Senior Sales Engineer - Public Sector

The role

You will give technical advice to public sector customers on digital transformation. You will own the technical sale, qualify opportunities and build trusted advisor relationships with customer stakeholders.

What you will do

• Provide technical thought leadership and advice to public sector customers on transforming their digital experience
• Take total ownership of the technical sale and associated processes
• Identify and qualify technical opportunities
• Develop and maintain trusted advisor relationships with key customer stakeholders
• Deliver sales pitches, technical presentations, RFPs and whiteboards to ensure successful deployments

Required qualifications

• Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging, securing, or positioning AI-driven solutions
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and professional experience
• 15+ years of experience as a Sales Engineer or systems integrator
• Hands-on experience installing, configuring, and managing routers, switches, and network security technologies

Nice to have

• Experience demonstrating or architecting enterprise cloud security platforms using AI-powered threat prevention, automated anomaly detection, or predictive data defense
• Proficiency with GPO, Active Directory/LDAP, and SSO/SAML protocols
• Deep understanding of HTTP, web security technologies (proxies, firewalls), and direct experience managing macOS, UNIX/Linux, and Windows systems

Benefits

• Various health plans
• Time off plans for vacation and sick time
• Parental leave options
• Retirement options
• Education reimbursement
• In-office perks

About the company

Zscaler is a cloud security company whose Zero Trust Exchange platform protects customers from cyberattacks and data loss. The platform runs across 200+ public data centers globally.