About the role

The Technical Marketing and Research team is a group of highly-skilled TMEs with broad and deep expertise in network and cloud security, and a knack for figuring out the competitive landscape and how best to position and differentiate our products and services from the competition. As a team, they contribute their technical knowledge to our product development, launch and go-to-market teams and strategies. 

What's in it for you

As a member of this team you will:

• Work closely with product management and development teams on product planning and competitive strategies, and use your technical expertise to influence the technical scope of features.
• Identify and anticipate product needs to develop competitive offerings and position and differentiate Netskope products and services.
• Develop technical thought leadership and collateral for the field to improve our ability to effectively compete with competitors.
• Assess the competitive landscape and Netskope product portfolio to ensure our performance, security efficacy and effectiveness is second to none.

What you will be doing

• Serving as a  subject matter expert in SASE network architectures, including CASB, enterprise data protection/DLP, SWG, ZTNA, NGFW, CSPM, SSPM, SD-WAN, Identity management, Zero Trust
• Driving technical use case-driven competitive positioning and awareness of the strengths and weaknesses in products and offerings
• Transforming deep-level product analysis into actionable and compelling collateral and functional comparison whitepapers, presentations and demos
• Serving as a subject matter expert in competitive perspective on deployments and management of SASE technologies 
• Developing and executing performance benchmark testing, compatibility testing, and threat & data protection efficacy testing. 
• Developing and presenting content and resources such as presentations, demos, reference materials, and other technical documentation
• Collaborating with engineering, product management, and marketing teams to build compelling, evidence-based competitive positioning content 
• Designing and maintaining research labs 

Required skills and experience

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to work independently
• Self-driven and attentive to detail and quality
• Broad and deep experience with cloud and network security, and the ability to get hands-on with any security product, from deployment to deep-level analysis
• The ability to quickly learn new technologies and stay current with the latest feature development trends 
• Proficiency in technology demonstration techniques
• Experience with both threat and data protection efficacy testing methodologies
• Experience with scripting and automation
• Technical understanding of cloud security competitive market trends
• The ability to influence product roadmap and positioning strategies 

Education

• BSCS or equivalent required, MSCS or equivalent strongly preferred

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