Senior Solution Architect - Security

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Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management, helping organizations secure, protect, manage, and get value from data across data center, edge, and cloud. The role is to serve as a Senior Staff Security Solutions Engineer within the Security Center of Excellence (SCOE), bridging technology, security strategy, and field enablement. As the SCOE representative, you will lead hands-on work, drive thought leadership, build trust with customers and partners, and enable the sales teams to accelerate cyber resilience adoption. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to empower the field with the right security solutions, architectures, and best practices.

How You\'ll Spend Your Time Here

Security Evangelism & Thought Leadership

Act as the primary evangelist for Cohesity\'s security strategy, solutions, and vision

Represent the SCOE at conferences, webinars, partner events, and customer briefings

Publish blogs, whitepapers, reference architectures, and thought leadership content on modern security trends and solutions

Sales Enablement & Field Support

Partner with the Worldwide Field Organization (WWFO) to drive security-focused sales plays, value drivers, and customer outcomes

Enable Account Executives, Sales Engineers, Field Technical Directors, and Partners through training, workshops, and collateral

Support strategic customer engagements, proofs of concept, and executive briefings

Create high-quality security collateral, including technical deep dives, best practice guides, and reference architectures

Security Solution Expertise

Lead conversations on threat hunting, sensitive data classification, data security posture management (DSPM), and data protection

Guide customers on cyber resilience, ransomware recovery, security integrations, backup strategies, and orchestration frameworks

Collaborate with product teams to influence the security roadmap and align with customer needs

Cross-Functional Leadership

Act as the voice of the field within the SCOE, sharing insights from customers and partners with engineering, product, and marketing

Drive the creation of security artifacts—narratives, technical deep dives, reference architectures, partner sales plays, competitive positioning, and technical content

We\'d Love to Talk to You If You Have Many of the Following

Technical Expertise

Strong knowledge of data security, DSPM, data classification, threat hunting, and modern security frameworks

Experience with data protection technologies, backup & recovery, disaster recovery, and cyber recovery orchestration

Familiarity with cloud security, ransomware defenses, and zero-trust principles

Demonstrated experience as a technical evangelist, field enabler, or security SME

Strong ability to communicate complex security concepts clearly to technical teams and executive leadership through storytelling

Skilled in developing sales enablement materials and leading security-centric sessions

Adept at creating security collateral to support sales teams, partners, and customers

Experience facilitating tabletop exercises, cyber resilience training, and security partner integrations

Ability to influence and lead across multiple teams—engineering, product, sales, and marketing

Strategic thinker who balances deep technical expertise with business outcomes

Preferred Qualifications

15+ years of experience in security engineering, solution architecture, or related roles

Hands-on experience with data security, DSPM, sensitive data classification, DLP, threat hunting, and ransomware defense

Deep understanding of backup & recovery, disaster recovery, cyber recovery, and orchestration frameworks

Familiarity with cloud-native security architectures across AWS, Azure, GCP, and SaaS ecosystems

Working knowledge of SIEM, SOAR, XDR, and EDR platforms for detection and response

Certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CISM, CISA, or equivalent are a strong plus

Proven track record in customer-facing roles supporting enterprise accounts

Exceptional storytelling and evangelism skills to engage both technical and executive stakeholders

Pay and Benefits

Disclosure Pursuant to Applicable State Equal Pay Transparency Laws - This position has a starting pay range as listed below. Actual salary depends upon many factors, including a candidate’s skills, qualifications and experience, location, and salary expectations, and therefore a starting salary at the low end, high end, or even above the stated range may be offered. This position may also be eligible for bonus compensation, commission (if in a sales function), and / or equity grants. Additionally, full-time employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits framework, including health and wellness benefits, vacation, paid holidays and refresh days, 401(k) retirement plan, life and disability insurance coverages, and other benefits the Company may offer from time to time.

Pay Range

$176,000.00-$220,000.00

The compensation noted above is based on an annualized hourly rate assuming normal full-time employment.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Employer (EEOE)

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Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Software Development

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