Senior Sales Engineer for Cyber Resilience & Data Security

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid vacation

401(k) retirement plan

Life and disability insurance

Job summary

Cohesity is seeking a Sr. Sales Engineer to support enterprise sales engagements, delivering tailored technical solutions and acting as a trusted technical advisor.

You will work with Account Executives to drive new opportunities, lead product demonstrations, and shape technical strategy across security, data protection, and cloud technologies. The role emphasizes strong technical execution, cross‑functional collaboration with Product, Engineering, and Support, and relocation or travel as

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.
• Strong understanding 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.

Skills

Pre-sales experience

Sales Engineering

Data protection

Cyber resilience

Executive communication

Proofs of concept

Multi-stakeholder sales

AI tools usage

English proficiency

Education

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

Job description

Cohesity is seeking a Sr. Sales Engineer to support enterprise sales engagements, delivering tailored technical solutions and acting as a trusted technical advisor.

You will work with Account Executives to drive new opportunities, lead product demonstrations, and shape technical strategy across security, data protection, and cloud technologies. The role emphasizes strong technical execution, cross‑functional collaboration with Product, Engineering, and Support, and relocation or travel as