[Hiring] Federal Solutions Engineer @Verkada

Role Description

Verkada is seeking a Federal Field Solutions Engineer based in the Western US with experience in Cloud Security, IoT Systems, Networking, Linux systems, Security Surveillance, and Access Control. This individual will partner directly with their territory account executives to expand the Verkada footprint upmarket into Fortune 500 companies.

• Directly interface with customers/partners throughout the sales process.
• Overcome technical objections.
• Assist customers in designing deployments with Verkada Products.
• Provide technical assistance to territory account reps.
• Be highly motivated, able to learn quickly, and work independently.
• Make impactful results for the company remotely.

What You'll Do

• Technical Leader: Be the subject matter authority on the full Verkada suite of products and articulate the value added benefits to customers throughout the sales process.
• Objection Handler: Overcome objections and defuse landmines while securing the technical win for Verkada.
• Evangelist: Effectively present the Verkada solution to all levels of customer, from C-level executives to loss prevention managers and directors of IT.
• Be a Product Technical Evangelist in training/educating partners, customers, and internal employees on the latest Verkada product offerings.
• This role requires regular travel, estimated to be more than 50% of the time, including both domestic and international destinations as needed.
• The successful candidate must be comfortable with frequent travel to support business operations, customer and partner engagements, and team collaboration.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a Sales Engineer, with a proven track record of working with Fortune 500 companies.
• Outstanding written and verbal English communication skills to clearly and efficiently articulate technical matters with customers and partners.
• Bachelor's degree in relevant technical or security field from an accredited university.
• Strong background in Networking: HTTPS, VLANs, TCP/IP, DNS, NAT devices, DHCP, and Firewalls.

Requirements

• Bonus: Industry certifications: AWS, CCNA, CCDA, CCNP, MCSE, CEH, Security+, A+, Network+, Microsoft Azure, CISSP, CSP.
• Experience working with Active Directory, SAML/SCIM, APIs, Python, and other coding languages is a plus.
• Startup experience.

Benefits

• Healthcare programs tailored to meet personal health and financial well-being needs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans.
• Nationwide medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options.
• Expanded mental health support.
• Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits.
• Time off to relax and recharge through paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO, and personal sick time.
• Professional development stipend.
• Wellness/fitness benefits.
• Healthy lunches provided daily.
• Commuter benefits.

Additional Information

• You must be independently authorized to work in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role, at this time.
• Estimated Annual Pay Range: $160,000 — $210,000 USD.

Equal Opportunity Employer

As an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Verkada will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.