Field Sales Engineer, UK & Ireland

Bitdefender; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - GBP 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cybersecurity firm is seeking a Sales Engineer to join the UK & Ireland Sales Engineering team. The successful candidate will be responsible for owning the technical aspects of sales opportunities, advising on security solutions, and building relationships with customers. They should have 2–3+ years of experience in security pre-sales, hands-on knowledge of endpoint security, and excellent communication skills. This role involves frequent interaction with customers and requires a customer-focused mindset.

Benefits

Collaborative team environment

Opportunity to make a real customer impact

Qualifications

• 2–3+ years’ experience in security pre-sales or sales engineering.
• Hands-on knowledge of Endpoint Security and Threat Intelligence.
• Experience securing Windows, Linux, and macOS environments.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical side of sales opportunities.
• Deliver product demos and Proof of Concepts.
• Support RFPs and security questionnaires.

Skills

Security pre-sales experience

Endpoint Security knowledge

Cloud security concepts

Customer-focused approach

Excellent communication skills

Tools

VMware

Microsoft

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Overview

Bitdefender is a cybersecurity leader delivering best-in-class threat prevention, detection, and response solutions worldwide. Guardian over millions of consumer, enterprise, and government environments, Bitdefender is one of the industry’s most trusted experts for eliminating threats, protecting privacy, digital identity and data, and enabling cyber resilience. With deep investments in research and development, Bitdefender Labs discovers hundreds of new threats each minute and validates billions of threat queries daily. The company has pioneered breakthrough innovations in antimalware, IoT security, behavioral analytics, and artificial intelligence and its technology is licensed by more than 180 of the world’s most recognized technology brands. Founded in 2001, Bitdefender has customers in 170+ countries with offices around the world. For more information, visit https://www.bitdefender.com

The Opportunity

Bitdefender is hiring a Sales Engineer to join our UK & Ireland Sales Engineering team, part of the EMEA & SEA SE organization. This is a customer-facing technical role where you’ll own the technical aspects of opportunities, acting as a trusted security advisor to customers and partners.

What You’ll Do

• Own the technical side of sales opportunities, from discovery through validation
• Deliver product demos, technical deep dives, and Proof of Concepts
• Advise customers on how Bitdefender solutions address security, risk, and compliance challenges across on-prem and cloud environments
• Lead technical discussions, solution design, and validation activities
• Support RFPs, RFIs, and security questionnaires
• Build strong technical relationships with customers and partners
• Deliver partner technical training and enablement sessions
• Engage with internal teams (Sales, Product, R&D) to support customer success
• Participate in industry events and partner activities

What You Bring

• 2–3+ years’ experience in security pre-sales / sales engineering
• Hands-on knowledge of Endpoint Security, EDR/XDR, SIEM, Email Security, and Threat Intelligence
• Experience securing and supporting Windows, Linux, and macOS environments
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms and security concepts (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Knowledge of risk management, compliance frameworks (e.g. ISO, NIST, GDPR, DORA, NIS2), and security governance
• Experience with virtualization technologies (VMware, Microsoft, Nutanix)
• Familiarity with containers (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
• Excellent English communication skills
• Customer-focused, collaborative, and technically curious
• Willingness to travel (~50%)

Why Bitdefender?

• Global cybersecurity leader
• Collaborative EMEA team
• Real customer impact with cutting-edge security solutions

Apply now and help protect organizations across the UK & Ireland.