Sales Engineer, APAC

Allot; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Allot is seeking an experienced Sales Engineer to provide pre-sales technical support for APAC opportunities, working alongside Regional Sales Directors. You will discover customer requirements, develop solution architectures, lead workshops and demonstrations, and deliver compelling technical responses.

Hands-on experience with AWS, Microsoft Azure, or comparable public cloud technologies is mandatory; experience with AI tools and agentic frameworks is desirable.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of industry experience in sales engineering, pre-sales, solution architecture, or a related customer-facing role.
• Proven experience supporting CSP solutions, enterprise solutions, or both, including complex multi-stakeholder technology sales cycles.
• Strong understanding of IP networking, cybersecurity, cloud, virtualization, containers, Kubernetes, managed services, and enterprise or telecom solution architectures.
• Ability to translate business and technical requirements into coherent architectures, value propositions, demonstrations, proof-of-concepts, and technical proposals.
• Experience preparing solution designs, RFx responses, architecture diagrams, sizing inputs, compliance matrices, and implementation assumptions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to engage technical, commercial, and executive audiences.
• Ability to work independently across countries and time zones while collaborating with sales, product, engineering, services, partners, and customer teams.
• Willingness to travel across APAC according to customer and business needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery workshops with CSP and enterprise stakeholders to understand objectives, network architecture, security requirements, cloud strategy, operational constraints, and success criteria.
• Design secure, scalable solutions spanning on-premises, virtualized, containerized, hybrid-cloud, and public-cloud environments.
• Position Allot and partner solutions across network intelligence, cybersecurity, DDoS protection, DNS security, anti-botnet, consumer and business security, traffic visibility, policy enforcement, and value-added services.
• Own the technical sales cycle from qualification and architecture through presentations, demonstrations, proof-of-concepts, technical closure, and delivery handover.
• Prepare solution architectures, bills of materials, sizing assumptions, compliance responses, proposals, scope documents, implementation prerequisites, and executive presentations.
• Lead or support RFIs, RFPs, tenders, competitive evaluations, and partner-led bids with accurate and differentiated technical responses.
• Partner with APAC sales teams to develop technical account plans, opportunity strategies, qualification criteria, and measurable next steps.
• Engage customer business, network, cloud, cybersecurity, procurement, operations, and executive stakeholders with clear business and technical messaging.
• Enable system integrators, channel partners, cloud partners, and technology alliances through training, joint design sessions, and deal support.
• Capture technical risks, dependencies, competitive intelligence, customer feedback, and agreed actions, and communicate them clearly to internal stakeholders.

Skills

IP networking

Cybersecurity

Cloud computing

Kubernetes

Public cloud

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Cloud architecture tools

Job description

Location: Malaysia, Remote (MY)

Experience Level: Intermediate

Description

• Location Southeast Asia (Malayasia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Taiwan or others); location aligned to business coverage and customer requirements
• Experience: 5-7 years of relevant industry experience
• Customer Focus: Communication Service Providers (CSPs) and enterprise customers across APAC
• Travel Regular regional travel across APAC as required

Role purpose:

Provide technical pre-sales technical support for Allot opportunities across APAC working alongside Regional Sales Directors. The Sales Engineer will discover customer requirements, develop solution architectures, lead workshops, demonstrations and proof-of-concepts, and create compelling technical responses. Hands-on experience with AWS, Microsoft Azure, or comparable public cloud technologies is mandatory. Experience with AI tools and agentic frameworks is desirable.

Key responsibilities

• Lead discovery workshops with CSP and enterprise stakeholders to understand business objectives, network architecture, security requirements, cloud strategy, operational constraints, and success criteria.
• Design secure, scalable solutions spanning on-premises, virtualized, containerized, hybrid-cloud, and public-cloud environments.
• Position Allot and partner solutions across network intelligence, cybersecurity, DDoS protection, DNS security, anti-botnet, consumer and business security, traffic visibility, policy enforcement, and value-added services.
• Own the technical sales cycle from qualification and architecture through presentations, demonstrations, proof-of-concepts, technical closure, and delivery handover.
• Prepare solution architectures, bills of materials, sizing assumptions, compliance responses, proposals, scope documents, implementation of prerequisites, and executive presentations.
• Lead or support RFIs, RFPs, tenders, competitive evaluations, and partner-led bids with accurate and differentiated technical responses.
• Partner with APAC sales teams to develop technical account plans, opportunity strategies, qualification criteria, and measurable next steps.
• Engage customer business, network, cloud, cybersecurity, procurement, operations, and executive stakeholders with clear business and technical messaging.
• Enable system integrators, channel partners, cloud partners, and technology alliances through training, joint design sessions, and deal support.
• Capture technical risks, dependencies, competitive intelligence, customer feedback, and agreed actions, and communicate them clearly to internal stakeholders.

Requirements

Required experience and capabilities

• 5-7 years of industry experience in sales engineering, pre-sales, solution architecture, technical consulting, or a related customer-facing role.
• Proven experience supporting CSP solutions, enterprise solutions, or both, including complex multi-stakeholder technology sales cycles.
• Strong understanding of IP networking, cybersecurity, cloud, virtualization, containers, Kubernetes, managed services, and enterprise or telecom solution architectures.
• Ability to translate business and technical requirements into coherent architectures, value propositions, demonstrations, proof-of-concepts, and technical proposals.
• Experience preparing solution designs, RFx responses, architecture diagrams, sizing inputs, compliance matrices, and implementation assumptions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to engage technical, commercial, and executive audiences.
• Ability to work independently across countries and time zones while collaborating with sales, product, engineering, services, partners, and customer teams.
• Willingness to travel across APAC according to customer and business needs.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with telecom security, DDoS mitigation, DNS security, anti-botnet, parental control, network analytics, DPI, policy control, managed security, or enterprise cybersecurity solutions.
• Relevant AWS, Microsoft Azure, networking, security, Kubernetes, or cloud architecture certifications are advantageous.
• Experience with AI productivity tools, generative AI applications, and agentic frameworks for research, solution design, proposal development, automation, or customer demonstrations.
• Customer or partner experience across multiple APAC markets, with sensitivity to different business cultures and customer engagement models.
• A degree in engineering, computer science, telecommunications, cybersecurity, or equivalent practical experience.