Sr. Security Sales Specialist

Cohesity; McCullom Lake (IL); On-site; USD 316,000 - 395,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness benefits

Vacation and holidays

401(k) retirement plan

Life and disability insurance

Equity grants

Job summary

Cohesity is seeking a senior security sales leader to own the security revenue for the territory, spanning data isolation, threat detection, DSPM, and identity resilience. You will build and expand a multi-product security portfolio, collaborating with a specialist SA and the core account team to win strategic security deals.

You will generate your own pipeline, lead executive-level discussions, and leverage AI tools to drive productivity, with travel as needed to engage CISOs and security

Qualifications

• 5+ years selling security to CISO/VP of Security buyers.
• Proven track record generating own pipeline in complex enterprise accounts.
• Ability to build executive-grade decks and business cases.

Responsibilities

• Own the security revenue number for your territory across DSPM, identity resilience, and threat detection.
• Build long-term, full-portfolio accounts and drive co-sell with partners.
• Create executive-quality decks and risk narratives for deals with CISOs and security leaders.
• Develop and manage your own pipeline through outbound, marketing, and existing accounts.

Skills

Security sales

Pipeline generation

Executive decks

CRM & forecasting

AI tools

English proficiency

Travel flexibility

CISO relationships

Job description

Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management. Aided by an extensive ecosystem of partners, Cohesity makes it easy to secure, protect, manage, and get value from data — across the data center, edge, and cloud. Cohesity helps organizations defend against cybersecurity threats with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery at scale.

We’ve been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and have been globally recognized for Innovation, Product Strength, and Simplicity in Design.

Join us on our mission to shape the future of our industry.

Cohesity’s Security portfolio turns the backup estate into an active line of cyber defense: FortKnox (immutable, air-gapped cyber vaulting), Threat Defense (AI-powered threat detection), Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), powered by Cyera, Data Classification, and Identity Resilience, built with Semperis. This is a full portfolio, not a single product, and it’s the reason the role exists.

Security has moved from a feature of the backup conversation to the reason for it, as automatable, AI-driven attacks collapse dwell time and push the buyer from the backup admin to the CISO and the board. This is a founding seat on a new Security specialist team: a standing, long-term relationship that starts with one product and grows into the full portfolio over multiple years.

You own the Security number in your territory — partnered with a Specialist SA who owns the technical win, and working alongside the core Account Executive who owns the primary relationship — finding and building the security relationship inside accounts the core team already touches, and opening new ones with the CISO, VP of Security, or Head of Cyber Resilience.

HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME HERE:

• Own the Security revenue number across data isolation, threat detection, DSPM, and identity resilience for your territory — generate it, carry it, close it.

• Build long-term, full-portfolio accounts, landing each on the right first product and expanding it across the portfolio, sequenced to your accounts’ technology footprint.

• Be the security subject‑matter resource in every deal you touch — credible enough to hold the room with a CISO, VP of Security, or Head of Cyber Resilience.

• Build and convert your own pipeline — outbound, marketing, SDRs, and existing account‑team relationships — as a hunter, not an order‑taker.

• Build executive‑quality decks and risk narratives, and work the security partner ecosystem for joint pipeline and co‑sell.

• Run disciplined pipeline hygiene, and bring a sharp, honest read to cadence calls and pipeline reviews.

WE’D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU IF YOU HAVE MANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

• A minimum of 5 years selling security, including experience selling to CISO/VP of Security buyers.

• A demonstrated track record generating your own pipeline in complex, multi‑stakeholder enterprise accounts.

• Working fluency in the cyber‑resilience landscape — ransomware recovery, immutability, identity recovery, DSPM, threat detection — enough to run a business‑value conversation; this is consultative selling, not a technical practitioner seat.

• Proven ability to build executive‑grade decks and business cases, and comfort operating in a co‑sell / specialist model.

• Disciplined CRM and forecasting habits.

• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and support decision making.

• Professional English language proficiency for customer and internal communication.

• The ability to travel as required.

WE ARE EXTRA EXCITED IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

• Existing relationships with CISOs or security buyers, or direct competitive selling experience, in the backup, cyber resilience, or data security markets — matched to your territory.

• Language capability matched to the assigned territory (e.g., French, German, Mandarin, or Bahasa); business-level English required for all positions.

HOW YOU WILL BE MEAUSURED:

• Attainment of your assigned Security revenue quota, and growth of your account base across the portfolio over time.

• Pipeline generation, conversion, and win rate against territory targets.

• Services / multi‑phase attach and partner co‑sell results.

• Field collaboration, and CRM / forecast accuracy.

Disclosure Pursuant to Applicable State Equal Pay Transparency Laws - This position has a starting pay range as listed below. Actual salary depends upon many factors, including a candidate’s skills, qualifications and experience, location, and salary expectations, and therefore a starting salary at the low end, high end, or even above the stated range may be offered. This position may also be eligible for bonus compensation, commission (if in a sales function), and/or equity grants. Additionally, full-time employees are eligible to participate in ourcomprehensive benefits framework, including health and wellness benefits, vacation, paid holidays and refresh days, 401(k) retirement plan, life and disability insurance coverages, and other benefits the Company may offer from time to time.

Pay Range :

$316,000.00-$395,000.00

The compensation noted above is based on an annualized hourly rate assuming normal full-time employment.

Current pay transparency shows the OTE (On-Target Earnings) for commission-based roles.

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