Senior Sales Engineer — Data Security & Cloud (Midwest)

Madrona Venture Labs; Illinois; On-site; USD 186,000 - 233,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Vacation and holidays

401(k) retirement plan

Life and disability insurance

Job summary

Cohesity seeks a Sr. Sales Engineer to support enterprise sales and help customers adopt Cohesity’s Data Cloud platform across on‑prem, hybrid, and cloud environments. You will partner with Account Executives to drive opportunities, deliver tailored technical solutions, run demos and proofs of concept, and guide technical decisions.

This role requires strong collaboration with product, engineering, and support teams, excellent communication, and willingness to travel for customer engagements.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in pre-sales Sales Engineering or Solutions Consulting in enterprise environments.
• Hands-on experience with backup, data protection, storage, or cyber resilience technologies across on‑prem, hybrid, and cloud.
• Excellent ability to translate technical architecture into business value.

Responsibilities

• Articulate Cohesity Data Cloud portfolio to customers and partners.
• Provide tailored technical support throughout the sales cycle including demos and PoCs.
• Collaborate with Account Executives on enterprise opportunities and deal strategy.
• Enable customers to integrate Cohesity products into production environments with timely responses.
• Lead technical engagements such as demonstrations, workshops, and proposals.
• Gather customer requirements to shape proofs of concept highlighting cyber resilience and data security.

Skills

Sales engineering

Solutions consulting

Infrastructure

Data protection

Cloud platforms

AI tools

Communication

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Tools

Sales tools

Cloud security tech

Job description

Cohesity seeks a Sr. Sales Engineer to support enterprise sales and help customers adopt Cohesity’s Data Cloud platform across on‑prem, hybrid, and cloud environments. You will partner with Account Executives to drive opportunities, deliver tailored technical solutions, run demos and proofs of concept, and guide technical decisions.

This role requires strong collaboration with product, engineering, and support teams, excellent communication, and willingness to travel for customer engagements.