Manager, Sales Engineering - SLED

Cohesity; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 237,600 - 264,000; Full time

Job summary

Cohesity is seeking a Sales Engineering Manager in the United States to lead and coach a small team of Sales Engineers across the sales cycle. You will provide hands-on technical guidance, support pre-sales execution, and help manage complex opportunities in data security and management.

The role requires strong enterprise security knowledge, experience with SLED environments, and the ability to travel as needed. Competitive compensation and benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting SLED environments and responding to RFP/RFI processes.
• Ability to partner with Information Security, IT, or Infrastructure teams.
• Prior experience mentoring Sales Engineers or leading pre-sales teams.
• Strong foundation in enterprise data protection, backup, or cyber resilience.
• Excellent written and spoken English communication.
• Willingness to travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Sales Engineers across the sales cycle.
• Partner with Sales Managers to support opportunities with hands-on guidance.
• Support customer engagements in Cohesity’s Data Cloud portfolio including backup, security, and data protection.
• Assist with RFPs, RFIs, proposals, and deal support.
• Deliver product demos, workshops, and proofs of concept.
• Escalate technical challenges to cross-functional teams to drive resolution.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Sales Engineering

Enterprise security

AI tools proficiency

English communication

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field

Tools

CISSP

CISA

CISM

Job description

Overview

Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management. Aided by an extensive ecosystem of partners, Cohesity makes it easy to secure, protect, manage, and get value from data — across the data center, edge, and cloud. Cohesity helps organizations defend against cybersecurity threats with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery at scale. We’ve been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and have been globally recognized for Innovation, Product Strength, and Simplicity in Design. Join us on our mission to shape the future of our industry. We are seeking a Sales Engineering Manager to lead and support a small team of Sales Engineers within the region. In this role, you will focus on hands-on coaching, supporting pre-sales execution, and assisting the team on complex customer opportunities. You will play a key role in helping customers successfully evaluate and adopt Cohesity’s data security and management solutions, while developing your leadership capability and supporting strong sales outcomes through high-quality technical engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Sales Engineers, supporting their technical development, customer engagement skills, and execution throughout the sales cycle.
• Partner closely with Sales Managers to support new customer opportunities, providing hands-on technical guidance and ensuring high-quality pre-sales support across assigned territories.
• Support customer engagements across Cohesity’s Data Cloud portfolio, including backup, recovery, cyber resilience, and data security, ensuring solutions align with customer technical and business requirements.
• Assist with RFPs, RFIs, proposals, and deal support, ensuring timely, accurate, and well-positioned technical responses in collaboration with Sales and Partners.
• Support customer and partner conversations related to secondary storage and data protection use cases, helping position Cohesity as a strong solution for modern data security needs.
• Ensure consistent delivery of product demonstrations, technical workshops, and proofs of concept, supporting SEs in demonstrating both product capabilities and customer value.
• Identify technical challenges during pre-sales and early customer engagements, escalating and collaborating with Sales, Product, Engineering, and Support teams to drive resolution.
• Provide hands-on coaching and guidance to Sales Engineers during complex deals, customer meetings, and evaluations, acting as a point of escalation when needed.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting SLED environments, including working with public-sector IT, security, and infrastructure teams and responding to structured RFP/RFI processes and budget-driven buying cycles.
• Experience partnering with Information Security, IT, or Infrastructure teams, with a solid understanding of enterprise security concepts, compliance considerations, and customer risk requirements.
• Prior experience managing or mentoring Sales Engineers, or serving as a technical team lead within pre-sales, infrastructure, data protection, or security environments.
• Strong technical foundation in enterprise data protection, backup and recovery, or cyber resilience technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to coach and develop technical talent, improving skills, confidence, and customer effectiveness.
• Working knowledge of on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments, and how modern data management solutions integrate within them.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Security certifications (e.g. CISSP, CISA, CISM) are a plus but not required.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and support decision making.
• Strong communication skills in spoken and written English.
• Willingness to travel as required to support customers, partners, and team needs.

Pay, Benefits, and Compliance

Disclosure Pursuant to Applicable State Equal Pay Transparency Laws - This position has a starting pay range as listed below. Actual salary depends upon many factors, including a candidate’s skills, qualifications and experience, location, and salary expectations, and therefore a starting salary at the low end, high end, or even above the stated range may be offered. This position may also be eligible for bonus compensation, commission (if in a sales function), and/or equity grants. Additionally, full-time employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits framework, including health and wellness benefits, vacation, paid holidays and refresh days, 401(k) retirement plan, life and disability insurance coverages, and other benefits the Company may offer from time to time.

• Pay Range: $237,600.00-$264,000.00

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Equal Employment Opportunity

Cohesity is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status or any other category protected by law.

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In-Office Expectations

Cohesity employees who are within a reasonable commute (e.g. within a forty-five (45) minute average travel time) work out of our core offices 2-3 days a week of their choosing.