Channel Sales Engineer

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Role Summary
We are searching for a Channel Sales Engineer (f/m/d) preferrably located in Zip Code 8/9 (Area Munich) with a clear focus on sales and profound technical background.
As Sales Engineer with focus on National Partners you are responsible for all technical aspects of managing a number of defined national partners by determining technical requirements, matching them to Sophos solutions, making product trials and evaluations successful and generating business. You will present in front of, as well as train larger audiences.
In order to be potentially considered you need to be located already in Germany, have a working permit AND native German language skills (oral and written).

What You Will Do:

• Support sales to increase the company revenue using technical sales skills to convince prospects to purchase Sophos solutions by explaining complex topics to prospects and partners
• Assist technical staff from partner in design and architecture of prospect solutions based on appropriate sizing and resiliency guidelines
• Conduct demos, product- and company presentations - also to larger audiences - to help increasing the company revenue; support or deliver the training of partners, sales or other audience
• Query prospects to qualify sales opportunities and conduct analysis with technical staff to determine requirements and specifications of solutions
• Support other departments by collecting and aggregating partner feedback and feeding e.g. into Product Management
• Address partner questions and requirements and assist and manage frequent technical evaluations by working with these partners 

What You Will Bring:

• Experience in technical pre-sales support, preferably with an Enterprise focused software company
• Technical expertise in Enterprise architecture components (network design, virtualization, directory services, firewalls, APIs, etc).
• Strong technical expertise in Endpoint products, MDR/SOC services and good expertise in Firewall products
• Understanding the principles of public cloud infrastructure technologies
• Experience in working and supporting channel partners
• Good presentation skills – ability to prepare and deliver an effective technical presentation to a technical or non-technical   management audience unassisted
• Ability to link product features to business benefits and requirements
• Ability to perform needs assessment, understanding technical needs/fit, pain points and competitive threats
• Excellent communication skills in German (C1/ C2 Level), both written and verbal also in English
• Strong troubleshooting skills – escalating the issue with appropriate details if required. Offer prescriptive suggestions for future prevention.
• Ability to be hands-on, working directly with partners and customers, handling technical requirements and configuration issues
• Ability   to plant and defuse competitive landmines effectively
• Ability to network and bond with partner contacts, being recognized as a trusted security advisor and "the person to   go to" 

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