Darktrace

Solutions Engineer, Expansion

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2 days ago
Chicago, IL, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor

Responsibilities

  • Lead technical strategy for upsell, cross-sell, and renewals within existing customer accounts.
  • Identify expansion opportunities, technical risks, adoption gaps, and whitespace.
  • Conduct discovery and translate customer needs into use cases, solution designs, and expansion opportunities.
  • Design and optimize scalable solutions across hybrid, multi-cloud, and existing security environments.
  • Align solutions with SOC workflows, business outcomes, ROI, efficiency, and risk-reduction goals.
  • Engage technical and executive stakeholders through consultative, insight-driven conversations.
  • Partner with account executives on qualification, deal strategy, forecasting, account planning, and QBRs.
  • Collaborate with Customer Success, Professional Services, Support, Product, and Engineering to drive adoption and resolve challenges.

Requirements

  • Experience in Solutions Engineering, pre-sales, or technical account roles, preferably in cybersecurity or SaaS.
  • Strong knowledge of networking, cloud platforms, and security architectures.
  • Familiarity with SOC tools including SIEM, SOAR, EDR, and XDR in complex environments.
  • Proven ability to expand accounts, design solutions, and influence technical and executive stakeholders.
  • Strong communication, analytical, and consultative selling skills.
  • Fundamental understanding of AI technologies including LLM, ML, and NLP.
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher preferred, or equivalent experience.
  • Relevant cloud, security, and/or AI certifications are a plus.

Benefits

  • 100% medical, dental, and vision insurance, including dependents.
  • Paid parental leave, life insurance, pet insurance discount, commuter benefits, 401(k), and an Employee Assistance Program.
  • The role is full-time employment with Darktrace and is subject to at-will employment terms.

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Solutions Engineering
Darktrace

About Darktrace

1,001-5,000 employees

Darktrace is a global leader in AI cybersecurity, providing the essential cybersecurity platform to secure organizations today and for an ever-changing future. Darktrace AI learns from each business's unique data in real time, detecting threats and intervening against attacks with precision and speed. We are a diverse and inclusive team of over 2,400 employees, each playing a crucial role in protecting nearly 10,000 organizations and communities worldwide from known, unknown, and novel cyber-threats.

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