Sales Engineer - UK

Gigamon; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Sales Engineer in the UK to enhance sales efforts and provide technical support. This hybrid role involves engaging with clients, delivering impactful presentations, and designing solutions' tailored to customer needs, all while fostering an inclusive culture.

Benefits

Inclusive environment

Learning and development investment

Collaborative team atmosphere

Qualifications

• Experience in a Pre-Sales Engineer role ideally in networking, cybersecurity and cloud technologies.
• Strong knowledge of public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Ability to communicate complex ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Support and drive technical sales activities across enterprise accounts.
• Deliver technical presentations and design network monitoring solutions for customers.
• Provide mentorship and maintain technical relationships with stakeholders.

Skills

Networking

Cybersecurity

Cloud technologies

Virtualization

Containers

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical area (Computer Science, Computer Engineering)

Job description

Description

At Gigamon, our purpose is to protect the hybrid networks and data of the largest, most complex organisations on the planet. We offer a deep observability pipeline that efficiently delivers network-derived intelligence to cloud, security, and observability tools. This helps our customers to eliminate security blind spots, optimise network traffic, and dramatically reduce tool cost and complexity, enabling them to better secure and manage their hybrid cloud infrastructure.

We're proud to be Great Place to Work-certified, supporting a culture that values inclusion, innovation, and impact. With over 4,000 customers worldwide-including 80% of Fortune 100 companies and hundreds of government and education institutions-we're building a world-class team to match.

We are seeking a Sales Engineer who will work in our EMEA team, based in, and focussed on United Kingdom and Ireland. This role is a key part of our regional sales efforts, providing technical expertise, partnership, and innovative problem-solving to help our customers succeed.

This is a hybrid role based in the UK or Ireland, with flexibility to work from home. Regular travel is expected across the UK and Ireland for customer engagements, along with in-person collaboration days at our EMEA HQ near Liverpool Street Station, London.

What you'll do:

• Partner with the sales team to support and drive technical sales activities across enterprise accounts.
• Performs a high-level specialized systems engineering role as an individual contributor specializing in pre-sales activities.
• Deliver compelling, technical presentations and demonstrations to customers, partners, and at events.
• Designs network monitoring and visibility solutions tailored to customer environments.
• Lead proof-of-concept initiatives and product evaluations from setup through successful delivery.
• Stay current with trends in public/private cloud, virtualisation, container platforms, and the competitive landscape and relevant 3rd party technologies.
• Provides mentorship/guidance on Technology and competitive trends to clients, partners, and employees.
• Maintain and grow strong technical relationships with key customer stakeholders.
• Provide technical feedback from the field to product and engineering teams

What you bring:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical area (Computer Science, Computer Engineering) or equivalent work experience.
• Good experience in a Pre-Sales Engineer role ideally in networking, cybersecurity and cloud technologies
• Strong knowledge of virtualization, containers, and public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Demonstrated success in customer-facing technical role
• Ability to communicate complex ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Comfortable working independently and as part of a collaborative team
• Eagerness to learn, grow, and support others

Why Gigamon:

• We foster an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives are valued
• You'll work alongside passionate, skilled professionals in an environment that encourages innovation and growth
• We invest in your learning and development so you can thrive and make an impact

As an equal opportunity employer, all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable federal, state, and/or local law.

If your experience and skills closely match our job description but may not necessarily fulfill all requirements, please still apply. Gigamon is on a continued mission to grow and scale an innovative organization. We believe this is best achieved by hiring, celebrating, and respecting people with diverse backgrounds, skills, perspectives, and experiences.

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