Customer Success Engineer

Forward Networks, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 165,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Forward Networks, Inc. is seeking a Customer Success Engineer for our Enterprise team, onsite at a New York customer. You will provide world-class post-sales technical leadership, guide adoption of Forward’s platform, and work with product, engineering, sales, and marketing to resolve issues.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in customer-facing post-sales engineering in networking, strong networking and security fundamentals, plus excellent communication skills. Some travel is required.

Qualifications

• B.S. Computer Science or equivalent education.
• 5+ years of customer facing experience in a post-sales engineer role for networking or related environments.
• Willingness to be onsite at customer locations in NY area (Charlotte, NC hybrid / Jersey City, NJ / NYC referenced).
• Strong networking and security fundamentals; ability to communicate needs analysis and business justification.

Responsibilities

• Provide world class post-sales technical leadership to enterprise clients.
• Serve as subject matter expert to ensure successful adoption of Forward’s technologies.
• Own post-sales technical issues and document resolution steps with cross-functional teams.
• Guide customers through adoption stages of Forward’s Platform, with travel as needed.

Skills

Networking fundamentals

Security fundamentals

Verbal and written communication

Analytical & problem-solving

Education

B.S. Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Arista

Cisco

F5

Juniper

Palo Alto Networks

Job description

Forward was founded in 2013 by four Stanford Ph.D.s, building the industry's first network digital twin: a mathematically accurate model of the production network. It's the foundation for autonomous networking, giving engineers and AI agents the ability to know the impact of every change before it touches production. That founding instinct still defines how we work. We're accurate and evidence-driven, relentless about clarity, and we'd rather be certain than comfortable, building a groundbreaking platform that transforms how teams run and secure networks across every major cloud and vendor environment.

Global leaders like Goldman Sachs, PayPal, S&P Global, IBM, and Dell trust Forward, alongside fast-growing enterprises and government agencies, realizing an average of $14.2 million in annual benefits, according to IDC. Backed by top-tier investors, including A. Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Goldman Sachs, MSD Partners, Omega Venture Partners, Section 32, and Threshold Ventures, and headquartered in Santa Clara, we're most proud of our team: curious people who'd rather build what doesn't exist than accept how things have always been done.

Forward is looking for a Customer Success Engineer

• Do want to create a category and help build a special company?
• Join a company that has been in market 5+ years and has some of the top Federal agencies and F500/Global 2000 already buying and referenceable.
• We are building a special team and hope you consider us if you want to have the experience of changing the networking world as we know it.

What you’ll do:

As a Customer Success Engineer for our Enterprise team, you will be responsible for providing world class post-sales technical leadership to our client base and will be onsite at our customer in NY.

Responsibilities:

• Providing advice and guidance as the Forwards subject matter expert to ensure successful ongoing usage and adoption of our technologies
• Taking ownership of post-sales technical issues, working with cross-functional teams to document problem resolution steps and troubleshooting procedures
• Walking customers through the various stages of adoption with Forwards Platform
• Working directly with our internal Product Management, Engineering, Sales and Marketing teams.
• Some travel (10%)

Requirements:

• B.S. Computer Science or equivalent educational experience
• 5+ years of customer facing experience in a post-sales engineer role for a networking company, relevant software vendor, or as a network engineer for a large enterprise, service provider or Governmental agencies
• Must be willing to be onsite at customer location in either Charlotte, NC (hybrid)/ Jersey City, NJ/ NYC.

Experience:

• Strong understanding of Networking and Security fundamentals
• Experience in working with multiple Network vendors (e.g. A10, Arista, Cisco, F5, Fortinet, Juniper, Palo Alto Networks etc.)
• Strong verbal and written communications skills with a focus on needs analysis, positioning, business justification, and closing techniques; Superior presentation skills
• Excellent analytical & problem-solving skills, combined with the ability to provide quick resolution to problems
• Demonstrable success in thinking strategically, executing tactically while providing consistent and high levels of customer satisfaction and retention in a fast-paced environment

Highly Desired:

• One or more of the following certificates: CCIE, JNCIE or VCDX
• Experience in working for a startup company
• Working knowledge of API driven workflows and scripting languages (Python, bash, jq, graphql, etc)
• Ideal candidate will be onsite at customer location in NY

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary +bonus is expected to be between $165,000/yr to $190,000/yr. The offered compensation may also include stock.