Senior Sales Engineer

About the role

Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management. We make it easy to secure, protect, manage, and get value from data across the data center, edge, and cloud. We help organizations defend against cybersecurity threats with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery at scale. We've been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and have been globally recognized for Innovation, Product Strength, and Simplicity in Design.

Responsibilities

• Drive new customer and expansion opportunities by articulating Cohesity's Data Cloud portfolio—backup, recovery, cyber resilience, and data security management capabilities to business and technical audiences.
• Provide expert, tailored technical support throughout the sales cycle, including discovery, solution design, demos, and proofs of concept.
• Support technical strategy for enterprise opportunities in partnership with the Account Executive, contributing to deal progression and win strategy.
• Enable customers to integrate Cohesity products into existing production environments, responding to technical requests in a timely and professional manner.
• Lead and support technical engagements such as product demonstrations, workshops, white papers, proposals, and evaluations.
• Identify customer requirements and risk areas, helping shape proofs of concept that highlight Cohesity's value in cyber resilience and data security.
• Assist with competitive displacement conversations by understanding customer environments and positioning Cohesity effectively.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product Management, Engineering, and Support to relay customer feedback and contribute to product improvements.
• Provide post-sales technical assistance or project support when needed to ensure successful outcomes and customer satisfaction.

Requirements

• Proven experience in pre-sales Sales Engineering or Solutions Consulting supporting infrastructure, data protection, security, or cloud platforms in enterprise environments.
• Hands-on experience with backup, recovery, data protection, storage, or cyber resilience technologies across on-prem, hybrid, and cloud architectures.
• Familiarity with data security concepts, including ransomware resilience, immutable storage, encryption, and access controls.
• Experience supporting proofs of concept, evaluations, and technical decision processes.
• Ability to translate technical architecture into clear customer value and business outcomes.
• Experience partnering with Account Executives to support complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and support decision making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent practical experience.
• Industry certifications in cloud, data, or adjacent technologies are a plus.

Skills

• Strong communication and presentation skills, able to clearly convey technical concepts to business and technical audiences.
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to manage complex customer situations professionally and confidently.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits framework, including health and wellness benefits, vacation, paid holidays and refresh days, 401(k) retirement plan, life and disability insurance coverages, and other benefits the Company may offer from time to time.

Pay

The starting pay range for this role is $190,400.00-$238,000.00 annually. Actual salary depends upon many factors, including a candidate’s skills, qualifications and experience, location, and salary expectations, and therefore a starting salary at the low end, high end, or even above the stated range may be offered.

Schedule

This role emphasizes strong technical execution, collaboration, and growing ownership of account-level technical strategy, with guidance and support from senior SEs and leadership. Employees are expected to work out of our core offices 2-3 days a week of their choosing.