about the role
Ergon is hiring a pre-sales specialist for its Airlock Secure Access Hub, a product for access management and protection of web applications and APIs. You guide customers through the sales process and help them modernise their security architectures, from classic web apps to cloud native and Kubernetes platforms. The role is based in Zurich with home-office flexibility.
what you will do
- Advise customers on evolving their web application and API security architectures
- Design solutions around API security, Zero Trust and modern IAM
- Present and demo Airlock to customers, including on Kubernetes-based platforms
- Analyse requirements involving microservices, containers and identity management
- Feed customer needs back to sales, engineering and product teams
requirements
Must have
- Degree in computer science, cyber security or a similar technical field
- Several years in pre-sales or solution engineering, ideally in security, IAM or platforms
- Solid understanding of API-first, microservices, cloud native and Kubernetes architectures
- Hands-on IAM experience with standards such as OIDC, OAuth 2.0 and SAML
- Strong web application and API security know-how (OWASP Top 10, WAF)
- Practical Linux, networking, reverse proxy, gateway or ingress controller experience
- Willingness to travel; very good German and English
Nice to have
- Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code or CI/CD