Cohesity

Security Solution Architect

Cohesity
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20 hours ago
Durham, NC, USA +2 moreSenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$240k - $300k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical win for supported security deals through discovery, solution design, demonstrations, and proof-of-value engagements.
  • Act as the security architecture subject-matter expert for ransomware recovery, immutable and air-gapped vaulting, identity resilience, and DSPM.
  • Architect reference architectures and lead technical workshops, POCs, and pilots for regulated-industry use cases.
  • Create executive-quality solution briefs, architecture diagrams, and account-specific business cases.
  • Understand customer technology footprints and collaborate with security partners on joint solutions and technical co-selling.
  • Provide field feedback for the roadmap and maintain accurate technical qualification, POC exit criteria, and forecast reliability.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of pre-sales engineering and security architecture experience.
  • Hands-on experience designing or deploying ransomware-recovery architectures, immutable or air-gapped backup solutions, or identity-resilience systems.
  • Strong infrastructure background in backup and recovery, storage, and hybrid cloud.
  • Working knowledge of Active Directory or Entra ID architecture and security concepts including ransomware kill chains, immutability, air-gapping, and zero trust.
  • Scripting and API proficiency with Python or PowerShell for demonstrations and POCs.
  • Ability to communicate complex concepts to technical and executive audiences and work in a co-sell or specialist model.
  • Ability to use AI tools to improve productivity, workflows, and decision-making.
  • Professional English proficiency and ability to travel as required.
  • Preferred experience includes specialist or overlay SE/SA work at a data infrastructure, backup, or cybersecurity vendor and technical relationships in backup, cyber resilience, or data security markets.

Benefits

  • Full-time employees are eligible for health and wellness benefits, vacation, paid holidays, refresh days, a 401(k) retirement plan, life and disability insurance, and other company benefits.
  • Employees within a reasonable commute are expected to work from a core office 2–3 days per week of their choosing.
  • Candidates outside the designated area should be prepared to relocate before starting and have the legal right to work in the job location.
  • The role may include bonus compensation, commission where applicable, and equity grants.

Tech Stack

PowerShellPython

Categories

Solutions Engineering
Cohesity

About Cohesity

5,001-10,000 employees

Cohesity builds enterprise data security and management software that provides backup, disaster recovery, ransomware recovery, and data governance across data centers and public clouds. Its Cohesity Data Cloud is sold as subscription software, on integrated appliances, and as cloud services to large enterprises and public-sector customers. Privately held and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Cohesity was founded in 2013 and focuses on cyber recovery and securing data at scale.

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