Monday, November 11, 2013

Technical Marketing Engineer

We are in search of a Technical Marketing Engineer for our IT Security products client.  
This role can be in San Francisco Bay area or in the Washington/Baltimore area

Job Summary:
As a Technical Marketing Engineer you work cross-functionally to create technical content for products and solutions that are targeted to Customers, Field Tech Teams and Partners. The engineer will work closely with Product Management. Product Marketing, Services as well as Engineering on the company's current and future strategies related to their specific area of technical expertise. You may also work closely with third-party vendor organizations as required to achieve company goals in regards to product integration and best practices.

Responsibilities include:
·         Ability to handle customer and partner presentations independently; assistance/support needed only in special cases. Presentations include road shows, customer presentations, competitive sales presentation and other Technical collateral
·         Ownership of complex projects and the ability to work across different functional groups including product management (technical and business), services, customer support, marketing, and engineering
·         Proactive support for field/customers/partners
·         Lead and engage at various internal/external forums and be viewed as the Subject Matter Expert for the our products
·         Help drive business strategy and adoption of our  product, systems, solutions, competitive and events through technical strength and leadership
·         Guides technical direction and agendas both within company and with our Customer
·         Serves as a mentor and role model guiding technical career development

Required Qualifications:
·         Excellent oral and written communication skills
·         Understanding of IT Security, Big Data (databases)
·         Typically requires BSCS or BSEE or equivalent plus 7-10 years related experience.
·         CCIE and/or CISSP certification highly desired
·         Demonstrated ability to master multiple technology areas and create technical documents; White Papers, Competitive Analysis, Customer Surveys, Flash or VOD Demo, POC/Demo labs scripts.
·         Leverages understanding of customer & market requirements to drive next generation product architecture
·         A recognized expert in technology areas within scope of multiple product lines, market segment or competitor
·         Ability to engage on a solution from a life cycle perspective and impact every phase of the solution to help deliver an improved solution to the market. This would require the ability to understand customer/partner deployments including issues and helping them successfully deploy while translating those requirements for PM/engineering teams
·         Recognized thought leader with high business impact in the area of technology both internally and externally
·         Evangelizes current technical strategy and direction inside and outside company