About Us
Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions for defeating cyberattacks.
The company acquired Secureworks in February 2025, bringing together two pioneers that have redefined the cybersecurity industry with their innovative, native AI-optimized services, technologies and products.
Sophos is now the largest pure-play Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider, supporting more than 28,000 organizations.
In addition to MDR and other services, Sophos' complete portfolio includes industry-leading endpoint, network, email, and cloud security that interoperate and adapt to defend through the Sophos Central platform.
Secureworks provides the innovative, market-leading Taegis XDR/MDR, identity threat detection and response (ITDR), next-gen SIEM capabilities, managed risk, and a comprehensive set of advisory services.
Sophos sells all these solutions through reseller partners, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) worldwide, defending more than 600,000 organizations worldwide from phishing, ransomware, data theft, other everyday and state-sponsored cybercrimes.
The solutions are powered by historical and real-time threat intelligence from Sophos X-Ops and the newly added Counter Threat Unit (CTU).
Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.
K.
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We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Sales Engineer to join our high-performing presales team.
This role will be instrumental in enabling customer success and accelerating revenue across a defined regional territory of strategic prospects, existing customers, and channel partners.
As a senior technical leader, you will drive solution strategy, articulate business value, and influence executive-level buying decisions.
With a strong foundation in cybersecurity including Firewall, MDR, EDR/XDR, risk management, and incident response, you will lead technical conversations and position Sophos as a trusted advisor and long-term strategic partner.
Key Responsibilities - Customer Engagement & Technical Leadership Act as the senior technical advisor for enterprise and strategic accounts, owning the full presales lifecycle, from technical discovery and qualification through solution design, validation and technical win
Lead complex security discussions, translating business risk into outcome driven architectures using Sophos' platform, with emphasis on MDR, XDR, Firewall, incident response readiness and proactive risk reduction
Facilitate customer security posture and maturity assessments, clearly articulating measurable improvements, threat detection maturity and return on security investment
Build and sustain strong relationships with technical stakeholders through to C-suite executives, aligning Sophos solutions to long term security and business objectives
Lead executive briefings, workshops, demonstrations and proof of concepts (POCs) that accelerate consensus and technical confidence in Sophos solutions
Influence customer decision making by balancing technical depth with commercial awareness and strategic insight.
Key Responsibilities - Channel & Partner Enablement Enable and influence partners, MSSPs and distributors to uplift technical capability and deliver joint enterprise opportunities
Provide input into territory and channel strategy, collaborating with sales to co-develop enterprise focused go to market plans
Support partner led engagements with advanced solution architecture, bid support and customer facing expertise Key Responsibilities - Strategy & Collaboration Contribute to