Sr. Sales Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a driven and technically strong Sr. Sales Engineer to support enterprise sales engagements and help customers adopt Cohesity’s modern data security and management platform.

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.
• Absorb 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.
• Understanding of enterprise buying processes and deal dynamics.
• 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.

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

• English language proficiency (able to interact fluently when speaking, reading, and writing in a professional setting).

Benefits

• This position has a starting pay range as listed below. 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.
• The compensation noted above is based on an annualized hourly rate assuming normal full-time employment.
• Current pay transparency shows the OTE (On-Target Earnings) for commission-based roles.

Pay

Starting pay range: $190,400.00 - $238,000.00

Schedule

Cohesity employees who are within a reasonable commute (e.g. within a forty-five (45) minute average travel time) work out of our core offices 2-3 days a week of their choosing.