Enterprise Sales Engineer - Northeast (SLED)
Join Abnormal Security as an Enterprise SLED Sales Engineer, acting as a trusted technical advisor to tackle complex security challenges.
Skills & Technologies
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Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Enterprise SLED Sales Engineer at Abnormal Security, the individual will engage with clients as a technical advisor, guiding them through complex sales cycles and ensuring successful outcomes for Proof of Value programs. Key skills include a strong understanding of SaaS security models, technical presentation abilities, and the capacity to influence senior stakeholders. This position is ideal for someone with over five years of sales engineering experience, particularly in security and IT, who thrives in a fast-paced environment.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 6 days ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Abnormal Security's career page.
- Abnormal Security has 79 other open roles including Machine Learning Engineer I, L1 Technical Support Engineer, Technical Support Engineer - AI Cybersecurity Platform.
- 758 active SaaS roles on Joblaze right now.
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- Salary band is in line with the typical range for Sales/Marketing roles (median ~$145,000).
- Pays more than 46% of the 324 salaried SaaS roles we track (median $162,638).
Quick facts
- Is the Enterprise Sales Engineer - Northeast (SLED) role remote?
- It's hybrid — Abnormal Security expects some on-site time in Remote - USA.
- What's the salary range?
- Abnormal Security lists $154,700–$182,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Enterprise Sales Engineer - Northeast (SLED) role.
- Where is the role based?
- Abnormal Security is hiring for this position in Remote - USA.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: SMTP, TLS, SIEM, OAuth, Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft 365.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Abnormal Security targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Enterprise Sales Engineer - Northeast (SLED) role at Abnormal Security.
From the original posting
About the Role
Abnormal AI is seeking an Enterprise SLED Sales Engineer to join our growing SLED Sales Engineering team. As an Enterprise SLED Sales Engineer, you will serve as our customer’s primary technical contact, acting as a trusted technical advisor to security, email, and identity teams, crafting strategic, value-based business cases to win complex Enterprise opportunities and help organizations conquer their most intractable email and identity-driven security challenges.
In partnership with Enterprise SLED Account Executives, you will be responsible for conducting in-person and remote product demonstrations, leading architecture-level technical discussions, articulating the technical and business value of Abnormal Security’s platform, and owning and driving successful outcomes for Enterprise-scale Proof of Value (POV) programs.
The ideal candidate for this role will be located in NYC and possess the following skill set:
- Ability to tie technology to measurable risk reduction and business outcomes at Enterprise scale
- Ability to influence senior security, IT, and executive stakeholders in both virtual and in-person settings
- High EQ; ability to read the room, engage stakeholders, demonstrate empathy, listen actively, and respond thoughtfully
- Ability to create value-driven presentations and tell compelling stories (PowerPoint, Google Slides)
- Strong discovery skills to uncover customer pain points, requirements, and strategic objectives
What You Will Do
- Serve as the technical authority and primary technical decision partner in enterprise sales cycles, from discovery through close, including full ownership of Proof of Value (POV) success criteria and outcomes
- Lead architecture-level conversations with security, email, and identity teams
- Run technical discovery that uncovers risk, not just requirements
- Conduct technical and competitive landscape research to effectively address customer questions and objections
- Confidently answer architecture-level and modern threat questions without deferring to Product or Engineering
- Articulate why legacy secure email gateways fail against social engineering and identity-based attacks
- Educate sales executives and partners on Abnormal Security’s products, platform, and security posture
- Obsessively drive customer satisfaction and successful Enterprise outcomes
Must Have
- 5+ years of Sales Engineering experience OR relevant industry experience
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical discovery and architecture discussions with security, infrastructure, identity and compliance teams
- Strong technical presentation and communication skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to see and present the “big picture,” uncover complex business challenges, and architect solutions to solve customer needs
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, high-impact Enterprise sales environment
- Positive attitude, strong customer focus, and a high sense of ownership over customer results
- Solid technical understanding of SaaS security models including multi-tenant cloud environments
- Working knowledge of DNS, TCP/IP, TLS, and enterprise networking concepts as they relate to email and SaaS security
Nice to Have
- Experience with enterprise email security platforms (Proofpoint, Mimecast, Cisco, Barracuda, etc.)
- Technical background in messaging and internet security principles
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Exchange Online / Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace
- Strong understanding of SMTP mail flow, MX records and mail routing
- Working knowledge of email authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) and common failure modes
- Strong understanding of Cloud SaaS infrastructure including identity services such as Azure AD / Entra ID / Google Identity
- Ability to explain identity-driven and modern social engineering attacks and controls at an architectural level
- Experience integrating SaaS platforms via OAuth and REST APIs
- Familiarity with SIEM platforms (Splunk, Sentinel) and SOC workflows
- Experience working with or alongside SOC incident response teams including creating incident response workflows
- Security certifications (CISSP, CEH, or equivalent) for credibility with enterprise buyers
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Actual compensation will be determined based on several non-discriminatory factors including skills, experience, qualifications, and geographic location.
In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package.
AI and our hiring process
Abnormal AI uses AI-assisted tools to help our recruiting team prepare for candidate interviews. These tools analyze resume content and role requirements to suggest interview questions and identify areas for the interviewer to explore. They do not make hiring decisions or screen candidates automatically. Every decision about a candidacy is made by a person.
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