Silverfort is a cyber-security startup that develops a revolutionary identity protection platform. Our mission is to provide industry-leading unified identity protection solutions for hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Using patented technology, Silverfort’s platform enables strong authentication across entire corporate networks and cloud environments, without any modifications to endpoints and servers.
Silverfort has been widely recognized as an industry innovator, being named “Best of MFA award” from Expert Insights, Microsoft Security 20/20 partner award, Homeland Security Award for Best Identity Access Management platform for its agentless secure authentication and zero trust platform by Astors.
As a Sales Engineer, you will lead the technical discussion with potential customers, understand their security and business needs, provide professional guidance and work to solve complex security problems. Your responsibilities will range from conducting in-person and remote product demonstrations, articulating Silverfort’s innovative technology, providing professional advice and ensuring successful POCs in a variety of environments. You will also be responsible for communicating customer requirements and feedback to the product team to help enhance our platform.
- 5+ years of industry experience in sales engineering or similar positions, preferably in information security companies
- Knowledge of Identity and Access Management principles and deep knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory including its common authentication protocols (e.g. Kerberos, NTLM, LDAP, RADIUS, etc.) - a must
- Knowledge of Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Conditional Access, OpenID Connect, SAML, etc.) and Federation Services - an advantage
- Hands-on experience in administrating and troubleshooting Windows, Linux and TCP/IP networks
- Profound understanding of information security concepts and technologies
- Outstanding communication skills, comfortable delivering technical presentations to C-level executives and technical leads alike
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