Inside Sales Engineer, France

About Us:
We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We’re driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.

How We Work:
At Proofpoint, you’ll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity, guided by our BRAVE core values: Bold in how we dream and innovate, Responsive to feedback, challenges, and opportunities, Accountable for results and best-in-class outcomes, Visionary in future-focused problem-solving, Exceptional in execution and impact.

Corporate Overview

We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect their greatest assets and biggest security risk: their people. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity.

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing
- We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business._

The Role

The members of our Sales Engineering team are highly valued business partners that play a critical role in our sales process every single day.

As an Inside Sales Engineer working with Commercial accounts, you will be one of the most important members of the Proofpoint sales team.

You will get to develop and tell a compelling story that will excite your customer and have them eager to hear more. Your story will be illustrated with an amazing product demonstration often followed by a proof-of-concept or threat assessment which will ultimately result in you providing a compelling solution to your customer that you will take pride in being a part of. It’s an exciting time to be at Proofpoint

Your day-to-day
- Collaborate with the sales team to develop and execute targeted account penetration strategies
- You will design and champion complex People-Centric Security solutions encompassing the entire Proofpoint portfolio
- Occasionally assist in professional services deployments and technical training, and present or attend industry seminars and/or trade shows
- Provide valuable customer insights and real-world experiences to Product Management, Marketing and Product Development (Engineering) teams
- Work with our Channel team to help support and enable our Distributors and Resellers
- Occasional travel required.

What You Bring To The Team
- Proven hands-on experience, either as a Sales/Systems Engineer, Technical Account Manager, Security Engineer, or senior level product support, preferably related to the cyber-security industry
- Experience in either secure messaging, data security, network security, endpoint, NOC/SOC, or MSP-related cybersecurity desirable
- Excellent presentation, communication, and organizational skills
- Fluent English and French language required. Any additional languages are a plus.
- Exposure to at least two of the following skill sets are recommended
- IT security related areas such as Vulnerability and Risk Management, Security Operations or Incident Response
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP), compliance and data privacy
- Cloud security and shadow IT monitoring
- Cloud computing Infrastructure (e.g. AWS/Azure)

Nice to have

Hands on experience with the following:

- Directory Services and protocols such as Active Directory, Azure AD, LDAP, iDP (identity providers)
- Networking and protocols such as DNS, LDAP, HTTP
- Experience with security standards and frameworks such as ISO, MITRE and/or NIST
- CISSP, CCSP or other industry certification is beneficial.

In addition to the above, if you have a consultative approach to problem solving and/or have a desire to pivot your career towards a sales direction. And if you thrive in fast paced, high energy environments with the ability to work independently and adapt quickly while maintaining a positive attitude, we would love to speak to you

Why Proofpoint

Protecting people is at the heart of our award-winning cybersecurity solutions, and the people who work here are the key to our success. We’re a customer-focused and driven-to-win organisation with leading-edge products. We are an inclusive, diverse, multinational company that believes in culture fit, but more importantly ‘culture-add’, and we strongly encourage people from all walks of life to apply.

We believe in hiring the best and the brightest to help cultivate our culture of collaboration and appreciation.

Why Proofpoint? At Proofpoint, we believe that an exceptional career experience includes a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Here are just a few reasons you’ll love working with us:

- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits
- Learning & Development: We are committed to the growth and development of our team members, offering a range of programs including leadership and professional development workshops, stretch project assignments, and mentoring opportunities to help employees reach their full potential.
- Flexible work