Senior Sales Engineer – Data Security & Cloud (IL/IA)

Cohesity; Illinois; On-site; USD 186,000 - 233,000; Full time

Job summary

Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management in the United States. We seek a Sr Sales Engineer to support enterprise sales engagements and help customers adopt Cohesity’s platform.

You will partner with Account Executives to drive new opportunities, support end‑to‑end deals, and become a trusted technical advisor across security, data protection, and cloud technologies. This role emphasizes technical execution, collaboration, and growing ownership of account strategy, with

Qualifications

• Experience in pre‑sales Sales Engineering or Solutions Consulting for enterprise environments.
• Hands‑on with backup, recovery, data protection, storage, or cyber resilience tech.
• Ability to translate architecture into business value and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Articulate Cohesity’s Data Cloud portfolio to business and technical audiences.
• Lead product demonstrations, workshops, white papers, proposals, and evaluations.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Support to relay customer feedback.

Skills

Data security

Cloud architectures

Backup & recovery

Pre-sales

Sales enablement

AI tooling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management in the United States. We seek a Sr Sales Engineer to support enterprise sales engagements and help customers adopt Cohesity’s platform.

You will partner with Account Executives to drive new opportunities, support end‑to‑end deals, and become a trusted technical advisor across security, data protection, and cloud technologies. This role emphasizes technical execution, collaboration, and growing ownership of account strategy, with