OPT Security Sales Engineer Jobs
Security Sales Engineer jobs on OPT require employers comfortable sponsoring technical roles that blend cybersecurity expertise with client-facing sales. Most positions qualify as specialty occupations under F-1 OPT, and STEM OPT extension is typically available given the engineering component, giving you up to three years of work authorization.
Find OPT Security Sales Engineer JobsOverview
Showing 5 of 24+ Security Sales Engineer jobs
See all Security Sales Engineer Jobs
Sign up for free to unlock all listings, filter by visa type, and get alerts for new Security Sales Engineer roles.
Get Access To All JobsBuild your next career move with Johnson Controls. As a leader in smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, we work to improve how buildings perform for people, businesses, and communities. This role gives you the opportunity to lead a commercial security sales team based in Pennsauken, New Jersey, strengthen customer relationships, and contribute to growth across the territory.
Role Overview
The Commercial Security Sales Manager leads the commercial sales team in a Johnson Controls field office. You will build, coach, and retain a high-performing sales organization, drive revenue growth, and support profitable outcomes through disciplined territory execution. Success in this role requires strong leadership, a customer-focused mindset, and the ability to turn strategy into consistent field performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and motivate a commercial security sales team to meet and exceed revenue expectations.
- Drive business development, customer development, territory management, data mining, professional presentations, and product sales.
- Own job and channel profitability, revenue per user (RPU) growth, and retention of both customers and sales representatives.
- Plan, coordinate, and implement commercial sales operations across the assigned territory.
- Set clear expectations for customer touch activity, quota achievement, and sales execution.
- Measure sales team activity and performance to help ensure marketing efforts translate into strong sales production.
- Implement Johnson Controls sales and marketing initiatives in alignment with territory goals.
- Partner with department and business segment leaders to align sales operations with customer needs and business priorities.
- Work with Fire and HVAC Managers to leverage cross-sale leads and secure new business opportunities.
How You Will Do It
- Own outcomes with accountability, safety, and integrity while creating a clear and respectful environment for decision-making and follow-through.
- Stay close to the work and the customer so you can remove barriers quickly and keep the team focused on what matters most.
- Use candor, coaching, and data to improve every day, strengthening sales execution through practical feedback and disciplined priorities.
- Win as one team by building trust across sales, Fire, HVAC, and other business partners to unlock more customer opportunities.
- Set measurable goals, track activity and results, and hold the team to consistent standards for execution.
- Use CRM insights, territory planning, and market intelligence to guide prioritization and decision-making.
- Balance customer development with operational discipline to support both growth and profitability.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years of sales experience, including 3 years of field sales management experience in a business-to-business environment, or successful management of another sales channel.
- Experience with a CRM tool, with Salesforce preferred.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Proven ability to interact effectively with internal teams and customer organizations at both the senior executive and field levels.
- Ability to travel nights and weekends to accommodate customer needs.
- Functional and technical skills in leading a sales organization.
- Business acumen, organizational agility, and a strong drive for results.
- Customer focus, interpersonal savvy, and the ability to manage change effectively.
- Experience building effective teams, developing direct reports, and motivating others.
- Confidence in managing conflict, measuring work, and leading with vision and purpose.
- Managerial courage and the ability to make sound decisions in a fast-moving environment.
Nice to Have
Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or another related field.
Why Join Us
Salary Range: HIRING SALARY RANGE: $113K-$176K (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.) This role also offers a competitive Sales Incentive Plan that will take into account volume and margin on a project, quarterly, and annual basis. This position includes a competitive benefits package. The posted salary range reflects the target compensation for this role. However, we recognize that exceptional candidates may bring unique skills and experiences that exceed the typical profile. If you believe your background warrants consideration beyond the stated range, we encourage you to apply. To support an efficient and fair hiring process, we may use technology assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to help identify and evaluate candidates. All hiring decisions are ultimately made by human reviewers. For details, please visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers site.
If you are ready to lead a high-performing commercial security sales team and help shape growth across your territory, we encourage you to apply.
Build your next career move with Johnson Controls. As a leader in smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, we work to improve how buildings perform for people, businesses, and communities. This role gives you the opportunity to lead a commercial security sales team based in Pennsauken, New Jersey, strengthen customer relationships, and contribute to growth across the territory.
Role Overview
The Commercial Security Sales Manager leads the commercial sales team in a Johnson Controls field office. You will build, coach, and retain a high-performing sales organization, drive revenue growth, and support profitable outcomes through disciplined territory execution. Success in this role requires strong leadership, a customer-focused mindset, and the ability to turn strategy into consistent field performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and motivate a commercial security sales team to meet and exceed revenue expectations.
- Drive business development, customer development, territory management, data mining, professional presentations, and product sales.
- Own job and channel profitability, revenue per user (RPU) growth, and retention of both customers and sales representatives.
- Plan, coordinate, and implement commercial sales operations across the assigned territory.
- Set clear expectations for customer touch activity, quota achievement, and sales execution.
- Measure sales team activity and performance to help ensure marketing efforts translate into strong sales production.
- Implement Johnson Controls sales and marketing initiatives in alignment with territory goals.
- Partner with department and business segment leaders to align sales operations with customer needs and business priorities.
- Work with Fire and HVAC Managers to leverage cross-sale leads and secure new business opportunities.
