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Sr. Sales Engineer

Illumio· Sales
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RemoteAED 496k - AED 620kFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Senior sales engineer role supporting Illumio’s regional customers from Dubai, focusing on pre-sales activities, customer engagement, and enabling deal progression through demos, POVs, and thought leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and nurture both technical and executive relationships across the territory to influence preference for Illumio’s solutions
  • Effectively present solutions via live presentations and remote webinars and assist with trade shows, expos, and symposiums
  • Uncover the customer’s desired business outcomes and orient all activities in the sales process to these outcomes
  • Deliver powerful demos driven by use cases and customer stories
  • Support deal progression and POVs as needed via in-person or remote meetings
  • Author blog posts, white papers and other thought leading pieces on behalf of Illumio for the security industry
  • Assist partners in their enablement pursuits and on deals to maximize mutual benefit
  • Advocate for customers on future feature development and support

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of industry experience with at least 2 years in a pre-sales capacity handling enterprise accounts
  • Working knowledge in cloud migration strategies, CSPs, cloud native development, containers and orchestration, and Infrastructure as Code
  • Awareness of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and tooling, especially for cloud native applications
  • Development or scripting experience preferred. Knowledge of how to use APIs and methods a plus
  • Industry certifications preferred (e.g. CISSP, CCSP, CCIE, AWS Certified Security Specialty Certification, Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate, Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist, etc.)
  • Knowledge of risk-based security assessments and frameworks
  • Experience administering Windows and Linux
  • Outstanding presentation skills to both technical and executive audiences
  • Ability to connect a customer’s specific business problems to Illumio’s solutions
  • University degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related fields, or equivalent experience preferred
  • Fluent in Arabic and English

Skills

Required:Customer engagement and relationship managementDemos and product demonstrationsPublic speaking and presentation

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage
  • Health and Dependent Savings Accounts
  • Life and Disability Programs
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Voluntary Benefit Programs
  • Company Sponsored Wellness Program
  • Wellness Reimbursement Program
  • Retirement Savings
  • Equity Opportunities
  • Paid time off and Paid Holidays
  • Employee Incentive Program
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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The Breach Containment Company

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