Senior Sales Engineer- East

Delinea•Redwood City, CA

About The Position

The Sr. Sales Engineer will work as part of a go-to-market team by presenting solutions to solve customer business challenges to technical and business stakeholders. As a Sales Engineer you will work together with our clients’ senior leadership to identify and prioritize use cases, identify milestones, and establish business case criteria that align to their IAM & PAM program investment strategies. As a subject matter expert that engages with our clients you will also be engaged to guide Delinea’s product strategy internally. The role will contribute to “voice of the company” efforts. From time-to-time this will include participation in events, content creation, & speaking engagements.

Requirements

Demonstrable examples of relationship building with technical & business stakeholders. Candidates should have referenceable examples of clients that view them as trusted advisors.
Ability to mix business and technical metrics in support of business case creation for clients.
High proficiency in cloud-computing technologies, containers, and confidence in adding value to customer discussions on how Delinea products can provide value in those areas.
Working experience with MS Windows, MS SQL Server, Active Directory, and strong knowledge of UNIX/Linux.
Working knowledge of authentication protocols, such as SAML, OAUTH, LDAP, Certificate, PKI and Kerberos
The ability to communicate credibly with technical and business stakeholders will be a critical skill and capability in this role.
Ability to articulate a perspective on the convergence of PAM, IAM, IGA, CIEM, DREAM and the other ancillary facets of overall Identity and Access Management.
Working knowledge of, and preferably experience with, CyberArk, Thycotic, Centrify, BeyondTrust, Sailpoint, Saviynt, Forgerock, OneIdentity, Okta, Ping, or other providers that populate the Identity & Privilege Access Mangement space.

Nice To Haves

Certifications: CISSP, MSCE, GIAC, CEH, or ISACA.
Experience with DevOps environments.

Responsibilities

Establish a gold standard demo approach that credibly underpins the company’s vision for Privilege Access Management Solutions.
Strategize with account managers on ways to optimize our engagement with client stakeholders
Deliver world class Proof of Value (PoV) / Proof of Concept (PoC) engagements that solidify the value and differentiation of Delinea solutions
Develop new and innovative concepts and programs to drive pipeline with the ESP target customer base.
Leverage public speaking, industry commentary, and social media outlets to build awareness and drive pipeline.
Articulate the Delinea vision and strategy with prospects, customers, & partners.
Be a strategic thinker that is constantly looking for selling techniques and strategies that can create a competitive advantage for Delinea.
Identify industry trends that qualify as growth opportunity for the Delinea business.
Address technical blockers that are impeding the closing of opportunities.
Work with Product Management in relaying feature requests and suggestions based on market, customer, and prospect feedback.