Cohesity

Senior Sales Engineer (Chicago, IL)

Illinois, United States

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Data Security, Data Management, Cybersecurity, Cloud and Data Center SolutionsIndustries

Sales Engineer

Employment Type: Full time

Position Overview

Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management, supported by an extensive ecosystem of partners. Cohesity simplifies securing, protecting, managing, and deriving value from data across the data center, edge, and cloud. The company empowers organizations to 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. Cohesity has been recognized as a Leader by multiple analyst firms and globally acknowledged for its Innovation, Product Strength, and Simplicity in Design.

We are seeking a passionate and driven Sales Engineer to join our exceptional team. This role is pivotal in driving new customer opportunities and integrating Cohesity's world-class products into customer environments. It's an ambitious opportunity to showcase expertise and make a significant impact in a rapidly growing company.

Responsibilities

  • Uncover and drive new customer opportunities by providing sales and technical assistance, effectively articulating Cohesity technology to both business and technical users.
  • Enable customers to seamlessly integrate Cohesity products into their production environments, ensuring flawless operation and meeting their specific needs.
  • Develop and lead the secondary storage technology strategy for our largest customers and partners, establishing Cohesity as the primary solution provider in the market.
  • Communicate Cohesity's vision by delivering engaging product demonstrations, workshops, white papers, and proposals.
  • Identify customer needs and craft proof of concepts to showcase the value and capabilities of Cohesity technology.
  • Collaborate closely with product management as a field representative, providing valuable insights and conveying customer requirements for product development and improvements.
  • Provide project management and post-sales technical support as required, ensuring customer satisfaction throughout the entire lifecycle.

Requirements

  • 7+ Years of experience in pre-sales engineering.
  • Experience working with both clients and technology partners, fostering strong relationships and driving successful outcomes.
  • Demonstrated experience in selling and implementing Enterprise Hardware or Software, Cloud Platforms, IaaS, PaaS, or Virtual Infrastructure software.
  • Comfortable engaging with multiple decision-makers to drive proposals and secure business opportunities.
  • Exceptional presentation skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical and business concepts to both small and large groups.
  • Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, enabling clear and concise interactions with all parties involved.
  • Self-motivated and a self-starter, capable of working remotely and autonomously to achieve targets.
  • Willingness to travel as required by the role.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Company Information

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.

Compensation and Benefits

  • Salary: 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.
  • Additional Compensation: This position may also be eligible for bonus compensation, commission (if in a sales function), and/or equity grants.
  • Benefits: Full-time employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive 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.

Location Type

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Skills

Sales Engineering
Customer Integration
Secondary Storage Technologies
Product Demonstrations
Proof of Concepts
Technical Assistance
Solution Strategy Development
Customer Needs Analysis
Collaboration with Product Management

Cohesity

Data management solutions for enterprises

About Cohesity

Cohesity specializes in data management solutions for data centers and cloud environments. Its main products, the Cohesity DataPlatform and Cohesity DataProtect, help businesses consolidate tasks like backup, recovery, and data storage into one platform, making it easier to manage large amounts of data while reducing complexity and costs. Unlike many competitors, Cohesity focuses on simplifying data management for medium to large enterprises across various industries, including finance and healthcare. The company's goal is to help businesses manage, protect, and gain insights from their data more efficiently.

San Jose, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2013Year Founded
$642MTotal Funding
SECONDARYCompany Stage
Data & Analytics, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees

Benefits

Health & Wellness - Managing emotional and physical health are key to living happier lives. Cohesity employees enjoy access to exercise and meditation apps, e-Learning resources, Scribd, and more.
Parental Leave - Cohesity offers salary continuation in coordination with other benefits up to 20 weeks for maternity leaves. Up to four weeks of child bonding leave is offered to non-birth parents.
Personal Time - Our unlimited PTO policy ensures that you have work-life wellbeing and flexibility when you need it.
Financial - Cohesity offers a competitive salary, pay-for-performance bonus plan, retirement savings plan, flexible spending accounts, commuter checks, and more.

Risks

Emerging competition from startups like Eon challenges Cohesity's market position.
Integration challenges from Veritas acquisition could disrupt operations.
New leadership roles may lead to transitional challenges in company culture.

Differentiation

Cohesity integrates AI to enhance data insights and protection, setting it apart.
Their hyper-converged secondary storage simplifies data management for enterprises.
Cohesity's recognition as AWS Global Storage Partner of the Year boosts its credibility.

Upsides

Strategic partnership with NVIDIA enhances AI-driven data management solutions.
Acquisition of Veritas Technologies expands Cohesity's market share in data protection.
Deepening partnership with CrowdStrike strengthens cybersecurity offerings against data breaches.

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