Sales Engineer

Sonrai Security•Philadelphia, PA

About The Position

Sonrai (pronounced Son-ree), which means âdataâ in Irish, helps enterprises unearth, prioritize, and remove risks in every part of their cloud. Our mission is to deliver the preeminent platform for enterprise companies to understand, monitor, and govern risk across every part of their public cloud. We are backed by seasoned cybersecurity investors including Menlo Ventures, Polaris Partners, TenEleven Ventures, and ISTARI. Candidates who join our team will have a tremendous impact on our success & mission to be the industry leader in our space. Weâre looking for candidates who are passionate about solving the complex cloud security challenges posed by rapid cloud adoption with a motivated, close-knit team. The Sales Engineer is a highly technical, customer-facing role responsible for driving successful outcomes across the sales lifecycle by aligning Sonraiâs Cloud Permissions Firewall (CPF) to customer cloud security, identity, and governance challenges. This role combines deep hands-on expertise in multi-cloud IAM, DevOps, and cloud infrastructure with strong business acumen and communication skills. The ideal candidate operates comfortably across technical and executive audiencesâpartnering with cloud engineers, SRE/DevOps teams, and security practitioners, while also engaging CISOs and senior stakeholders to articulate risk, compliance, and business impact. In addition to supporting sales execution, the Sales Engineer contributes to field enablement, technical evangelism, and continuous feedback into product and go-to-market strategy.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in Sales Engineering, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or Cloud Security roles.
Strong hands-on experience across multi-cloud environments, including: AWS (required, deep expertise) Azure and GCP (working proficiency to strong)
Deep expertise in cloud IAM, including: AWS IAM, SCPs, and Organizations Azure AD / Entra ID and RBAC GCP IAM and organizational policy controls
Practical experience with: CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, etc.) Infrastructure as Code (Terraform strongly preferred) Cloud-native architectures and modern application environments
Experience working closely with: SRE and DevOps teams Cloud platform engineering teams Cybersecurity and IAM teams
Strong understanding of cloud security principles, including: Least privilege access Identity-based risk Entitlement management Governance and compliance
Proven ability to engage across technical depth levelsâfrom hands-on engineers to CISO and executive stakeholders.
Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to connect technical capabilities to business outcomes.

Nice To Haves

Experience in pre-sales or customer-facing technical roles in a SaaS or cybersecurity company.
Familiarity with compliance and audit frameworks such as: NIST CSF ISO 27001/27002 SOC 2, SOX, or similar
Experience building or operating in large-scale cloud environments with complex IAM structures.
Background in cloud security tooling, CNAPP/CSPM/CIEM, or identity governance solutions.
Prior experience contributing to technical content, blogs, or presentations (internal or external).

Responsibilities

Lead technical discovery, qualification, and solution alignment throughout the sales cycle across enterprise and strategic accounts.
Deliver compelling, technically deep product demonstrations, POVs, and evaluations focused on real-world cloud identity risk and governance use cases.
Translate complex IAM, DevOps, and cloud security concepts into clear business value tied to risk reduction, compliance, and operational efficiency.
Partner closely with customersâ: Cloud engineering teams SRE and DevOps organizations Security and IAM teams Executive stakeholders (including CISO-level)
Design and present solution architectures that integrate CPF into customer environments across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Support and guide customers through: IAM design and optimization discussions CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code security considerations Least privilege and access governance strategies
Contribute to technical account strategy and deal execution in partnership with Sales, Field CTO, and leadership.
Participate in customer workshops, architecture reviews, and technical deep dives.
Act as a technical advocate and trusted advisor throughout the customer journey.
Contribute to field-facing assets such as demos, technical content, and competitive positioning.
Support and occasionally participate in industry events, webinars, and partner engagements as a technical voice of Sonrai.