Lead Sales Engineering Specialist, Security

Fivetran

Sales Engineering Specialist ensuring Fivetran’s platform security for customer needs. Collaborating with sales and product teams while addressing security inquiries and compliance.

Posted 5/2/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $192,270 - $240,337 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudJavaPythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support our sales and field sales engineering teams with deep technical knowledge and understanding of Fivetran’s internal security operations, related platform features, and the security domain
Deliver timely and accurate responses to prospect and customer security questionnaires utilizing internal tooling
Work with Legal and AppSec to maintain internal libraries for use in security questionnaires
Lead documentation and internal enablement efforts, helping to scale our specialist knowledge to the entire department
Work closely with Fivetran’s Product and Engineering teams to ensure alignment of our solutions to our customer needs
Engage directly with prospects and customers on security architecture reviews and compliance discussions, with increasing ownership over time
Stay up-to-date on the latest technologies and trends in the security domain

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years as a security administrator, backend engineer, field CISO, or IT services within an enterprise or similarly complex environment
Extensive expertise with modern cloud and on-premise network architectures, connectivity mechanisms (SSH, Reverse SSH, VPN, PrivateLink), and data security.
Ability to effectively communicate Fivetran’s detailed security posture and influence security audiences at all levels
Passion for data, security, analytics, and a philosophy of using technology to help solve business problems, including experience with using generative AI to accelerate and scale day-to-day workflows
Experience with trust center management platforms and security questionnaire automation software
Curiosity to learn and assimilate technical information quickly, enthusiasm to share and teach others.
Familiarity with programming languages such as Java, SQL, and Python is a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

100% employer-paid medical insurance
Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays, and volunteer days off
RSU stock grants*
Professional development and training opportunities
Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities
Monthly cell phone stipend
Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.

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Hard Skills & Tools

security administrationbackend engineeringcloud architectureon-premise network architecturedata securitySSHReverse SSHVPNPrivateLinkprogramming languages

Soft Skills

effective communicationinfluencecuriosityenthusiasm for teachingpassion for dataproblem-solvingscaling knowledgecollaboration