Senior Technical Marketing Engineer – Security

Forward Networks is transforming how the world’s most complex networks are managed and secured. They are seeking a Senior Technical Marketing Engineer (Security) to drive adoption and understanding of their security capabilities across customers and partners, translating these capabilities into compelling workflows and technical content.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with Product Management to define, validate, and shape security-related capabilities and use cases
• Design and evangelize customer workflows to realize the value of security features
• Build and maintain lab environments to support demos, technical validation, and security use-case exploration
• Develop high-quality technical collateral for internal audiences, including training materials, demo guides, and sales enablement content
• Collaborate with Marketing to create external-facing assets such as whitepapers, solution briefs, blogs, presentations, and videos
• Enable Sales and Solutions teams with security-focused demos, messaging, and technical training
• Represent Forward Networks at customer meetings, webinars, and industry events, including security conferences and trade shows
• Contribute thought leadership on network security trends and Forward’s role in modern security architectures
• Gather field and market feedback to influence product roadmap and security positioning

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience as a Technical Marketing Engineer, Sales Engineer, Security Engineer, or similar customer-facing technical role
• Strong understanding of enterprise network security concepts, including firewall rules and security policy management
• Experience working with complex enterprise networks across on-prem, virtualized, and cloud environments
• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform and familiarity with virtualization and containerized environments
• Proven ability to build and operate lab environments for demos and technical validation
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Networking, or a related field
• Ability to work effectively across Product, Sales, and Marketing teams
• Experience with Attack Surface Management (ASM), Vulnerability Management, or related security platforms
• Familiarity with Threat Intelligence, SIEM, or broader risk management workflows
• Background in SOC operations, incident response, or Red Team activities
• Interest in AI/ML and how AI can improve security and network operations. Prior experience is not required, but curiosity and willingness to experiment with AI-driven workflows is encouraged. Forward Networks already delivers Agentic AI capabilities, offering the opportunity to learn and apply AI techniques to real-world network security challenges
• Working knowledge of Python or similar scripting languages
• Working knowledge of Linux administration
• Familiarity with Forward Networks or similar network visibility, verification, or analytics platforms
• Experience presenting at conferences, webinars, or customer-facing technical events