Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CrowdStrike is a global leader in cybersecurity, dedicated to stopping breaches with advanced AI-native platforms. The Sales Engineer will be responsible for managing technical relationships with prospective customers, guiding them through the sales cycle, and contributing to the go-to-market strategy for NG-SIEM.
Responsibilities
- As a Sales Engineer, you’ll be the face of NG-SIEM for prospective customers. Working alongside our sales team, you’ll take ownership of the technical relationship through the sales cycle
- You’ll also maintain that relationship with the customer as they discover what NG-SIEM can do for them, expand their use, and provide feedback to our Product Management team
- You’ll become a trusted advisor by providing technical value in your interactions with prospective customers, answering technical questions, demonstrating capabilities, and laying out a technical vision of NG-SIEM
- You’ll be working closely with the teams in sales, leadership, marketing, support, customer success, and engineering. In particular, you’ll be a critical part of the sales team; providing feedback on deal progress, uncovering the wants and needs of prospects, and translating that to tangible value from the NG-SIEM platform, ultimately bringing more customers to CrowdStrike
- In addition to guiding prospective customers through their discovery of NG-SIEM, you’ll also play an integral part in defining and executing on our go-to-market strategy - exploring new use cases, integrations, partnerships, etc. In other words, your success in this role will have a significant impact on the expansion of NG-SIEM worldwide
Skills
- 2 years experience with log management, SIEM, and XDR
- Compassion for taking care of prospective customers and their challenges
- Well-rounded technical, analytical, and sales skills
- Appreciation for the importance of teamwork
- Proactive approach to solving challenges and helping external and internal parties
- Ability to adapt, thrive and excel in a fast-moving, nimble environment
- Comfortable in a team selling environment, working in close collaboration with peers in the CrowdStrike sales organization
- Consultative sales approach – ability to challenge companies/businesses to think differently
- Strength in evangelizing technology and new account acquisition (hunting)
- Highly motivated and professional, with excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Outstanding organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and complete multiple tasks to meet deadlines
- Self-starter able to work independently but also team oriented
- Excellent problem resolution skills – resourceful and constructive
- Comfortable with Linux and Windows troubleshooting
- Familiar with data ingestion formats, programming languages, cloud concepts, and orchestration tools
- Experience with distributed data stores, data shipping services, cloud providers, SSO concepts, and container orchestration such as Kubernetes
- Participation in one or more of the common sales processes such as MEDDPICC, Challenger Selling, or Value Selling in a presales or architect role
Benefits
- Market leader in compensation and equity awards
- Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
- Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
- Paid parental and adoption leaves
- Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role
- Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
- Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
- Eligibility for commissions, equity grants and a comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, 401k and paid time off
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