Senior Sales Engineer: AI-Powered Data Security Solutions

Cohesity; Topeka (KS); On-site; USD 190,400 - 238,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Vacation and holidays

401(k) retirement plan

Life and disability insurance

Equity grants

Job summary

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

This role emphasizes strong technical execution, collaboration, and growth of account-level technical strategy with guidance from senior SEs. You will partner with Account Executives to drive opportunities, deliver tailored technical solutions, and support demos, proofs of concept, and evaluations across on-prem, hybrid, and

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.

Responsibilities

• Drive new customer and expansion opportunities by articulating Cohesity’s Data Cloud portfolio—backup, recovery, cyber resilience, and data security management capabilities to business and technical audiences.
• Provide expert, tailored technical support throughout the sales cycle, including discovery, solution design, demos, and proofs of concept.
• Support technical strategy for enterprise opportunities in partnership with the Account Executive, contributing to deal progression and win strategy.
• Enable customers to integrate Cohesity products into existing production environments, responding to technical requests in a timely and professional manner.
• Lead and support technical engagements such as product demonstrations, workshops, white papers, proposals, and evaluations.
• Identify customer requirements and risk areas, helping shape proofs of concept that highlight Cohesity’s value in cyber resilience and data security.

Skills

Pre-sales SE

Solutions Consulting

Data protection

Security technologies

Cloud platforms

English proficiency

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent

Job description

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

This role emphasizes strong technical execution, collaboration, and growth of account-level technical strategy with guidance from senior SEs. You will partner with Account Executives to drive opportunities, deliver tailored technical solutions, and support demos, proofs of concept, and evaluations across on-prem, hybrid, and