Solutions Engineer

Job summary

As a Technical Solutions Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in combining technical expertise with strong sales acumen to identify, qualify, and close new business opportunities across a defined portfolio of customer and partner accounts.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will involve close collaboration with customers, partners, and Account Managers to deliver business value, conduct demos and POC/Vs, and contribute to the success of bids and tenders. You will provide end-to-end technical and business value guidance before and during the sales cycle ensuring customer requirements are met with tailored, innovative solutions.

Acting as a trusted technical advisor, you will be a key point of contact for clients, offering strategic insight and hands-on support. You'll also work closely with cross-functional teams to align solutions with customer needs and organizational goals.

Expected Travel is 20-25%

What you will do

• Customer Engagement and Technical Discovery
• Conduct technical discovery calls to understand customer requirements, pain points, and existing infrastructure.
• Lead or participate in product demonstrations, showing how solutions meet client-specific needs.
• Translate complex customer requirements into actionable technical solutions or configurations.
• Assist with scoping customer environments to recommend best-fit products or services.

Solution Design and Architecture

• Create technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and integration guides for customer engagements.
• Deliver engaging technical presentations that deliver business value to external stakeholders and customers.
• Design customized technical solutions based on client needs, often involving product configuration, integration planning, and API usage.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to validate feasibility or escalate edge-case needs.
• Produce architecture diagrams, technical proposals, or proof-of-concept (PoC) plans.
• Support the preparation and delivery of RFP/RFI responses, technical questionnaires, and bid documentation.

Cross Functional Collaborations

• Partner with Account Executives and Customer Success Managers to align technical value with customer goals.
• Liaise with Product Managers to share customer feedback and advocate for feature enhancements or roadmap items.

What you will have

Educational Background:

• Degree in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field.

Technical Skills & Experience:

• 5+ years’ experience as an SE or technical salesperson, or equivalent and applicable experience as a product manager, engineer, tech support agent or administrator of enterprise-grade or IT/IS software
• General knowledge or background in IT (ideally server administration, server OS configuration, TCP/IP networking hardware, protocols, LAN and WAN technologies & configurations, and network design) and/or IS (ideally PKI, firewall management, IDS & IPS, vulnerability management, and network scanners), in engineering, administration or support roles
• Familiarity with cryptographic principles, digital certificates, and PKI concepts.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud) and container technologies like Kubernetes.
• Experience or familiarity with ServiceNow, GitHub, and REST API integrations.
• Hands-on exposure to scripting and automation using Bash, PowerShell, Python, or similar languages.
• Experience with DevOps and infrastructure automation tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef)

Soft Skills

• Self-motivated with ability to self-direct in strategic alignment with sales counterparts
• Technical, organized and analytical, with ability to eliminate sales obstacles through creative/innovative thinking
• Passion for continuous learning and applying innovative solutions to complex challenges.
• Situational awareness and business acumen skills to support self-held critical values of professionalism, humility, and customer-focus
• Basic project management skills to accomplish role requirements
• Strong communications, interpersonal and presentation skills, in both written and verbal formats
• Fluency in English

Nice to have

Bonus Skills (Nice to Have, but Not Required)

• Cybersecurity certifications (CISSP, GSEC, CCSP, etc.).
• Hands-on experience with certificate management and cryptographic tools.
• Familiarity with code signing, load balancers, and secure key storage.
• Understanding of SSO, SAML, OpenID authentication methods.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive security mindset.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including uncapped commission (role-dependent)
• Achievers Club awards and performance-based incentives
• Pension and retirement benefits (location dependent)
• Life insurance and income protection coverage
• Comprehensive health and wellness support, including medical coverage (where applicable), gym reimbursement, and mental wellbeing resources
• Employee Assistance Program with 24/7 confidential support for employees and their families
• Generous paid time off, including holidays and additional leave options
• Family-friendly leave policies, including maternity, paternity, and other supportive leave programs
• Education assistance and professional development opportunities
• Access to LinkedIn Learning and continuous learning resources
• Employee referral bonus program and additional company perks and discounts
• Internal rewards and recognition platform (Motivosity) to celebrate and acknowledge project wins, milestone achievements, and the outstanding contributions of our colleagues
• Business travel insurance and global employee support programs

To protect candidate information and maintain a secure hiring process, all applications must be submitted through our careers portal. Resumes or CVs sent directly via email will not be reviewed or considered.

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