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Mimecast’s mission is to make business email and data safer for more than 16,200 customers and millions of employees worldwide. Founded in 2003, Mimecast's cloud-based security, email archiving and email continuity services protect and deliver comprehensive low-risk email management with a fully-integrated subscription service. Mimecast helps reduces t...
About Mimecast
Founded in 2003 in London by Peter Bauer and Neil Murray, Mimecast is a Nasdaq Listed business with 10 offices around the globe including Johannesburg, Cape Town, London, Boston, San Francisco, Jersey, Chicago, Dallas and Melbourne. Mimecast is a truly multinational business with a wide array of opportunities for the right people.
Not many people can say that they work for a business that has achieved such staggering year on year growth as well as so many prestigious industry awards which highlight and recognize this growth as well as Mimecasts’ stability and forward thinking approach to email. We've worked hard to thoughtfully build great products that truly address critical business needs. And we're proud to be recognized by thought leaders in the technology community for all that we've accomplished. Some of our awards include being awarded the Network Security Award At Computing Vendor Excellence Awards (2016), named Security Vendor Of The Year at The CRN Channel Awards 2015, ‘Best Customer Service’ in the Excellence Awards section of the 2015 SC Magazine Awards Europe (we were also a finalist in the ‘Best Email Security Solution’ category), and named ‘Cloud Specialist Vendor Of The Year’ at The CRN Channel Awards 2014, to name a few.
We understand that success is built on our people and therefore we take hiring very seriously. Only people that represent our passion, energy and commitment to the big picture will be considered for a rare spot in this company that is genuinely going somewhere and fast.
To ensure continued accelerated growth we are looking for brilliant people to join our super charged Team where your energy and commitment will have a direct effect on your own value creation. To be successful you need to be excited by the opportunity to apply your progressive knowledge and thinking as well as by the opportunity to continually stretch and learn. You will not be ‘a number’ so with that comes greater responsibility and commitment. Be ready to operate at full capacity!
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About The Role
As a Mimecast Sales Engineer (SE) you will provide a sales enablement function mapping Mimecast’s product suite to Customers business and technical requirements in a seamless, easy and uninterrupted way. Based in our Sandton office, this position is a technical pre-sales role supporting the sales activities of our Middle East and Africa sales team. The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic professional with in-depth technical abilities as well as a commercial acumen and sales skills. This is a great opportunity for someone who has a background in pre-sales or an experienced IT professional with strong communication skills looking to move out of the back office. Travel 25% to 50%
Who We Are Looking For
The Mimecast SE will be an enthusiastic and energetic technical advisor who is looking for a role that places you at the forefront of new technology and innovation with an established solution set.
Technically, you will be well-versed in the nuances of email infrastructure. You will have experience with Microsoft Exchange, and potentially its relevant competitors too. You will understand email protocol, and the infrastructure required to support it.
You must be able to establish & maintain strong relationships throughout the sales cycle, exude a passion for understanding the technical needs of the customer and articulating the value of Mimecast’s products and solutions in meeting those needs. You must therefore be a confident and experienced communicator who is able to represent Mimecast with impact and professionalism. This role will be based in Johannesburg and will require an individual who is willing to travel domestically, several days per month.
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