Senior Data Security Sales Engineer - Drive Cyber Resilience

Cohesity; McCullom Lake (IL); On-site; USD 186,000 - 233,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness benefits

Vacation and holidays

401(k) retirement plan

Life and disability insurance

Job summary

Cohesity is seeking a driven Sr. Sales Engineer to support enterprise sales engagements and help customers adopt Cohesity’s data security and management platform.

This role builds depth across security, data protection, and cloud technologies while expanding ability to independently support complex customer engagements. You’ll partner with Account Executives to drive new opportunities, deliver tailored technical solutions, and manage end‑to‑end technical engagements across production

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience in pre-sales, sales engineering, or solutions consulting for enterprise infrastructure, data protection, or cloud.
• Familiarity with backup, recovery, storage, and cyber resilience technologies.
• Strong communication and ability to translate technical concepts to business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Articulate Cohesity’s Data Cloud portfolio to technical and business audiences.
• Provide expert technical support across the sales cycle, including demos and proofs of concept.
• Collaborate with Account Executives on enterprise opportunities and deal strategy.
• Enable customers to integrate Cohesity products into production environments and respond to technical requests.

Skills

Pre-sales

Sales Engineering

Security

Cloud platforms

Data protection

Backup technologies

Cyber resilience

Communication

Presentation

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics

Industry certifications in cloud/data security

Tools

AI tools

Proofs of concept

Cloud security platforms

Job description

Cohesity is seeking a driven Sr. Sales Engineer to support enterprise sales engagements and help customers adopt Cohesity’s data security and management platform.

This role builds depth across security, data protection, and cloud technologies while expanding ability to independently support complex customer engagements. You’ll partner with Account Executives to drive new opportunities, deliver tailored technical solutions, and manage end‑to‑end technical engagements across production