Senior Sales Engineer - AI Data Security & Cloud

Cohesity; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cohesity is seeking a driven Senior Sales Engineer to support enterprise sales engagements and help customers adopt Cohesity’s data security and management platform. You will partner with Account Executives to drive opportunities, deliver tailored technical solutions, and build credibility as a trusted advisor.

You will engage with stakeholders across security, data protection, and cloud technologies, support proofs of concept, and contribute to deal strategy while traveling as needed.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Working knowledge of data security concepts, including ransomware resilience, immutable storage, encryption, and access controls.
• Experience supporting proofs of concept, evaluations, and technical decision processes.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Drive opportunity execution end‑to‑end, engaging a wide range of technical and business stakeholders.
• Deliver tailored technical solutions and product demonstrations throughout the sales cycle.
• Collaborate with Account Executives to support complex, multi‑stakeholder sales cycles.
• Enable customers to integrate Cohesity products into existing production environments and respond to technical requests promptly.
• Lead workshops, white papers, proposals, and evaluations to advance deal progression.

Skills

Pre-sales experience

Solution consulting

Enterprise security

Cloud platforms

Data protection

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics

Tools

Salesforce

PowerPoint

CRM

Job description

Cohesity is seeking a driven Senior Sales Engineer to support enterprise sales engagements and help customers adopt Cohesity’s data security and management platform. You will partner with Account Executives to drive opportunities, deliver tailored technical solutions, and build credibility as a trusted advisor.

You will engage with stakeholders across security, data protection, and cloud technologies, support proofs of concept, and contribute to deal strategy while traveling as needed.