Cohesity

Senior Sales Engineer, Bay Area

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1 day ago
Santa Clara, CA, USASenior
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Base Salary

$231k - $257k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Drive new customer and expansion opportunities by articulating Cohesity’s Data Cloud portfolio to business and technical audiences.
  • Provide technical support throughout the sales cycle, including discovery, solution design, demonstrations, and proofs of concept.
  • Partner with Account Executives on technical strategy, deal progression, and win strategy for enterprise opportunities.
  • Help customers integrate Cohesity products into production environments and respond to technical requests.
  • Lead or support demonstrations, workshops, white papers, proposals, evaluations, and competitive displacement discussions.
  • Identify customer requirements and risks and shape proofs of concept focused on cyber resilience and data security.
  • Collaborate 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.

Requirements

  • Proven pre-sales Sales Engineering or Solutions Consulting experience 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-premises, hybrid, and cloud architectures.
  • Working knowledge of ransomware resilience, immutable storage, encryption, access controls, and other data security concepts.
  • Experience supporting proofs of concept, evaluations, technical decision processes, and complex multi-stakeholder sales cycles.
  • Ability to translate technical architecture into customer value and business outcomes.
  • Demonstrated ability to use AI tools to improve productivity, workflows, and decision-making.
  • Strong communication, presentation, collaboration, and customer relationship skills.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Industry certifications in cloud, data, or adjacent technologies are preferred.
  • Professional English proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing is required.
  • Willingness to travel as required.

Benefits

  • Starting pay range is $231,300.00-$257,000.00 annually, with potential bonus compensation, commission for sales roles, and/or equity grants.
  • Full-time employees are eligible for health and wellness benefits, vacation, paid holidays, refresh days, a 401(k) retirement plan, and life and disability insurance.
  • Employees within a reasonable commute generally work from core offices 2–3 days per week of their choosing.
  • Candidates outside the Bay Area are expected to relocate before starting and must have the legal right to work in the job location.

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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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