Full-Time
Senior Sales Engineer
Confluera
1-10 employees
Real-time threat interception and defense platform
No salary listed
Minnesota, USA + 3 more
More locations: Ohio, USA | Michigan, USA | Illinois, USA
In Person
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- Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant field
- Sales engineering background or 5+ years of relevant work experience
- Ability to travel as required
- Experienced in endpoint or network security space – AV, EDR, incident response, forensics, SIEM, firewall, HIPS/IDS, etc.
- Strong understanding of Windows and Linux operating systems
- Ability to articulate complex security problems to a diverse set of audiences
- Strong self-starter with the ability to work independently
- Ability to work collaboratively with Sales, Marketing, Support, and Engineering; the Sales Engineer should be the technical bridge between Confluera and prospects/customers
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to present to a variety of external audiences, including C-level executives
- Experience with programming or scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, and Bash
- Experience with virtualization/VDI technologies
- Experience with large scale cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.
- Collaborate with our sales teams and partners with high-touch pre-sales technical activity
- Technically qualify opportunities and POV (Proof of Value) evaluation with end-user accounts and partners
- Help drive end-user acceptance and buy-in for POV conversion to revenue
- Help train distributors and partners to allow them to deploy successful POVs and assist them with Security Assessment Reports
- Work with Corporate PM and Engineering to capture latest product information and details to be utilized for Assessment Reports and end-users
- Train distributor/partner SEs and Sales staff in region
- Liaison between partner/customers and corporate headquarters for technical issues and their requirements
- In conjunction with sales teams, to achieve and aim to exceed assigned quarterly revenue targets
- Monitor, assess and report on a continual basis, the competitive situation and market development in the region
- Help any marketing activities as proper in region
- Certifications such as CEH, CISSP, OSCP, and SANS
Confluera provides a real-time attack interception and defense platform for enterprises, designed to detect and stop attackers as they move through a network using automated responses. The product continuously monitors network activity, flags malicious behavior, and automatically blocks or contains threats to interrupt intrusions with a deterministic defense. It differentiates itself by offering real-time interception and automated protections with ongoing updates under a subscription model, reducing dwell time and manual incident handling. The goal is to help enterprises safeguard their digital assets from sophisticated threats with practical, ongoing protection across large networks.
Company Size
1-10
Company Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$29M
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California
Founded
2019
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- XM Cyber acquisition integrates Confluera's real-time attack graph into hybrid cloud protection platform.
- Multi-cloud expansion to Azure and GCP enables seamless security coverage across diverse environments.
- Automation reduces false positives and frees security teams from manual alert correlation work.
What critics are saying
- XM Cyber acquisition eliminated Confluera as independent entity, transferring technology to parent platform.
- Product dilution risk as XM Cyber prioritizes offensive security over Confluera's real-time storyboarding.
- Neglect of pure cloud CxDR capabilities sidelines multi-cloud support, losing share to specialized competitors.
What makes Confluera unique
- Patented Continuous Attack Graph technology stitches real-time attack sequences into automated threat storyboards.
- Achieves 90% reduction in investigation time through risk-prioritized threat detection across multi-cloud.
- Integrates with best-of-breed security tools, avoiding vendor lock-in unlike traditional XDR platforms.
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Benefits
Health Insurance
401(k) Retirement Plan
Remote Work Options
Company News
Confluera today announced that it has raised over $20 million in Series B funding led by Icon Ventures to unlock the future of cyber threat detection
XM Cyber acquires Confluera to enhance its cloud-native protection services - SiliconANGLE
XM Cyber, a Herzlya, Israel-based company focused on hybrid cloud security, acquired Confluera, a Palo Alto, CA-based company which specializes in cyber attack detection and response for the cloud.
Confluera was also awarded Bronze in the Startup of the Year Security Cloud/SaaS category for their role in establishing the Cloud eXtended Detection and Response (CxDR) market.
Confluera, the leading provider of next-generation cloud cyber attack detection and response, today announced that the company and its executives have been recognized in four categories of this year’s Globee Cyber Security Excellence Awards.