Security Engineer

Perimeter 81 Ltd.; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Check Point is seeking a seasoned pre-sales engineer to partner with the sales team and demonstrate our security solutions across networks, cloud, and AI-enabled environments. With 5+ years in engineering and pre-sales, you will educate customers and prospects on complex security challenges and craft end-to-end security architectures.

You will lead proofs-of-concept, respond to RFIs/RFPs, and engage partners at cybersecurity events while aligning solutions to customer needs.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of engineering and pre-sales experience
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities
• Ability to design end-to-end security solutions for customer environments
• Certifications such as CCNP/CISSP/CCSA/CCSE are a plus

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with sales to identify prospects and demonstrate Check Point solutions
• Educate customers and partners on security challenges and solutions
• Lead Proofs-of-Concept and advise on best practices
• Respond to RFIs and RFPs with technical input and solutions
• Engage and educate partners and customers at cybersecurity events
• Drive meetings to uncover customer problems and propose appropriate security architectures

Skills

Pre-sales engineering

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

US work eligibility

Job description

Why Join Us?

Why Join Us

At Check Point, what you do matters. Every day, we protect over 100,000 organizations worldwide from increasingly sophisticated cyber and AI-driven threats, securing their AI transformation.

Our prevention-first approach safeguards hybrid networks, cloud environments, digital workspaces, and AI systems, stopping attacks before they happen.

This is where innovation meets real-world impact. You’ll help customers across industries operate with confidence in a rapidly changing digital world, working alongside smart, curious people who take ownership, challenge assumptions, and solve complex problems.

We’re proud to be recognized by TIME, Newsweek, and Forbes for excellence and workplace culture.

What really sets Check Point apart is the opportunity to grow, contribute, and help companies navigate their AI transformation securely.

If you’re excited to work at the forefront of AI-driven security on a global scale, this is the place to do it.

Key Responsibilities

You will be responsible for

• Work closely with the sales team to identify prospects
• Demonstrate our full portfolio of solutions that help keep organizations safe from threats and protect their operations and information
• Educate customers, prospects and partners on the diversity of technical, operational and business challenges many organizations face and how Check Point solutions can solve them
• Drive meetings with potential and existing customers to identify their problems and provide appropriate solutions
• Address technical questions, offer insight into best practices and manage Proof-of-Concepts
• Respond to RFI's & RFP's
• Engage and educate key partners and customers on the latest security technologies
• Active participation in cybersecurity events

Qualifications

What you bring to the table

• 5+ years of engineering and pre-sales experience
• Possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good understanding of typical customers networks
• Ability to create an end-to-end security solution for a customer’s environment
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Relevant certifications highly preferred, e.g. CCNP / CISSP/ CCSA / CCSE
• Must be eligible to work in the US without sponsorship from an employer now or in the future

EOE M/F/Veterans/Disabled