Solution Engineer

Tanium; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 115,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity awards

Comprehensive benefits

401(k) retirement with company match

Volunteer time off (VTO)

Job summary

Tanium is the Autonomous IT company. We seek a Solution Engineer in Canada to drive pre-sales, demos, POV engagements, and technical scoping with sales and CS teams. Translate customer needs into Tanium solutions, and present to stakeholders from VP to end-user. Travel 30-50% to meet customers in person.

Located in Ottawa or Montreal, you will join a global team delivering scalable IT operations and security platforms with strong collaboration across Product, Marketing, and Engineering.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of operational and/or selling experience in endpoint operations or security.
• 2+ years in customer-facing or customer support positions.
• Significant software pre-sales or related value-based technical selling expertise in very large enterprise environments.
• Canadian Federal and Provincial government experience.
• Bilingual proficiency in English and French (written and spoken) required.
• Experience presenting at multiple levels, from VP level to Solution Users.
• A demonstrated track record of taking ownership of complex initiatives and producing successful outcomes.
• Broad knowledge of the IT security, operations, and compliance space and products.
• Deep knowledge with hands-on experience in one or more of the following: Endpoint Security, IT Operations Management, Regulatory Compliance.
• Broad knowledge of scripting languages is a plus.
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Naturally team-oriented with a mission-first attitude.
• BS degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or equivalent experience required

Responsibilities

• Work directly with our world-class sales team from discovery to deal close to shorten sales cycles.
• Oversee and participate in initial discovery meetings with customers, providing platform demos and POV engagements.
• Translate customer business challenges into technical solutions, positioning Tanium to solve those challenges.
• Function as a technical expert throughout sales engagements to align POV processes with account goals.
• Partner with field engineering teams to ensure maximum technical effectiveness and consistent customer experience.
• Address customer needs through verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Build, manage and maintain strong relationships with customers, peers and partners.
• Participate in regional marketing events and conferences.
• Provide customer facing Sales and Channel enablement, including training.
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Product, and CS to improve efficiency across the lifecycle.
• Travel 30-50% to engage with customers and prospects in person.

Skills

Pre-sales experience

Customer-facing

Technical sales

Bilingual English/French

End-to-end sales cycle

Presentation skills

Relationship building

Education

BS in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Tanium Platform

POV tooling

Salesforce

Job description

The Basics:

We are changing the world! Want to help the largest organizations on the planet achieve unprecedented visibility and control over the most complex environments in the world?

Do you have an uncanny ability to understand customer needs and deliver solutions? Do you have technical skills along with the ability to translate those skills to any audience? At Tanium our Solution Engineering team works closely with Sales and Customer Success (CS) teams to engage current and potential customers. We drive and lead the technology evaluation stage of the sales cycle, demo the platform, and deliver comprehensive Proof of Value (POV).

You will be engaged in interactive pre-sales discovery meetings, analysis of customers’ current technology and architecture, operational and business needs; and the development and presentation of appropriate Tanium solutions. You will lead deep-dive technical discussions with the customer to position Tanium’s transformative enterprise operations and security platform to the relevant stakeholders, from VP level to the technology user.

This role will require someone to be located in Ottawa or Montreal.

What You\'ll Do:

• Work directly with our world-class sales team from initial discovery to deal close to shorten sales cycles and improve closing rates
• Oversee and participate in initial discovery meetings with customers, providing platform demos and highly technical Proof of Value engagements for both existing customers and new sales opportunities
• Be the direct conduit translating customer business challenges into technical solutions, positioning Tanium to effectively solve those challenges
• Function as a technical expert throughout sales engagements, ensuring that tactical motions in the pre-sales and POV processes line up with strategic account goals
• Partner with field engineering teams to ensure maximum technical effectiveness and consistent customer experience throughout the POV process
• Consistently and cogently address our customers’ needs through astute verbal, written, and presentation skills
• Build, manage and maintain strong relationships with customers, peers and partners
• Actively participate and speak at regional marketing events and conferences
• Customer facing Sales and Channel enablement, including training
• Operate as a keystone in the sales model, working with the Sales, Marketing, Product, and CS organizations to continuously improve effectiveness and efficiency throughout the customer life-cycle
• Travel expected to be 30-50% to engage with customers and prospects in person

We\'re Looking For:

• 4+ years of operational and/or selling experience in endpoint operations or security
• 2+ years of experience in customer-facing or customer support positions
• Significant software pre-sales or related value-based technical selling expertise in very large enterprise environments
• Canadian Federal and Provincial government experience
• Bilingual proficiency in English and French (written and spoken) required
• Experience presenting at multiple levels, from VP level to Solution Users
• A demonstrated track record of taking ownership of complex initiatives and producing successful outcomes
• Broad knowledge of the IT security, operations, and compliance space and products
• Deep knowledge with hands-on experience in one or more of the following:
• Endpoint Security
• IT Operations Management
• Regulatory Compliance
• Broad knowledge of scripting languages is a plus
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Naturally team-oriented with a mission-first attitude
• BS degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or equivalent experience required

About Tanium

Tanium is the Autonomous IT company. As AI accelerates both innovation and risk, Tanium Atlas, the company\'s autonomous operating system, puts the full depth of the Tanium Autonomous IT Platform behind every IT and security operator - human and agentic. Tanium provides the real-time intelligence, agentic decision-making, and autonomous execution operators needed to detect, decide, and remediate at machine speed across their endpoint estate.

The company is recognized as a Leader in the inaugural 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Management Tools, as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Client Endpoint Management Software for Windows Device Management 2025-2026 Vendor Assessment, and as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™. Endpoint Management Platforms, Q2 2026.

To learn how Tanium delivers Autonomous IT for unstoppable business, visit tanium dot com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

On a mission. Together.

At Tanium, we are stewards of a culture that emphasizes the importance of collaboration, respect, and diversity. In our pursuit of revolutionizing the way some of the largest enterprises and governments in the world solve their most difficult IT challenges, we are strengthened by our unique perspectives and by our collective actions.

As a global organization with stakeholders around the world, it’s imperative that the diversity of our customers and communities is reflected internally in our team members. We strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels they have opportunities to succeed and grow because we know that only together can we do great things.

Our commitment to excellence and innovation has earned us a place on the Forbes Cloud 100 list for ten consecutive years, and we continue to be recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

Each of our team members has 5 days set aside as volunteer time off (VTO) to contribute to the communities they live in and give back to the causes they care about most.

What you’ll get

The annual base salary range for this full-time position is C$115,000 to C$176,000 and this position will also be commission eligible. This range is an estimate for what Tanium will pay a new hire. The actual annual base salary offered may be adjusted based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, location, education, skills, training, and experience.

In addition to an annual base salary, team members will receive equity awards and a generous benefits package consisting of medical, dental and vision plan, family planning benefits, health savings account, flexible spending account, transportation savings account, 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match, life, accident and disability coverage, business travel accident insurance, employee assistance programs, disability insurance, and other well-being benefits.

Tanium is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected Veteran status, or other legally protected categories. If you require a reasonable accommodation in searching for a job opening, completing an application, interviewing, or completing any pre-employment testing or requirements, please contact accommodations at tanium dot com. For more information refer to the “Know Your Rights” poster which is available here - https://www.eeoc.gov/poster.

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