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The Presales Engineer will play a key role in supporting channel partners and end customers within the assigned territory. This position involves providing technical expertise, driving partner enablement, conducting product demonstrations, and offering presales assistance for cybersecurity solutions, particularly Next-Generation Firewalls, Endpoint Protection, and EDR/XDR technologies. The ideal candidate is a technically skilled professional with strong communication and presentation abilities, capable of building trust and influencing both technical and business decision-makers.Responsibilities:\nProvide presales technical assistance in qualifying sales leads and supporting the sales team from a technical standpoint.\nWork directly with end customers and channel partners to drive business opportunities and solution adoption.\nConduct on-site partner visits, customer demonstrations, and Proof-of-Concept (POC) sessions.\nDevelop the technical capabilities of partner engineers through enablement programs on key cybersecurity products such as firewalls, endpoint, server, and cloud security solutions.\nManage, guide, and motivate a team of Partner Technical Engineers to become trusted cybersecurity advisors.\nPlan and execute technical enablement activities including workshops, webinars, training sessions, and white boarding sessions.\nProvide technical support 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