Sales Engineer, UKI

Company: Proofpoint
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Location: Reading
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you act as the technical sales lead during pre-sales, collaborating with the UKI Enterprise team to design and promote People-Centric Security solutions across Proofpoint’s portfolio. You’ll translate customer needs into secure, scalable deployments and share real-world insights with Product and Engineering to keep our offerings leading-edge. You will build deep expertise in email security, threat protection, and data security while maintaining compliance with ISO, NIST, and MITRE. This position blends hands-on technical work with strategic account support and stakeholder communication, including C-suite audiences. A meaningful opportunity to shape security outcomes for large,跨-

Pay / Benefits

  • Competitive compensation
  • Comprehensive benefits
  • Flexible work environment
  • Annual wellness and community outreach days
  • Always on recognition for your contributions
  • Global collaboration and networking opportunities

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with the UKI Enterprise team to develop and execute targeted account penetration strategies
  • Design and champion complex People-Centric Security solutions across Proofpoint’s portfolio
  • Provide customer insights to Product, Marketing and Engineering teams to keep solutions best-in-class
  • Develop expertise in Email Security, APTs, Attack Protection, Threat Response, DLP and the threat landscape
  • Maintain compliance with ISO, NIST and MITRE
  • Present at or attend industry seminars/trade shows when required
  • Act as the local technical presence and progress opportunities between Account Manager visits
  • Support customers through technical discussions and drive pipeline progress

Key requirements

  • Hands-on experience in a customer-facing technical role in cybersecurity at an enterprise level
  • Proven experience in enterprise email solutions, email authentication, APTs, data security, network security or cloud security and shadow IT knowledge
  • Good working knowledge and use of AI tools
  • Self-motivated with ability to work independently
  • Excellent organizational and time-management skills
  • Proactive communicator aligning the Account Manager on activity, pipeline, and priorities
  • Excellent presentation skills to technical staff and executives
  • Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
  • CISSP or other security industry certification
  • self-motivation
  • independence
  • clear communication
  • Email Security
  • Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
  • Attack Protection

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Posted: October 1st, 2026