Strategic Cyber Technologist, Sydney at Darktrace

Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

19 Apr, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

19 Jan, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Cybersecurity, Sales Engineering, Networking, Cloud Technologies, Technical Expertise, Problem Solving, Customer Engagement, Mentoring, RFP Response, Commercial Opportunities, Technical Leadership, AI Security, Proactive Approach, Metrics Creation, Team Collaboration, Innovation

Industry

Computer and Network Security

Description

Darktrace is a global leader in AI for cybersecurity that keeps organizations ahead of the changing threat landscape every day. Founded in 2013, Darktrace provides the essential cybersecurity platform protecting nearly 10,000 organizations from unknown threats using its proprietary AI. The Darktrace Active AI Security Platform™ delivers a proactive approach to cyber resilience to secure the business across the entire digital estate – from network to cloud to email. Breakthrough innovations from our R&D teams have resulted in over 200 patent applications filed. Darktrace’s platform and services are supported by over 2,400 employees around the world. To learn more, visit http://www.darktrace.com. Job Description: The Strategic Solutions Engineer (SE) plays a crucial role in our team. As a seasoned professional, you will work independently with minimal oversight, providing creative and effective solutions to immediate problems. You will advise others on complex issues, contributing to company objectives and achieving goals in innovative ways. Your understanding of the wider business and ability to network will be essential for success. This role offers fast-paced personal growth and career advancement as we expand our technical team in response to our growing customer base. We value experience in customer-facing technical roles and provide extensive training to build new skills. Enthusiastic individuals with a strong team mindset, ready to make an impact in this high-growth environment, are encouraged to apply. This is an opportunity to join a team where you’ll be at the forefront of innovation, helping organisations solve real‑world challenges with creativity and confidence. Every day brings new variety, from strategic problem‑solving to hands‑on technical discovery. This is a role that offers responsibility, meaningful growth, and engaging challenges Key Duties & Responsibilities: Considered a trusted advisor of prospects, and customers. Ability to leverage great relationships to identify and drive commercial opportunities. Reliable member of the team to provide technical expertise when responding to RFPs. Guiding, and scoping POVs to maximizing POV value and minimizing competitor threat. Ability to scope very complex, large and/or novel deployments. Have successful creation and use of M1 and M2 metrics. Highly integrated with POD, across deals, qualification pipeline. Contributes to wider technical initiatives or projects outside of the day-to-day S role Transfer knowledge, mentor and peers, and add to knowledge bases Be able to present as a technical leader in engagements as well as support marketing events/functions, executive dinners, conferences and roadshows accordingly. Qualifications & Experience: 5+ years in a software sales engineering role; experience in cybersecurity is preferred. Strong competitor knowledge and excellent skills at de-positioning. Strong knowledge in both on-premises and cloud networking and technologies. Advanced used of MEDDPPIC. Passion for staying updated with the latest cybersecurity trends and a willingness to continuously develop your skillset. For over a decade, Darktrace has pioneered a proactive, AI-native approach to cybersecurity. Our passion, creativity and determination to succeed is helping us build something completely novel and extraordinary. Join us on our mission to keep our customers ahead of the changing cyber threat landscape every day.

Responsibilities

The Strategic Solutions Engineer acts as a trusted advisor to prospects and customers, leveraging relationships to identify commercial opportunities. They provide technical expertise in responding to RFPs and guide complex deployments.