Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. AHEAD is a company that builds platforms for digital business, focusing on cloud infrastructure and digital transformation. They are seeking a Senior Solutions Engineer specializing in Cloud Security to serve as a national resource, helping organizations enhance their cloud security posture and drive transformational outcomes for clients.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a national cloud security resource, supporting opportunities across all AHEAD regions
- Strategize and execute technical sales calls in partnership with sales representatives
- Be a thought leader within the Solutions Engineering organization, responsible for designing, architecting, and consulting for AHEAD clients in the cloud security domain
- Partner closely with delivery leadership to ensure proposed solutions align with how AHEAD executes and delivers for our clients
- Support sales teams during engagements by providing advice, solutions, and proposals optimized to meet customer technical and business requirements
- Complete required pre-sales documentation (configurations, pricing, services, presentations, justifications, etc.) quickly and accurately
- Qualify sales opportunities in terms of customer technical requirements, decision-making process, and funding
- Define cloud security strategies for clients, size and design cloud security products, and leverage subject matter experts across AHEAD to scale effectiveness nationally
Skills
- 5+ years of overall experience in cybersecurity, cloud, or technology consulting, with at least 4 years hands-on in cloud security
- Prior pre-sales experience is required. Candidates must have previously held a pre-sales role and be able to hold a pre-sales conversation with clients about scope, approach, and pricing
- Demonstrated experience creating cloud security proposals in a pre-sales capacity (SOWs, services proposals, solution designs, or equivalent client-facing proposal artifacts)
- Hands-on experience with at least two leading CNAPP platforms (Palo Alto Prisma Cloud, Wiz, Upwind, or equivalent), with working knowledge of the underlying capability categories: CSPM, CWPP, CIEM, KSPM, DSPM, AI-SPM and container/Kubernetes security
- Hands-on experience with at least one hyperscaler (AWS, Azure, or GCP) including its native security controls (e.g., AWS Security Hub / GuardDuty, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Google Security Command Center), with at least working familiarity with the other two
- Experience designing and presenting cloud security architectures that integrate solutions across multiple vendors and public cloud providers
- Able to present cloud security architectures effectively to both technical practitioners and C-level executives during briefings and AHEAD organized events
- Consulting experience at a systems integrator, professional services firm, or advisory practice, including having scoped or led client-facing consulting engagements
- Delivery experience in cloud security, including having stood up, configured, or operationalized cloud security tooling for clients post-sale
- Working knowledge of IaC security (Terraform, CloudFormation), CI/CD pipeline security, and DevSecOps practices
- Familiarity with identity and access management in cloud environments, including federated identity, RBAC, and least-privilege design
- Experience scaling cloud security programs across multi-cloud, hybrid, and enterprise environments
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid company holidays
- Paid time off
- Paid parental and caregiver leave
- Plus more! See benefits
- We fuel growth by stacking our office with top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab, by encouraging cross department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning.
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