Senior Specialist Solutions Engineer, Zero Trust - Japan

Job Application for Senior Specialist Solutions Engineer, Zero Trust - Japan at Cloudflare

Senior Specialist Solutions Engineer, Zero Trust - Japan Hybrid

About Us

At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other 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 all have 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.

At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in.

Available Locations: Tokyo

About Us

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 trillions of requests per month. 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 recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer and named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list.

We 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!

What you'll do as a Specialist Solution Engineer

You will work with our clients to understand their business needs and understand their current applications landscape and access architecture with the goal of helping them develop a security posture that meets their needs while also keeping their employees and assets safe according to the most recent standards in cyber security. You will do this with the technological solutions in the Cloudflare One product portfolio, which encompasses different Zero Trust offerings, including our cutting edge Remote Browser Isolation and email security solutions.

You will work closely with our Account Executives (AEs); generalist SEs, as well as every other team at Cloudflare, from Sales and Product to Engineering and Customer Support.

Responsibilities

You serve as a trusted advisor to our customers; helping them find the best solution for their business needs with Cloudflare One.

Guide qualified prospects through the Solution Design and Proof of Concept stages of sales engagements; showing them the key capabilities of the Cloudflare One portfolio

Work with your Sales Partners to consistently achieve Pipeline and Revenue goals

Understand our customers IT landscape and security requirements and develop an architecture for our customers to support their business needs

Articulate the benefits of the Cloudflare One product portfolio vs competing solutions

Promote retention by capturing and communicating gaps in product or features

Skill Requirements

Curiosity and Learning Agility

8+ years of prior Technical Sales, Systems Engineering, or related experience

Experience interacting with senior level/executives to communicate a message of network and security transformation

Familiar with trends in cyber security (e.g. RAT/trojans, malware, ransomware, phishing, adware, cryptomining, spam, botnets, info stealing, scareware)

Fundamental understanding of customer network and application architectures.

Technical curiosity and passion: Cloudflare is at the cutting edge of internet technology. It’s incumbent on us to stay up to date not only with Cloudflare’s specific products, but with industry trends.

Detailed understanding of workflow from user to application including hybrid architectures with Azure, AWS, GCP.

SASE concepts and Zero Trust Networking architectures

Secure Web Gateway, CASB, DLP, DNS, DNS over HTTPS

IdP/authentication, SAML, OTP

SaaS application integration and tenant controls

VPN and remote access challenges

SIEM and log analytics platforms

Client OS fundamentals and software distribution

Ability to jump in with hands-on configuration when needed

Ability to manage a project, work to deadlines, and prioritize between competing goals

Other desirable skills areas include:

Routing, subnetting, split tunnels. SD-WAN, local internet breakout

End user and application security risks - DDoS, malware, phishing, viruses

Knowledge of competitive market around CDN providers, Web application Firewall, Remote access solutions, Next generation Firewalls, CASB solutions , DDOS mitigations solutions, SD-WAN solutions , Secure Gateway solutions

Ideally knowledge of Cloudflare ZTNA solutions such as Teams, Access, Gateway, and Browser Isolation

What Makes Cloudflare Special?

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.

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