Technical Sales Engineer – Cybersecurity at Smoothtel

Key duties and responsibilities

• Customer engagement: for new business / opportunities generation
• Drive sales activities that result in revenue attainment for Cybersecurity solutions
• Solution Design and architecture
• Technical pre-sales function which includes generation of sales and customer support
• Handle post – sales escalations and resolve issues by coordinating and working with all internal and external stakeholders.
• Successful Project planning and Implementation of all AV projects
• Negotiating for the best prices from manufacturers and distributors
• Forecasting of stocks and ensuring minimum levels of stock are met at all times
• Research and development to beat competition by giving input to the sales team on product positioning and differentiating.

Competencies and qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Bachelor degree in IT/electronics or related field
• Relevant certifications in Cybersecurity products / technologies such as Sophos, Fortinet or similar
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in an ICT environment dealing with Cybersecurity
• Ability to sell  
• Good communication and negotiation skills
• Good presentation skills
• Ability to work under minimal supervision and collaboratively as part of a team