Senior Sales Engineer - Germany

Position Summary

As a Sr Sales Engineer, you will have a significant impact on the success of each sales presentation in which you participate and will share in its financial rewards. In this key position, you will contribute directly to the bottom-line health of the company.

Provide technical support and solutions to the sales team and customers prior to the sale. Maintain extensive knowledge of complex aspects of products and systems demonstrations required to educate the client. Analyze customer needs and requirements and illustrate how company solutions can provide value and support their organization. Answer client questions on product functionality, integration, and usage and solve pre-sales support problems. Apply knowledge of company products, customer technology and sales cycle in order to generate quality customer connections and sales for the company.

Key Responsibilities

• Demonstrate ExtraHop solutions, differentiate them from the competition and identify where they fit in the context of the wider market
• Independently conduct Proof-of-Concepts (POC), from installing the appliance to helping prospective customers interpret data in the context of their environment to preparing/presenting a summary of the value demonstrated
• Identify compelling events or specific business problems and offer the optimal ExtraHop solution that addresses that requirement
• Assess prospective customer needs and uncover requirements for ExtraHop security solutions in the cloud
• Articulate the security value proposition and key differentiating capabilities to prospective new customers and solutions partners
• Support sales process within qualifying opportunities, mapping technical capabilities to business drivers/corporate initiatives, and scoping a BOM
• Work with Regional Sales Managers and Sales Engineers to prepare and present proposals and RFIs
• Partner with our Sales and Product Development teams to develop cloud security solutions

Required Qualifications & Experience

• 7+ years selling Cloud and Cyber Security technology into large Enterprises with direct AWS, Azure or GCP experience. 
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or related area or demonstration of equivalent knowledge
• Minimum of 1 year of experience working directly with cloud concepts 
• Complex and strategic selling experience required

Skills & Competencies  

• Native-German language skills
• Deep understanding of enterprise-architecture concepts, risk management, and excellent working knowledge of key protocols across Layers 2-7 (e.g., TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS, SSL/TLS, etc.).

• Broad understanding of enterprise information technologies across the full OSI stack, cloud concepts (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• In-depth knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering Concepts
• Familiarity with automation and infrastructure as code technologies such as Ansible, Terraform, Cloud Formation
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and leadership skills
• Outstanding communication (verbal and written) and presentation skills with the ability to address both executive and technical audiences
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies and have an ongoing desire to stay current with the latest technologies
• Ability to focus on results while working independently when given a broad direction and desired results
• Ability to adapt to changing goals based on customer demands and market conditions while working with development and sales teams
• Strong problem-solving skills: must be capable of accurately assessing needs, maintaining a calm business demeanor, and taking quick action to resolve issues
• Works cooperatively with others within the organization and other cross-functional stakeholders
• Works well in fast-paced, high-stress environments.
• Has predictable, reliable attendance.

ExtraHop is reinventing Network Detection and Response (NDR) to offer enterprises unparalleled visibility, context, and control against emerging threats. The platform integrates NDR with Network Performance Management (NPM), Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), and forensics, providing a single, comprehensive solution. By decrypting and analyzing complete packet-level data at wire speed and leveraging cloud-scale machine learning, ExtraHop empowers Security Operations Centers (SOCs) to detect, investigate, and remediate modern cyber risks in real time across their entire hybrid infrastructure, including data center, cloud, and SASE environments.

This comprehensive approach and market innovation have earned ExtraHop unique recognition as the only NDR vendor acknowledged as a leader by all major analyst firms, including the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Network Detection and Response™, the 2025 Forrester® Wave for Network Analysis and Visibility, the 2024 IDC® Marketscape for NDR, and the 2025 Gigamon® Radar Report for Network Detection and Response. Since 2007, ExtraHop has consistently helped organizations worldwide extract in-depth network telemetry and contextual insights, affirming its commitment to protecting and empowering the connected enterprise.

Our culture is rooted in our five Values. These set the expectations for how we work individually and collectively as a team. 

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