POC Manager (Solutions Architect)

Company Description

At Check Point, what you do matters. Every day, we protect over 100,000 organizations worldwide from increasingly sophisticated cyber and AI-driven threats, securing their AI transformation.

 

Our prevention-first approach safeguards hybrid networks, cloud environments, digital workspaces, and AI systems, stopping attacks before they happen.

 

This is where innovation meets real-world impact. You’ll help customers across industries operate with confidence in a rapidly changing digital world, working alongside smart, curious people who take ownership, challenge assumptions, and solve complex problems.

 

We’re proud to be recognized by TIME, Newsweek, and Forbes for excellence and workplace culture.

 

What really sets Check Point apart is the opportunity to grow, contribute, and help companies navigate their AI transformation securely.

 

If you’re excited to work at the forefront of AI-driven security on a global scale, this is the place to do it.

Job Description

Develop and Support PreSales Proof of Concept (POC) opportunities for Check Point’s Hybrid Mesh product line

• Provide sales engineers with best practices on how to approach and test major proof of concepts
• Support all major sales opportunities for data center and Next Generation Threat Prevention technologies.
• Work with Sales Architects, R&D and QA resources to validate customer designs and architectures
• Provide onsite assistance for customers as required
• Contribute to documentation of processes and procedures for customers and internal users.
• Provide knowledge sharing to sales and sales engineers on an ongoing basis
• Co-manage over 200 devices for Pre-Sales support. Must be organized and able to maintain a clean shared workspace.
• Setup and configure Check Point Product Demonstrations and Proof of Concepts with many varied topologies and technologies. 

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience working in the networking engineering or architecture in a customer facing role.
• Experience troubleshooting network related technologies: Layer 1 – 8
• Interpersonal and analytical skills.
• Strong communication, writing and documentation skills.
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs.
• Willing to work flexible schedule on occasion (this is a hybrid role).
• Must be able to work independently and show leadership.
• Willing and able to travel up to 50% of the time including international.

 Bonus Skills

• Competency in performance testing tools and testing methodologies (I.e. Spirent, Breaking Point, Ixia, Linux Performance testing and tuning)
• Check Point product including Check Point Virtual Firewalls, Scalable Platforms, Virtual Systems, Cloud Guard
• 802.1q VLANs, Multicast, VRRP and/or similar clustering mechanisms, static routing, firewalls, IDS/IPS, SFP+, QSFP, QSFP-QDD, IGMP, BGP, DHCP, SMB, SNMP, VRF, OSPF, VPN, Metasploit, Cloud architecture, 
• Reading and writing with python, bash, c++, java, javascript, any others is a plus.

Must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.

EOE M/F/Veterans/Disabled

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

• CP Department: Strategic Sales
• Office Location: Irving, Texas US
• Career site Category: Emerging Technologies