Principal Solutions Engineer

Summary

Join Wiz, a rapidly growing cloud security company, as a Principal Solutions Engineer. You will collaborate with various teams, including the CTO, to ensure alignment across the sales process. This role involves providing technical feedback to product management, assisting sales teams in demonstrating the Wiz platform's value, and supporting the proof-of-concept process. You will lead thought leadership sessions, contribute to messaging and sales efforts, and work closely with prospects and customers. The ideal candidate possesses a strong technical background in IT, InfoSec, Cloud, and DevOps, with expertise in public cloud architectures and Kubernetes. Wiz values diverse backgrounds and encourages applications even if all requirements aren't fully met.

Requirements

• Strong technical background with a solid understanding of core IT, InfoSec, Cloud, and DevOps concepts
• Proven skillset and experience with a career path focused on public cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• SME level knowledge of Kubernetes and containers with the ability to architect and troubleshoot complex environments
• Ability to lead conversations focused at various audiences including technical, business, and executive level
• Be passionate in regard to continuous self-improvement and learning to maintain technical leadership
• Experience and ability to code and understand developer workflows. Git, CI/CD, helm, terraform etc

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and business-relevant feedback into Product Management based on field engagements to improve Wiz’s position and value messaging to prospects and clients
• Collaborate with Wiz sales teams on strategic opportunities in demonstrating the business and technical value of the Wiz platform
• Assist SEs and prospects during the POC process with advanced use cases, installation/deployment, and troubleshooting
• Lead regular thought leadership sessions with the field teams sharing insights and approaches derived through customer engagement to improve our effectiveness in messaging and delivering value to prospective clients and existing customers
• Assist in messaging and selling Wiz platform capabilities to prospects and customers