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Sr. Solutions Engineer

Yesterday Flexible / Remote

Introduction

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A career in IBM Software means you'll be part of a team that transforms our customer's challenges into industry-leading solutions. We are an infinitely curious team, always seeking new possibilities, and dedicated to creating the world's leading AI-powered, cloud-native software solutions. Our renowned legacy creates endless global opportunities for our network of IBMers. We are a team of deep product experts, ensuring exceptional client experiences, with a focus on delivery, excellence, and obsession over customer outcomes. This position involves contributing to HashiCorp's offerings, now part of IBM, which empower organizations to automate and secure multi-cloud and hybrid environments. You will join a team managing the lifecycle of infrastructure and security, enhancing IBM's cloud solutions to ensure enterprises achieve efficiency, security, and scalability in their cloud journey.

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Your role and responsibilities

As a Public Sector/Federal Pre-Sales Solutions Engineer at HashiCorp an IBM company, you will work in a high-performance team environment to drive business development, opportunity demand creation, sales, revenue attainment, territory growth, and customer success by providing pre-sales technical expertise to meet and exceed customer challenges, issues, and objectives. The Fed pre-sales SE's primary objective is to associate HashiCorp technical value to address and solve customer challenges with a principle focus on driving hybrid/multi-cloud solutions, Fed DevSecOps initiatives, rapid mission/application deployments, specifically in the context of multiple technical and executive audiences.

Responsibilities:

• Lead as a domain expert in hybrid/multi-cloud solutions for the Federal sales team and technical lead on strategic client relationships in Federal accounts

• Lead pre-sales technical and sales activities including technical discovery, technical value proposition, architectural guidance, solution advocacy, sales campaign support and ongoing client relationships

• Ability to provide expert guidance on hybrid/multi-cloud and DevSecOps concepts and solutions with strong skill sets in Federal IT Enterprise infrastructure architecture, cloud, IT operations, security, and development technologies and processes

• Establish and maintain a deep understanding of the overall HashiCorp technology portfolio and the competitive landscape

• Help foster an environment for ongoing strategic customer success

• Work closely with key client executive decision makers on product evaluations and proof of concepts to ensure the solutions/products meets client objectives

• Clear understanding of Federal operational environments, regulatory requirements, and mission deployment objectives and challenges

Actively assist other Sales teams in pre-sales technical, sales, initiatives and efforts

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• A strong desire to learn and teach new technologies, passion for transforming the mission of those who protect, serve, and educate, and enjoy working in a dynamic team environment.

• Curiosity and commitment to solving complex problems in a modern, dynamic IT environment and a solution-oriented, growth mindset.

• 5+ years technical pre-sales / Sales Engineering experience or equivalent experience - practitioners with customer-facing experience are welcome (Federal/Public Sector experience preferred)

• B.S. degree in an engineering, computer science/architecture, or similar program from an accredited college/university or equivalent experience.

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• Proficiency in understanding and effectively articulating concepts, technologies, and value, in hybrid/multi-cloud, DevSecOps, IT operations, security, cloud adoption, microservices, containers, Enterprise to Edge, and orchestration/scheduling platforms

• Proficiency and/or knowledge of existing HashiCorp tools such as Vagrant, Packer, Terraform, Consul, Nomad, Vault and others

• Experience with implementing software products, cloud-based applications, or solutions in large and dynamic Federal enterprise environments

• Ability to take initiative and work well in a remote, highly dynamic sales environment that focuses on providing customer service above industry standards

• Domestic and occasional international travel may be required

US Citizenship required

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Past experience working with IC and DoD accounts preferred

• Current government security clearance at Top Secret level or higher preferred

Proficiency and/or knowledge of Federal cloud operating environments (Gov Cloud, Azure Secret, SC2S/C2S/C2E, etc.) and others, preferred

• Knowledge of or experience with Federal IT and Mission operational environments and requirements (classified/secure networks, DoD Impact Levels, compliance, MLS, regulatory, intermittent / field environments, enterprise-to-edge deployments, etc.) preferred

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OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

  • Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
  • Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
  • Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
  • Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
  • Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

This position is eligible for participation in an IBM Sales Incentive plan. Actual incentive opportunity will be based on performance and the eligible Target Incentive, as addressed in the applicable plan, all of which is subject to change. The compensation range listed for this position is the IBM Reference Salary that is used when you are not actively participating in a sales plan. Your actual base pay plus incentive opportunity will be determined by the Incentive Plan assigned to you.

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

Client-provided location(s): Flexible / Remote, Herndon, VA
Job ID: IBM-53261
Employment Type: OTHER
Posted: 2025-08-19T18:49:48

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