at Sophos. If you would like Sophos to delete or update your details at any time, please follow the steps set out in the Privacy Policy describing your individual rights. For more information on Sophos’ data protection practices, please consult our Privacy Policy Cybersecurity as a Service Delivered | Sophos
Top Skills
Active Directory
Edr
Firewall
Linux
Mdr
SIEM
Windows
Xdr
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