Sr. Sales Engineer
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Illumio is seeking a Sr. Sales Engineer to drive the breach containment story for enterprise customers across the Netherlands in a hybrid remote role. You’ll turn security challenges into measurable outcomes such as ransomware containment and Zero Trust segmentation through discovery, live demos, and POVs, while building technical and executive relationships and guiding deals end to end. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in cybersecurity or related fields with at least 2 years in pre‑sales for enterprise accounts, plus cloud native, containers, SDLC tooling and relevant certifications. To apply, highlight concrete wins and customer outcomes, tailor your resume to business value, and show strong storytelling and partner collaboration.
Onwards Together!
Illumio is the leader in ransomware and breach containment, redefining how organizations contain cyberattacks and enable operational resilience. Powered by the Illumio AI Security Graph, our breach containment platform identifies and contains threats across hybrid multi-cloud environments – stopping the spread of attacks before they become disasters.
Recognized as a Leader in the Forrester Wave™ for Microsegmentation, Illumio enables Zero Trust, strengthening cyber resilience for the infrastructure, systems, and organizations that keep the world running.
Location: Netherlands (Remote)
Our Team's Vision:
Illumio’s Sales team is building the next chapter of cybersecurity by helping organizations contain breaches, stop lateral movement, and build cyber resilience across hybrid, cloud, endpoint, and critical environments. We partner with some of the world’s most complex enterprises to connect Illumio’s breach containment platform to measurable business outcomes—from ransomware containment and Zero Trust Segmentation to application visibility, cloud modernization, and resilience in the AI era.
By joining our high-growth Sales organization, you will work alongside driven, collaborative professionals who are passionate about helping customers reduce cyber risk and protect what matters most. Our team brings curiosity, accountability, and executive-level storytelling to every customer conversation, helping organizations understand their environments, prioritize risk, and take action before attacks become cyber disasters. If you are motivated by meaningful customer impact, continuous growth, and the opportunity to help define the future of breach containment, Illumio is the place to build your next chapter.
Your Impact:
As a Sr. Sales Engineer, you will develop and nurture relationships with customers across the region, presenting Illumio's solutions through live presentations, webinars, and trade shows. You will help to create mutually valuable deals by enlisting discovery skills and tailoring technology proofing activities such as demos and POVs throughout the sales cycle. Your performance will be measured against revenue expectations, customer adoption, and your ability to maintain proficiency in cybersecurity domains, Illumio’s products, and salesmanship. You will be surrounded and uplifted by other such professionals in a fun and rewarding culture of “Illumineers” that seek to win.
Develop and nurture both technical and executive relationships across the territory to influence preference for Illumio’s solutions
Effectively present solutions via live presentations and remote webinars and assist with trade shows, expos, and symposiums
Uncover the customer’s desired business outcomes and orient all activities in the sales process to these outcomes
Deliver powerful demos driven by use cases and customer stories
Support deal progression and POVs as needed via in-person or remote meetings
Author blog posts, white papers and other thought leading pieces on behalf of Illumio for the security industry
Assist partners in their enablement pursuits and on deals to maximize mutual benefit
Advocate for customers on future feature development and support
Your Toolkit:
5+ years of industry experience with at least 2 years in a pre-sales capacity handling enterprise accounts
Working knowledge in one or more of the following areas: cloud migration strategies, services offered by the major Cloud Service Providers (CSPs), cloud native development, containers and orchestration, and Infrastructure as Code
Awareness of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and tooling, especially for cloud native applications
Development or scripting experience preferred. Knowledge of how to use APIs and methods a plus
Industry certifications preferred (e.g. CISSP, CCSP, CCIE, AWS Certified Security Specialty Certification, Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate, Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist, etc.)
Knowledge of risk-based security assessments and frameworks
Experience administering Windows and Linux
Outstanding presentation skills to both technical and executive audiences, whether impromptu on a whiteboard or using presentations and demos
Ability to connect a customer’s specific business problems to Illumio’s solutions
University degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related fields, or equivalent experience preferred
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Our Commitment
Illumio believes that an environment of unique backgrounds, experiences, viewpoints, and individual contributions creates a culture of belonging, drives our future, and makes us stronger together in support of our customers and their success.
All official job offers from our company are extended directly by our recruitment team and will be sent through an official E-Signature document for your review and signature. Please be aware that we do not ask for any personal information in the process of extending offers of employment, such as financial details or social security numbers. Upon acceptance of any offer, we will request such information as part of the onboarding process prior to or on your first day of employment, and only after completing a background check through an authorized third-party vendor. If you receive any communication asking for personal details outside of these processes, please contact us immediately to verify the authenticity of the request. Your security is important to us, and we are committed to a safe and transparent hiring experience.
For roles in San Francisco and Los Angeles: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Illumio will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.