Systems Engineer needed at Exclusive Networks

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES | About the role

• We are looking for an experienced Systems Engineer with a primary focus on SentinelOne Singularity EDR/XDR and Vulnerability Management platforms. This is a customer-facing, technical role that combines pre-sales engineering (solution design, demonstrations, POCs) with post-sales deployment, optimisation, and support. The role is initially centred on SentinelOne and Vulnerability Management technologies; however, additional product portfolios may be added as and when the business requires, providing the opportunity to expand your technical breadth across Exclusive Networks Africa’s growing vendor ecosystem.

This Role Will Report To Technical Team Lead
As the System Engineer, you will:

• Deliver compelling technical presentations, workshops, and live demonstrations of SentinelOne EDR/XDR and associated solutions.
• Lead deployments, integrations, and health checks for SentinelOne and Vulnerability Management platforms.
• Contribute to internal enablement, marketing events, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Design and execute proof-of-concept (POC) engagements.
• Deliver training, troubleshooting, and optimisation services to customers and partners.
• Maintain deep technical knowledge of assigned portfolios and stay current with product roadmaps.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE | About you
The Ideal System Engineer

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• SentinelOne Certified Engineer, Tenable Certified Nessus Auditor, or equivalent vendor certifications.
• Minimum 3-5 years in a technical pre/post-sales or specialist engineering role within cybersecurity.
• Solid foundation in networking, Windows/Linux/macOS, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), and security operations concepts (threat hunting, incident response, SIEM/SOAR).
• Excellent presentation and communication skills – comfortable addressing technical and executive audiences.
• Demonstrated hands-on expertise in one or more of the following: EDR/XDR platforms (SentinelOne strongly preferred; CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Carbon Black, Palo Alto Cortex XDR, etc. also accepted).
• Demonstrated hands-on expertise in one or more of the following: Vulnerability Management platforms (e.g., Tenable.io/Nessus, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, or similar).