Presales Solutions Engineer

Sumo Logic

Sales Engineer providing technical expertise through presentations and product demonstrations for Sumo Logic. Collaborating with clients to design solutions and improve customer success.

Posted 5/11/2026full-timeRemote • 🇩🇪 GermanyMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesOpen SourceSplunk

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with the Account Executives to understand customer challenges and mains, and articulate Sumo Logic’s value proposition, vision, and strategy to customers
Technically close complex opportunities through advanced competitive knowledge, technical skill, and credibility
Understand and help orchestrate all phases of the sales cycle, including leading technical validations during the Proof of Value phase 
Be successful working with all levels of an organization, from executives down to individual developers and Site Reliability Engineers
Deliver product and technical demonstrations of the Sumo Logic service
Work cross functionally with Product Management and Engineering to improve the Sumo Logic service based on your experience with customers
Be a "hunter/farmer mentality" who can build technical relationships with prospects and customers.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Fluency in German and English (written and verbal) is required.
B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (preferred)
3+ years as a Solutions Engineer (preferred), Solutions Architect (preferred), Sales Engineer (preferred), Implementation Consultant, Support Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, or a Software Developer with experience leading projects and/or working with customers
Hands on knowledge of Security related products, technologies, and sources such as IDS/IPS, SIEM/Log Management, Network / Endpoint Security, Threat Detection, Incident Response, MSSP/MDR, Threat Feeds, CASB, etc
Experience with open source collections (Telegraf, FluentBit, FluentD, Open Telemetry, etc.) (preferred)
Experience with leading and running technical validations like Proof of Value (preferred)
Experience selling and working with pure SaaS solutions in multi-tenant architectures
Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure (certification is preferred)
A broad background and understanding of technical infrastructure (servers, networking devices, storage, etc.)
Modern application architecture (micro-services, containers) understanding and experience working with Kubernetes, Docker, and/or Lambda (preferred)
Experience with various monitoring tools like Splunk, Datadog, Elastic, New Relic, etc. (preferred)
Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced startup environment and experience at a successful startup (preferred)
Strong written and verbal communication skills, as well as business and technical acumen

Benefits

Comp & perks

Remote work options

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Hard Skills & Tools

Solutions EngineerSolutions ArchitectSales EngineerImplementation ConsultantSupport EngineerSite Reliability EngineerSoftware DeveloperSecurity productsOpen source collectionsTechnical validations

Soft Skills

communication skillsbusiness acumentechnical acumenrelationship buildingcross-functional collaborationhunter/farmer mentalityadaptabilityproblem-solving