Sr. Sales Engineer - Chicago

Overview

Support enterprise sales engagements as a Senior Sales Engineer, delivering tailored technical solutions for Cohesity’s data security, protection, recovery, and cloud platform.

What you'll do

• Articulate data security, backup, recovery, and cyber resilience capabilities to technical and business audiences.
• Provide technical support across discovery, solution design, demonstrations, and proofs of concept.
• Partner with Account Executives on technical strategy and complex sales opportunities.
• Lead product demonstrations, workshops, proposals, white papers, and evaluations.
• Help customers integrate products into production environments.
• Identify requirements and risks to shape effective proofs of concept.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, and Support on customer feedback and outcomes.

What you'll need

• Experience in pre-sales Sales Engineering or Solutions Consulting for enterprise infrastructure, data protection, security, or cloud platforms.
• Hands-on experience with backup, recovery, data protection, storage, or cyber resilience technologies.
• Knowledge of ransomware resilience, immutable storage, encryption, and access controls.
• Experience supporting proofs of concept, evaluations, and technical decision processes.
• Strong communication and presentation skills for technical and business audiences.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent practical experience.
• Professional English proficiency and willingness to travel as required.

Nice to have

• Industry certifications in cloud, data, or adjacent technologies.
• Experience developing competitive positioning skills.

Details

• Remote role in Illinois, United States.
• Annual pay range: $186,200–$232,750.
• Employees within reasonable commuting distance work from core offices 2–3 days per week.