How You Will Do It
- Own outcomes with accountability, safety, and integrity while creating a clear and respectful environment for decision-making and follow-through.
- Stay close to the work and the customer so you can remove barriers quickly and keep the team focused on what matters most.
- Use candor, coaching, and data to improve every day, strengthening sales execution through practical feedback and disciplined priorities.
- Win as one team by building trust across sales, Fire, HVAC, and other business partners to unlock more customer opportunities.
- Set measurable goals, track activity and results, and hold the team to consistent standards for execution.
- Use CRM insights, territory planning, and market intelligence to guide prioritization and decision-making.
- Balance customer development with operational discipline to support both growth and profitability.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years of sales experience, including 3 years of field sales management experience in a business-to-business environment, or successful management of another sales channel.
- Experience with a CRM tool, with Salesforce preferred.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Proven ability to interact effectively with internal teams and customer organizations at both the senior executive and field levels.
- Ability to travel nights and weekends to accommodate customer needs.
- Functional and technical skills in leading a sales organization.
- Business acumen, organizational agility, and a strong drive for results.
- Customer focus, interpersonal savvy, and the ability to manage change effectively.
- Experience building effective teams, developing direct reports, and motivating others.
- Confidence in managing conflict, measuring work, and leading with vision and purpose.
- Managerial courage and the ability to make sound decisions in a fast-moving environment.
Nice to Have
Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or another related field.
Why Join Us
Salary Range: HIRING SALARY RANGE: $113K-$176K (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.) This role also offers a competitive Sales Incentive Plan that will take into account volume and margin on a project, quarterly, and annual basis. This position includes a competitive benefits package. The posted salary range reflects the target compensation for this role. However, we recognize that exceptional candidates may bring unique skills and experiences that exceed the typical profile. If you believe your background warrants consideration beyond the stated range, we encourage you to apply. To support an efficient and fair hiring process, we may use technology assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to help identify and evaluate candidates. All hiring decisions are ultimately made by human reviewers. For details, please visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers site.
If you are ready to lead a high-performing commercial security sales team and help shape growth across your territory, we encourage you to apply.
See all OPT Security Sales Engineer Jobs
Sign up for free to unlock all listings, filter by visa type, and get alerts for new OPT Security Sales Engineer Jobs.
Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as a Security Sales Engineer
Frame your role as a specialty occupation
Security Sales Engineer positions require applied knowledge of network security, cloud architecture, and threat modeling. Emphasize your technical degree and how it directly maps to the role when discussing OPT eligibility with prospective employers or HR teams.
Confirm STEM OPT eligibility before applying
If your degree is in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related CIP-coded STEM field, you likely qualify for a 24-month STEM OPT extension. Verify with your DSO early so you can confidently communicate your full three-year authorization window to employers.
Prepare to explain OPT to non-technical hiring managers
Sales Engineering interviews often involve sales leadership, not just technical teams. Have a clear, one-minute explanation of OPT work authorization ready, including your authorization window and what future sponsorship requires from the employer's side.
Highlight technical certifications prominently
Certifications like CISSP, CEH, or vendor-specific credentials from Palo Alto or Cisco strengthen your specialty occupation case. They signal deep domain knowledge and make it easier for employers to justify visa sponsorship to legal and HR departments.
Ask about sponsorship policy before final interviews
Raise the visa sponsorship question after receiving a positive technical screen but before final rounds. Asking too early can screen you out unnecessarily, while asking too late wastes both parties' time if the employer has a firm no-sponsorship policy.
Security Sales Engineer OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Security Sales Engineer jobs qualify for STEM OPT extension?
Most Security Sales Engineer roles qualify for the STEM OPT extension if your degree falls under an approved STEM CIP code, such as computer science, information security, or electrical engineering. The engineering component of the role is what typically satisfies the STEM OPT degree-to-job alignment requirement. Confirm the specific CIP code with your DSO before accepting an offer.
Is Security Sales Engineer considered a specialty occupation for OPT purposes?
Yes, Security Sales Engineer is generally considered a specialty occupation because the role requires at minimum a bachelor's degree in a technical field like computer science, cybersecurity, or engineering. The job involves applying theoretical knowledge of network security, cloud infrastructure, and threat analysis, which meets USCIS specialty occupation standards and supports future H-1B sponsorship.
How do I find Security Sales Engineer employers that sponsor OPT on Migrate Mate?
Migrate Mate filters job listings specifically for employers willing to sponsor F-1 OPT and visa holders, so you avoid wasting time on roles that won't work for your situation. Browse Security Sales Engineer listings directly on Migrate Mate to find employers who have an established sponsorship history in technical sales roles.
Can I work as a Security Sales Engineer on day-one OPT without STEM extension?
Yes, standard OPT grants 12 months of work authorization that begins immediately after your program end date, with no employer-side filing required to get started. You can accept a Security Sales Engineer offer and begin working as soon as your EAD card is valid. Apply for your STEM extension before the initial 12 months expire if you're eligible.
What happens to my OPT authorization if my Security Sales Engineer employer is acquired?
If your employer is acquired or merges with another company, your OPT authorization continues as long as your job duties and title remain substantially the same and the new entity still qualifies as a legitimate employer. Report the change to your DSO promptly and update your record in SEVP. If your role changes materially, you may need a new OPT authorization.