Senior Solutions Engineer - Switzerland Territory, German Speaking

November 19

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Cloudflare

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nginx • lua • go • web performance • web security

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2009

🔒 Cybersecurity

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💰 $150M Series E on 2019-03

Description

• 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. • Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. • As a Senior Solutions Engineer, you will provide both a challenging and rewarding opportunity to develop technology expertise. • You will work alongside peers with subject-matter expertise and contribute to a body of knowledge across networking, cybersecurity, and edge computing. • Cloudflare's mission is to help build a better Internet and protect the free and open Internet.

Requirements

• Proven experience working with clients and organisations in Switzerland. • Showing up in the right way: bringing a positive attitude, open-minded to new ideas and bringing your energy and ideas to help our clients and our team succeed. • 10+ years of experience in the IT industry (mid-level or senior engineering level experience). • Ability to manage a project, work to deadlines, and prioritise between competing demands. • Demonstrating empathy with customers and quickly identifying challenges and pain points they face. • Understanding of “how the internet works”. For example: • Know the differences between TCP & UDP, and understand what kinds of applications may favour one over the other; • Can explain the difference between authoritative DNS & recursive DNS? • You understand the role of a firewall, why TLS (SSL) plays an increasingly important role on today's Internet, a solid understanding of HTTP and a willingness to dive deeper into the quirks of clients & servers alike; • Understanding of how customers make buying decisions, how to explain ROI. • A knowledge of the competitive landscape for one or more of: DDoS, CDN, Performance, DNS, Developer platform or Zero-Trust/SASE service providers. • You're OK with some in-region travel (15~30 days per quarter): eg. Being next to our clients means that we need to travel to customer offices, conferences and/or events. • Bonus! • Previous experience in a pre-sales SE or consulting role. (note: doesn't have to be in tech); • Demonstrated experience with a scripting language (e.g. Python, JavaScript, Bash) and a desire to expand those skills; • Exposure to emerging technical landscape trends such as machine learning, GenAI, DevOps, security operations etc.