Senior Sales Engineer - Data Security & AI (IL)

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

Job summary

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

You will partner with Account Executives to drive opportunities, deliver tailored technical solutions, and act as a trusted advisor across security, data protection, and cloud technologies. This role emphasizes hands-on technical execution, collaboration with product teams, and the ability to translate complex architectures into

Qualifications

• Proven experience in pre-sales Sales Engineering or Solutions Consulting for 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.
• Strong ability to translate technical architecture into clear customer value and business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Drive new customer and expansion opportunities by articulating Cohesity’s Data Cloud portfolio 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.

Skills

Pre-sales

Solutions Consulting

Cloud platforms

Data security

Cyber resilience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

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

You will partner with Account Executives to drive opportunities, deliver tailored technical solutions, and act as a trusted advisor across security, data protection, and cloud technologies. This role emphasizes hands-on technical execution, collaboration with product teams, and the ability to translate complex architectures into