Commercial Security Sales Engineer

Smartsheet is a tech company with a human story to tell. We’re here to empower teams to manage projects, automate workflows, and rapidly build new secure solutions, using simple no-code tools. We’re revolutionaries – so for us changing the way the world works is all in a day’s work.

Smartsheet is looking for a proven Commercial Security Solutions Engineer who will provide technical leadership throughout the sales process. We are a fast growing, high revenue-growth Software as a Service (SaaS) company that is changing the way teams and organizations manage and coordinate work. We work in an agile environment that stays focused on building great software and supporting our colleagues.  Here you can use the latest web technologies to their fullest potential. 

You Will:

• Provide security information and guidance as the Smartsheet subject matter expert to prospects, as well as current enterprise users
• Represent Smartsheet’s security and compliance capabilities to prospects; proactively support prospects in performing evaluations; ensure that prospects keep to their security evaluation scope and timelines
• Partner with sales executives by owning the security evaluation process in support of selling Smartsheet’s SaaS platform to prospects and existing customers
• Travel to customer sites as needed, serving as a technical resource to sales staff, as well as engaging with customer IT professionals regarding integration and data questions
• Be a recognized Smartsheet security expert and develop relationships with key stakeholders in the relevant customer and partner groups associated with SaaS Security and Compliance standards, policies and practices
• Serve as front-line expert for “best practice” and prospect security issues, tracking these issues and ensuring prompt follow up
• Work closely with product management and operations as the customer advocate on security and administration feature requests
• Provide support for preparing security responses, FAQs, knowledge base and case support entries; help define “best practices” for broad usage across enterprises
• Deliver on, and exceed, all performance targets

You Have: 

• Software, preferably SaaS, technical pre-sales (SE) experience
• 2-5 years experience as a Sales Engineer or relevant security position in the SaaS and/or enterprise software industry
• Deep understanding of the security compliance issues faced by prospects using or supporting cloud based SaaS
• Familiarity with SOC2 report formats and existing generally accepted security baselines and standards (e.g. FedRAMP, ISO, PCI DSS, OWASP, HIPAA...)
• Ability to understand and map third party security baselines to internal implementations
• Experience participating in a complex, solution-based enterprise sales process 
• Experience managing customer Security Assessments
• Experience working in a fast-paced, high growth software company where change is a constant
• Willing to travel periodically based on customer and business need (less than 10%)
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Currently have or are working towards CISSP/CISA or GIAC GSEC
• Nice to have in addition: Security+, CCSP/CCSK, SSCP, or other industry certifications
• Strong communication skills (written, verbal, presentation), with the ability to explain technical subjects to non-technical end user personnel in large enterprises
• Passion for working with leading edge, web-based technologies and a desire to expertly demonstrate Smartsheet’s functionality, use cases, business and technical elements

Get to Know Us:

At Smartsheet, we’ve created a place where everyone is welcome — people from all over the world, all backgrounds, all ages, all colors, and all beliefs working side by side. Here, everyone can make a difference and empower others to do the same. You’re encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn’t precisely match our job description—if your career path has been nontraditional, that will set you apart. At Smartsheet, we empower everyone, everywhere to change the way the world works—join us!

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Smartsheet is an Equal Opportunity (EEO) employer committed to fostering an inclusive environment with the best employees. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants in accordance with applicable laws in the US, UK, Australia, Germany, Costa Rica, and Japan. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information. 

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