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Sales Engineer (Position located in Melbourne, Australia)

Summary

Pre-sales technical expert in Melbourne who demonstrates KnowBe4’s security-training platform to prospective customers, troubleshoots technical blockers, and runs proof-of-concepts to close deals.

KnowBe4 empowers the modern workforce to make smarter security decisions every day. Trusted by more than 70,000 organizations worldwide, KnowBe4 is the pioneer of digital workforce security, securing both AI agents and humans. The KnowBe4 Platform provides attack simulation and training, collaboration security, and agent security powered by AIDA (Artificial Intelligence Defense Agents) and a proprietary Risk Score. The platform leverages 15-years of behavioral data to combat advanced threats including social engineering, prompt injection, and shadow AI. By securing humans and agents, KnowBe4 leads the industry in workforce trust and defense.

To learn more about our team and office culture in Melbourne, Australia, visit the following links.
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The SMB Sales Engineer is a vital member of the sales team having primary responsibility for providing pre-sales technical support to prospective customers for all KnowBe4 products. This position will help identify key customer requirements and present KnowBe4 products that meet those applicable requirements. In addition, the ideal candidate will collaborate directly with other business units such as technical support to address complex technical issues.

Duties:

  • Investigate and document technical issues and communicate findings to development team or clients as required
  • Communicate directly with prospective customers to gather details to fully define technical issues or customer requirements
  • Help to create brand awareness for KnowBe4 products within the assigned territory and/or region
  • Establish relationships with partners, prospects and existing clients in support of the Sales teams objectives and engage and leverage corporate resources, abilities, budgets and personnel as appropriate
  • Address technical issues that are impeding the closing of sales opportunities
  • Work alongside the Sales team to implement and manage technical proof-of-concepts (POCs) for prospective customers

Qualifications:

  • 2 year degree or technical degree preferred
  • Experience with Gmail and Google Docs
  • Experience with MS Office (Word and Excel)
  • Experience with web browsers (Chrome, Internet Explorer, etc.)
  • Excellent verbal and written communications
  • Highly organized and result-oriented
  • Excellent time management and organization skills
  • Can demonstrate technical troubleshooting and analysis ability
  • Can demonstrate integrity, accountability, respect and commitment
  • Strong collaborative and teamwork skills
  • Must be able to work with minimal supervision

Our Fantastic Benefits

We offer company-wide bonuses based on monthly sales targets, employee referral bonuses, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement, certification reimbursement, and certification completion bonuses - all in a modern, high-tech, and fun work environment. For more details about our benefits in each office location, please visit .

Note: An applicant assessment and background check may be part of your hiring procedure.

Individuals seeking employment at KnowBe4 are considered without prejudice to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please visit www.knowbe4.com/careers/request-accommodation.

No recruitment agencies, please.

What this application asks

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First Name, Last Name, Email, Phone, Resume/CV, Cover Letter, Location

  • How did you learn about us? Select ALL that apply. choose any
  • If selected "Events", please specify. optional
  • If selected "Other", please specify. optional
  • If selected "Referral", who referred you? optional
  • Are you a current employee at KnowBe4? choose one
  • How well do you know us? Please select all of the following sources/tools that you have used to research KnowBe4 and learn more about us. choose any
  • If "Other", please specify. optional
  • School Name optional
  • CONSENT TO DATA PROTECTION POLICY FOR JOB APPLICANTS (“POLICY”) https://www.knowbe4.com/job-applicant-data-protection-policy-australia By checking below and submitting this application, (a) you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to the above linked Policy, and consent to the collection, use, and/or disclosure of your personal data by us for the purposes set out in this Policy; and (b) in the event that we have received your job application or personal data from any third party that you have been engaged with (e.g., a recruiter agency, etc.), you warrant that such third party has been duly authorised by you to disclose your personal data to us for the purposes set out in this Policy. choose one
  • I understand and agree that KnowBe4 does not permit the use of AI tools or assistance during the interview process. Exceptions may be made for approved reasonable accommodations (please visit www.knowbe4.com/careers/request-accommodation to make a request). choose one
  • Are you located in or a national of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, or Syria, or are currently located in the Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, or Zaporizhzhia territories? choose one

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