Senior Solutions Engineer, Majors - NYC

At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. 

At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in.

Available Locations

• New York, US

Responsibilities

• The Pre-Sales Solution Engineering organization owns the technical sales of the Cloudflare solution portfolio, ensuring maximal business value, fit-for-purpose solution design and adoption roadmap for our customers. Solution Engineering is made up of individuals from a wide range of backgrounds including but not limited to Sales Consultants, Technical Consultants, Technical Support and Program Managers.
• You are a customer facing technologist within the Cloudflare Solutions Engineering team. You have experience in working in a pre-sales or other technical customer facing role supporting large enterprise accounts or acquiring new enterprise customers, as well as excellent verbal and written communication skills suited to explain the benefits of CloudFlare products and services to existing and potential customers. In this role you will be responsible for partnering with the sales team to understand customer requirements and provide sales support, prepare and deliver technical presentations and demos explaining the benefits of Cloudflare products to existing and potential customers, and run proof of concept trials for customers.

Specifically, we are looking for you to:

• Identify and map customer initiatives and business problems to Cloudflare solutions
• Build relationships and technical champions within customer accounts
• Develop and present customer presentations at every Enterprise Customer’s organization level
• Lead demo and proof-of-concept activities for Cloudflare prospects and customers
• Demonstrate your expertise of Cloudflare with your peers  through the creation of professional content, including white papers, blog posts and other knowledge sharing activities
• Represent and evangelize Cloudflare externally at Developer, Community, Technology, Cybersecurity and Industry focused events with thought leadership and expertise.
• Apply in-depth vertical knowledge or domain expertise. Advise on best practices.

Desirable Skills, Knowledge, and Experience

• Previous experience as a Solutions Engineer or other customer facing technical role with CDN, Security, Networking or SaaS
• Solid communication, written and presentation skills
• Ability to work on several projects and activities concurrently
• Highly driven individuals that are curious, team players and work with a sense of urgency
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in relevant work experience
• The role requires up to 50% travel to attend meetings with prospects or customers, attend conferences and other industry events, and to collaborate with your Cloudflare teammates.
• Fundamental understanding of customer network and/or application architectures.
• Detailed understanding of workflow from user to application including hybrid architectures with Azure, AWS, GCP.
• Understanding, knowledge or experience of application and/or network security
• Understanding, knowledge or experiences with SaaS application environments
• Understanding, knowledge or experience with VPN and remote access challenges
• Understanding, knowledge or experience with SIEM and log analytics platforms
• Client OS fundamentals and software distribution
• Experience interacting with senior level/executives to communicate a message of network and security transformation
• Routing, subnetting, split tunnels. SD-WAN, local internet breakout
• End user and application security risks - DDoS, malware, phishing, viruses
• Knowledge of competitive market  around CDN providers and internet security technologies

Compensation

Compensation

Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.

This role is eligible to earn incentive compensation under Cloudflare’s Sales Compensation Plan. The estimated annual salary range includes the on-target incentive compensation that may be attained in this role under the Sales Compensation Plan.

For New York City based hires: Estimated annual salary of $234,000 - $292,000

Equity

This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.

Benefits

Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family.  Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun!  The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.

Health & Welfare Benefits

• Medical/Rx Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter Spending Accounts
• Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
• On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
• Global Travel Medical Insurance

Financial Benefits

• Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Life & Accident Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee Stock Participation Plan

Time Off

• Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
• Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave