Solutions Engineer - Zero Trust & AI Security

Teleport; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extensive health coverage

Annual expense budget

Rest and recovery policies

Retirement savings plans

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Teleport is seeking a senior Pre-sales Engineer in the United States to partner with account teams, architect demos and PoCs, and map Teleport's capabilities to customer initiatives. You will advise security leaders, collaborate on GTM content, and help accelerate adoption of identity security and zero trust across AI workloads. Experience with Linux, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, and CI/CD is required; strong presentation and stakeholder engagement are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in pre-sales engineering, solutions architecture, DevSecOps, or a highly technical customer-facing role.
• Experience using, configuring, and debugging Linux machines and network issues.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes, including hands-on troubleshooting.
• Strong knowledge of at least one cloud computing platform.
• Strong knowledge of DevSecOps principles, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure security at scale, including source control, code reviews, unit testing, and agile principles.
• Advanced understanding of identity security and modern Zero Trust approaches.
• Ability to develop scripts and automation using Linux shell, Go, and Infrastructure as Code tools.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Account Executives and Account Managers to expand technical discovery and map Teleport's capabilities to customer initiatives.
• Architect and deliver demos and proof-of-concepts showcasing Teleport's differentiation through Zero Trust principles, identity governance, and identity security.
• Advise engineering, platform engineering, DevSecOps, and security leaders.
• Position Teleport as a solution for eliminating API keys and static tokens in machine pipelines.
• Collaborate with Marketing on thought leadership around identity and AI security.
• Provide structured feedback to Product and Engineering on feature gaps and market needs.

Skills

Pre-sales experience

Kubernetes

Linux

Cloud platforms

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Identity security

Zero Trust

Automation scripting

Go

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Git

GPU clusters

Job description

Teleport is seeking a senior Pre-sales Engineer in the United States to partner with account teams, architect demos and PoCs, and map Teleport's capabilities to customer initiatives. You will advise security leaders, collaborate on GTM content, and help accelerate adoption of identity security and zero trust across AI workloads. Experience with Linux, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, and CI/CD is required; strong presentation and stakeholder engagement are essential.