<h3>Description</h3> <div><div>Please note, this is a remote role, with the successful candidate based in Washington D.C., Virginia, or Maryland. This role does not require special security clearance, but all new hires are required to successfully pass an electronic ID verification and criminal background check.  Absolute Security is an award-winning global leader in endpoint management and security. Our Secure Endpoint software is embedded in more than 600M PCs, including all major OEMs and devices being sold to the Federal Government. Absolute has a strong foundation in the Federal Government space with more than 80 existing customers. We have just recently received FedRAMP Authorized status, and are expanding our Federal sales team to capitalize on this unique high-growth opportunity. Absolute Security is looking for a Sales Engineer (SE) to provide technical sales support as a solution expert within our Federal Business. The SE is a highly technical sales professional who is responsible for working with Account Executives (AEs) and Channel Account Managers (CAMs) to drive significant revenue growth within the region. The Sales Engineering Team manages the technical sales process, primarily during the discovery and validation stages of the sales process. The SE is a technical evangelist for our software platform, representing the company with potential customers, partners, and at events. You will be expected to quickly come up to speed on our Absolute Secure Endpoint (Visibility, Control, Resilience) and Secure Access product offerings (Absolute VPN, Absolute ZTNA and Absolute Insights for Network). Your deep product knowledge, as well as in-depth knowledge of security, networking, and operating systems will help you to effectively position our products, while also helping to solve difficult technical problems for potential customers during pre-sales presentations, demonstrations, and evaluations. Responsibilities:<ul><li>Partner with your AEs and CAMs to establish and execute sales strategy for your territory and key partners</li><li>Deliver tailored technical sales presentations and demonstrations to prospective customers and partners</li><li>Plan and execute Proof of Value (PoV, evaluation) activities. This includes scoping the PoV to align with the business pain, defining relevant success criteria and metrics, designing the PoV environment, installing and configuring Absolute Secure Access and Secure Endpoint products, providing technical support to prospective customers, and executing the PoV in accordance with the agreed-upon success criteria</li><li>Working with your leadership, communicate feature requests and product ideas, backed by data from your sales engagements, into product management. Assist your leadership in working with product management to develop priorities for the companys product roadmap</li><li>Partnering with your AE and CAM, document the ongoing sales cycles and PoVs in Salesforce.com</li><li>Collaborate and education technical peers within Channel partners help uncover new sales opportunities</li><li>Protect the security and privacy of Absolute and its customers </li></ul> Skills and experience:<ul><li>Experience with complex technical sales cycles, including deep discovery as well as scoping, executing, and presenting complex Proof of Value (evaluations)</li><li>Experience selling into Federal Government Accounts </li><li>Strong knowledge and experience working with the Federal Government and partner ecosystem</li><li>Proven track record of executing sales strategies to acquire new Federal Government customers</li><li>Experience and relationships working with VARs, National Solution Partners, and Systems Integrators</li><li>Ability to communicate technical concepts to all levels of people, from IT, Network and Security managers to Line of Business owners to CIO and CISOs</li><li>Understanding of data-in-transit security, including TLS, IPsec, VPNs, PKI, and certificate management</li><li>Understanding of network services and systems including routing and local and wide area network design Familiar with popular firewall vendors and basic rule design</li><li>Understanding of authentication methods and protocols including SAML and RADIUS</li><li>Understanding of AV, EDR, Incident Response, Forensics, or other endpoint or network security tools</li><li>Familiar with popular firewall vendors and basic rule design</li><li>Strong understanding of Windows (Desktop and Server), macOS, and Linux operating systems, including network stacks</li><li>Can troubleshoot complex network environments to support evaluations on customers’ premise or with the Absolute cloud hosted products</li></ul> Nice to have:<ul><li>Experience with selling methodologies such as Command of the Message and MEDDPICC</li><li>Experience selling SASE, SSE, VPN, EDR, Incident Response or other endpoint or network security tools</li><li>Experience with programming or scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, or Bash</li><li>Experience with Cloud IaaS vendors including networking and security service operation</li><li>Security (CISSP, GIAC, CompTIA Security+, etc) or networking (CCNA, CompTIA Network+, etc) certifications</li><li>Experience in IT or Security operations</li></ul><div> </div>Why Work For Us:<div>You’re resilient and passionate about securing the Work from Anywhere era. So are we.    </div><div> </div><div>We’re in search of the best and the brightest – everyone from innovators, sellers and marketers to financers, operators and especially customer relationship managers – we’re looking for top tier talent to help us shape the next decade of security, drive innovation that enables customers with truly disruptive solutions and are dedicated to making a meaningful difference.   </div><div> </div><div>Headquartered in Seattle, Washington with international offices in Vancouver - BC, Austin - TX, Ankeny – IA, Reading - UK and Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam, Absolute Security accelerates customers’ shift to work-from-anywhere through the industry’s first self-healing Zero Trust platform, ensuring maximum security and uncompromised productivity. Only Absolute is embedded in more than half a billion devices, offering a permanent digital connection that intelligently and dynamically applies visibility, control and self-healing capabilities to endpoints, applications, and network access to ensure their cyber resilience tailored for distributed workforces. </div><div> </div><div>Our vision is to be the world’s most trusted security company – and to empower end users to connect securely and from anywhere, to all the applications they need to collaborate and get their work done, without interruptions and with an optimal network experience. Absolute currently serves approximately 16,000 customers with more than 13 million activated endpoints globally. G2 Recognized Absolute as a Leader in the Summer 2025 Endpoint Management and Zero Trust Networking Grid Reports, reflecting our continued customer satisfaction across product lines. To learn more about Absolute, visit our website at <a>www.absolute.com</a> or visit our <a>YouTube channel</a> </div><div> </div><div>Absolute Security is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at <a>[email protected]</a></div> </div></div> Absolute Security Inc. is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at <a>[email protected]</a>

Absolute Software

Sales Engineer, Federal

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