About Usn n At Cloudflare, we have our eyes set on an ambitious goal: to help build a better Internet.
Today the company runs one of the world”s largest networks that powers approximately 25 million Internet properties, for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code.
Internet properties powered by Cloudflare have all web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request.
As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks.
Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine”s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World”s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.n nWe realize people do not fit into neat boxes.
We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that.
We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team.
We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare.
Come join us!n n What You”ll Do As a Partner Solutions Engineern n You are the technical lynchpin for recruiting and enabling our partners.
You will work closely with our partners 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 enabling partners to sell, and onboard new customers via video-conference or in person, through documentation, and to support the long-term success of the partners.
As a subject matter expert on web/mobile security and performance, you are a trusted source for developing new firewall rules from log files, crafting performance caching and delivery strategies, and creating or repurposing internal tools and scripts for customers.n nAs a Partner Solutions Engineer, you are the technical partner advocate within Cloudflare.
To aid your partners, you will work closely with every team at Cloudflare, from Sales and Product, through to Engineering and Customer Support.
Your goal of partner success should drive you through the entire organization as you seek out and create scalable solutions for your customer”s needs.n n What We Look For In Our Partner Solutions Engineersn n Our Partner Solutions Engineers come from a wide range of backgrounds: financial consulting, engineering, software development, product management, customer support, and project delivery.
We”re serious about building a diverse team.
When hiring we look for diversity of experience combined with genuine curiosity for our technology.n nUltimately, you are passionate about technology and have the ability to explain complex technical concepts in easy-to-understand terms.
You are naturally curious, and an avid builder who is not afraid to get your hands dirty.
You appreciate the diversity of challenges in working with customers, and look forward to helping them realize the full promise of Cloudflare.
On the Solutions Engineering team, you will find a collaborative environment where everyone brings different strengths and jumps in to help each other.n n Responsibilitiesn As critical members of Cloudflare”s Partner Sales team, the Partner Solutions Engineers drive technical discussions and implementations to help partners generate new business, expand existing business, and keep our partners successful.
In business generation and expansion, you”ll be tasked with educating/enabling our partners in qualification of prospect and customer use cases, technical requirements discovery, leading demonstrations, solution identification and design, and collaborative work on proofs-of-concept (PoCs).
The role requires 20-50% travel to attend meetings with partners, attend conferences and other industry events, and to collaborate with your Cloudflare teammates.
Requirements n 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.
3 years of experience in a customer-facing sales, partners sales, or consulting role (note: doesn”t have to be in tech) Technical curiosity and passion: Cloudflare is at the cutting edge of internet technology, and our Solutions Engineers are viewed as subject-matter experts.
It”s incumbent on us to stay up to date not only with Cloudflare”s specific products, but with industry trends.
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.
Desired n You”ve built web applications before, or contributed to existing web applications in a meaningful way.
You understand the role of a firewall, the difference between L3, L4, and L7 firewalls, and that ”ACL” doesn”t always mean Anterior Cruciate Ligament.
You”re not afraid of command-line interfaces, RESTful APIs, or analyzing HTTP request and response in a browser”s web inspector.
You can describe the differences between CSRF, XSS, and SQLi in detail, and Cloudflare”s role in defending against them.
Understanding of, or experience with, regulatory requirements such a PCI DSS, HIPAA, and SOC-2.
An undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
Reminder: this is not a strict requirement at all.
Candidates from all walks of life are welcome.
You have worked closely with partners before in a partner sales and enablement capacity.
Bonus Points n Graduate-level degrees in Computer Science, Engineering or related fields.
Reminder: this is not a strict requirement at all.
Candidates from all walks of life are welcome.
Certifications More About You n 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 enterprise 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.
Our product suite is ever-growing, and knowing how to identify which parts will solve a customer”s particular problem is important.
You understand how to manage a project, work to deadlines, and prioritize between competing demands.
What Makes Cloudflare Special?n n 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.n n Project Galileo : We equip politically and artistically important organizations and journalists 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.n n Athenian Project : We created Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration.n n Path Forward Partnership : Since 2016, we have partnered with Path Forward, a nonprofit organization, to create 16-week positions for mid-career professionals who want to get back to the workplace after taking time off to care for a child, parent, or loved one.n n 1.1.1.1 : We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver.
This is available publicly for everyone to use
– it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released.
Here”s the deal
– we don”t store client IP addresses never, ever.
We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.n nSound like something you”d like to be a part of?
We”d love to hear from you!n nThis position may require access to information protected under U.S.
export control laws, including the U.S.
Export Administration Regulations.
Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S.
export laws without sponsorship for an export license.n nCloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness.
All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person”s, perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law.
We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer.n…..
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