Senior Solutions Engineer, Sumo Logic
Enterprise
$144.3-161k
+ Bonus/Commission plan + Equity
Continuous intelligence platform for DevSecOps
Job no longer available
Continuous intelligence platform for DevSecOps
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$144.3-161k
+ Bonus/Commission plan + Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
TO enable organizations to transform massive amounts of data into actionable insights to prevent and remediate modern security and cloud operations challenges.
Role
Who you are
- We seek talent who wants to leverage their technical and people skills to help deliver solutions to clients directly and become a trusted advisor in the process
- Above all else, you should be highly self-motivated and extremely curious to learn more Sumo Logic and the vast problems that it can solve
- B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (preferred)
- 4+ years as a Solutions Engineer (preferred), Solutions Architect (preferred), Sales Engineer (preferred), Implementation Consultant, Support Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, or a Software Developer with experience leading projects and/or working with customers
- Hands on knowledge of Security related products, technologies, and sources such as IDS/IPS, SIEM/Log Management, Network / Endpoint Security, Threat Detection, Incident Response, MSSP/MDR, Threat Feeds, CASB, etc
- Experience with open source collections (Telegraf, FluentBit, FluentD, Open Telemetry, etc.) (preferred)
- Experience with leading and running technical validations like Proof of Value (preferred)
- Experience selling and working with pure SaaS solutions in multi-tenant architectures
- Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure (certification is preferred)
- A broad background and understanding of technical infrastructure (servers, networking devices, storage, etc.)
- Modern application architecture (micro-services, containers) understanding and experience working with Kubernetes, Docker, and/or Lambda (preferred)
- Experience with various monitoring tools like Splunk, Datadog, Elastic, New Relic, etc. (preferred)
- Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced startup environment and experience at a successful startup (preferred)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, as well as business and technical acumen
What the job involves
- As a Senior Solutions Engineer, you will be the primary technical resource for our Enterprise Accounts team
- You will share your product and technical expertise through presentations, product demonstrations, and technical evaluations (Proof Of Values)
- As the technical expert, you will work with clients to understand their requirements and pain points, then design the right solution for their business needs
- During the sales cycle you will guide clients through trials and POVs, demonstrating Sumo Logic’s ability to meet and exceed their requirements and building a positive relationship that will provide continuous value to our customers
- Finally, you will have the opportunity to work cross-functionally with our Product Management and Engineering teams to share your knowledge and experiences to ultimately improve our business and our customers’ success
- Partner with the Account Executives / Account Managers to understand customer challenges and mains, and articulate Sumo Logic’s value proposition, vision, and strategy to customers
- Technically close complex opportunities through advanced competitive knowledge, technical skill, and credibility
- Understand and help orchestrate all phases of the sales cycle, including leading technical validations during the Proof of Value phase
- Be successful working with all levels of an organization, from executives down to individual developers and Site Reliability Engineers
- Deliver product and technical demonstrations of the Sumo Logic service
- Work cross functionally with Product Management and Engineering to improve the Sumo Logic service based on your experience with customers
Our take
Sumo Logic is a secure, cloud-native, machine data analytics service, delivering real-time, continuous intelligence from structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data across the entire application lifecycle and stack. And more than 2,000 customers around the globe rely on Sumo Logic, including Samsung, AirBnb, Grammarly, and Toyota.
Customers gain a multi-tenant, service-model advantage to accelerate their shift to continuous innovation, increasing competitive advantage, business value and growth.
After its IPO in 2020, February 2023 saw Sumo Logic agree to a $1.7 billion valued acquisition deal from Francisco Partners. This marked the beginning of an exciting new chapter for Sumo Logic, its parent company has a track record for acquiring successful tech and software businesses such as MyHeritage and Renaissance Learning. Exemplifying its potential in its new Francisco Partners era, Sumo Logic was named a "Challenger" company in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2019
$110m
SERIES G
Jun 2017
$79.7m
SERIES F
Total funding: $349.7m
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