Thales

Location: Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Thales is a global technology leader trusted by governments, institutions, and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation, our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of aerospace and space, cybersecurity and digital identity, we’re driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.

Since 1983, Thales has been present in the Republic of Korea and have been supporting the country’s ambitions and local industry in the defence, civil aviation, and digital identity and space sectors. Headquartered in Seoul, Thales engages in providing solutions that help customers make critical decisions for domains such as air traffic management, in-flight entertainment, space and digital security. With a strategy of strong collaboration with key industrial players, Thales is helping to build local expertise in Korea by engaging in transfer of knowledge, technology and production.

KEY ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

A week in the life of a Sales Engineer:

• Assist sales team to identify, qualify and quantify all opportunities within the assigned territory and leads sales effort
• Is responsible for pre-sales technical support for all assigned products
• Provide field support on critical post-sales support issues to achieve unsurpassed customer satisfaction
• Work with the sales team to develop and enhance customer and partner relationships
• Create and deliver accurate and technically correct sales presentations and RFI/RFP’s both directly to end users and partners
• Involved in communication with customer and partners on product changes, upgrades and innovations
• Provides feedback and marketing intelligence to sales team and the product marketing team to ensure company products remain competitive in the market
• Participates and represents Thales at appropriate user conferences and trade shows

KEY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

To be successful in your role, you will have demonstrated and/or acquired the following knowledge and experience:

• Knowledge in information security principles and practices (cryptography, network security, etc.) and apply those for the purpose of data protection
• Knowledge of solution integration and application development, although programming will not necessary be part of the duty
• Knowledge of Databases (Structured Data Oracle preferred, MS SQL, DB2 or other databases beneficial), Cloud technology as well as Virtualization
• Experience in any of the following is also desirable and welcomed:
  • Database Transparent Encryption (TDE & HSM) and Tokenization
  • Storage & Virtualization (NetApp, Hitachi, AWS, Azure, GCP, Alibaba Cloud, VMWare)
  • Cryptographic APIs like PKCS#11, MS CAPI/CNG, JCA/JCE, NTLS / HTL, KMIP
  • PCI compliance, Data Privacy Law, GDPR, Mandatory Data Breach Notification or related industrial data privacy regulation/guidelines.
  • Database Activity Monitoring
  • Web Application Firewall
• Knowledge in solution integration experience; experience in deploying web servers, java application servers and database servers; experience in Windows/Linux system administrations.
• Knowledge with any programing or scripting language is preferred.
• CISSP, CISA or related cybersecurity certification is a plus
• You must be fluent in Korean, English.
• We would like someone to join our team who has strong communication, negotiation, analytical skills. You must be result-oriented and customer focused.
• You need to have a Bachelor degree in MIS, Computing or similar subjects
• We are looking for someone with a minimum of 5 years technical experience in the IT industry and with at least 3 years experience in a customer facing role.

At Thales, we’re committed to fostering a workplace where respect, trust, collaboration, and passion drive everything we do. Here, you’ll feel empowered to bring your best self, thrive in a supportive culture, and love the work you do. Join us, and be part of a team reimagining technology to create solutions that truly make a difference – for a safer, greener, and more inclusive world.