Sophos is a worldwide leader and innovator of advanced cybersecurity solutions, including Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and incident response services and a broad portfolio of endpoint, network, email, and cloud security technologies that help organizations defeat cyberattacks. As one of the largest pure-play cybersecurity providers, Sophos defends more than 500,000 organizations and more than 100 million users globally from active adversaries, ransomware, phishing, malware, and more. Sophos’ services and products connect through its cloud-based Sophos Central management console and are powered by Sophos X-Ops, the company’s cross-domain threat intelligence unit. Sophos X-Ops intelligence optimizes the entire Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem, which includes a centralized data lake that leverages a rich set of open APIs available to customers, partners, developers, and other cybersecurity and information technology vendors. Sophos provides cybersecurity-as-a-service to organizations needing fully-managed, turnkey security solutions. Customers can also manage their cybersecurity directly with Sophos’ security operations platform or use a hybrid approach by supplementing their in-house teams with Sophos’ services, including threat hunting and remediation. Sophos sells through reseller partners and managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com

About Us

Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions for defeating cyberattacks. The company acquired Secureworks in February 2025, bringing together two pioneers that have redefined the cybersecurity industry with their innovative, native AI-optimized services, technologies and products. Sophos is now the largest pure-play Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider, supporting more than 28,000 organizations. In addition to MDR and other services, Sophos’ complete portfolio includes industry-leading endpoint, network, email, and cloud security that interoperate and adapt to defend through the Sophos Central platform. Secureworks provides the innovative, market-leading Taegis XDR/MDR, identity threat detection and response (ITDR), next-gen SIEM capabilities, managed risk, and a comprehensive set of advisory services. Sophos sells all these solutions through reseller partners, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) worldwide, defending more than 600,000 organizations worldwide from phishing, ransomware, data theft, other every day and state-sponsored cybercrimes. The solutions are powered by historical and real-time threat intelligence from Sophos X-Ops and the newly added Counter Threat Unit (CTU). Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.

Role Summary

The Sales Engineer will be responsible for providing deep subject matter expertise on advisory services remotely and in person, scoping and growing the managed services & integrations business, closing incident response engagements, and presenting the advisory services portfolio. This role involves collaboration with Sophos Sales, Sales Engineers, Channel Partners, insurance carriers, brokers, and law firms, with a focus on new logo customers.

What You Will Do:

Serve as a subject matter expert on Sophos services, supporting the sales organization and driving new customer acquisitions.

Provide pre-sales support and scope advisory services engagements through remote and onsite interactions with account teams, partners, and customers, with up to 30% travel.

Demonstrate service value through trials, proof of concepts, demonstrations, and enablement activities for partners, resellers, MSPs, and customers, in person and remote, with up to 30% travel.

Collaborate with Channel and Marketing teams to position advisory services, participate in public relations/marketing events, and lead generation campaigns.

Present current cyber threat landscapes and trends to position services for various security assessments and exercises.

Offer light weekend and holiday availability for on-call rotations supporting Digital Forensics and Incident Response services.

Consult, architect, deploy, configure, and troubleshoot solutions within customer environments, ensuring technical requirements are met.

Conduct research on competitive differentiators and maintain a comprehensive knowledge base of the Sophos services portfolio.

What You Will Bring:

Required: Several years of experience in presales support, solutions architecture, consulting, and supporting cybersecurity solutions (e.g., EDR/XDR/DFIR tools, Managed Detection and Response Services).

Desired: Experience in Incident Response (IR) and IR Management.

Desired: Knowledge or expertise in domains such as Digital Forensics, Incident Response, Business Email Compromise, and Compromise Assessment.

Desired: Experience in SecOps, SOC, or as an Analyst.

Desired: Experience working with cyber insurance carriers, brokers, and legal counsels.

Preferred: Experience in Identity Access Management, Multi-Factor Authentication, and deployment of Firewalls, Network Appliances, API Configurations, and SIEM ingestion.

Preferred: Experience in Penetration Testing, Red Teaming, Physical Security, Social Engineering, Insider Threat, Cyber Threat Intelligence, and Threat Hunting.

Strong in-person and virtual communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

Ability to apply empathy, build trust, and establish rapport with various stakeholders, including customers, partners, insurance carriers, and legal counsels.

Self-motivated and able to thrive in a team environment.

Willingness to travel

Fluent in German

English as a second language essential

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At Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. Research shows that candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don't check every box in a job description. We challenge that notion. Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team. Don't let a checklist hold you back – we encourage you to apply.

What's Great About Sophos?

· Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. Please refer to the location details in our job postings for further information.

· Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit

· Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy

· Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities

· Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint

· Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp

· Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge

· Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing

Our Commitment To You

We’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team. All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation. We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know.

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