# Senior Solutions Engineer **Company**: Cloudflare **Location**: Hybrid **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Category**: Engineering **Industry**: Technology **Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/cloudflare/jobs/7767766 **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_6484eaf6-4de ## Description About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. As a Senior Solutions Engineer, you will work closely with our prospects and customers to educate, empower, and ensure their success on the Cloudflare platform. Your technical expertise in Cloudflare’s global distributed network and technology will allow you to find best-fit solutions for prospects, to train and onboard new customers via video-conference or in person, through documentation, and to support the long-term success of the customer. Responsibilities - As critical members of Cloudflare’s sales team, Solutions Engineers drive technical discussions and implementations to help generate new business, expand existing business, and keep our customers happy. - In business generation and expansion, you’ll be tasked with qualification of prospect and customer use cases, technical requirements discovery, leading demonstrations, solution identification and design, and collaborative work on proofs-of-concept (PoCs). - For our existing customers, Solutions Engineers are part of a dedicated account team that advises the customer on technical best practices, implementation of Cloudflare products and features, and strategic guidance on internet security and performance. Requirements - Demonstrated experience with a scripting language (e.g. Python, JavaScript, Bash, Lua, Go) and a desire to expand those skills. - Expertise in internet technologies: OSI Model layers 1-7, BGP, GRE, TCP/UDP, DNS (authoritative and recursive), HTTP(S), SSL / TLS. - Familiarity with Zero Trust Framework and SASE related concepts. - 10 years plus of experience in a customer-facing sales or consulting role. - Technical curiosity and passion: Cloudflare is at the cutting edge of internet technology, and our Solutions Engineers are viewed as subject-matter experts. - A focus on learning, teaching, collaboration, mentorship, and growth, not only personally but also within the team and company. - Aside from technical and collaborative skills, we place a high value on project management, relationship building, and EQ. Bonus Points - Graduate-level degrees in Computer Science, Engineering or related fields. - Certifications More About You - You can translate technical concepts and jargon for a wide variety of audiences: from systems engineers, to front-end developers, through to IT managers and C-levels in organizations. - You want to be constantly learning new things and teaching what you’ve learned to the broader team through internal and external blog posts, team demos, and product training sessions. - You have a knack for understanding problems and finding creative ways to solve them. - You understand how to manage a project, work to deadlines, and prioritize between competing demands. What Makes Cloudflare Special? We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet. Project Galileo: Since 2014, we’ve equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers,at no cost. Athenian Project: In ## Skills ### Required - scripting language - internet technologies - Zero Trust Framework - SASE - customer-facing sales - consulting - project management - relationship building - EQ