Why Center for Internet Security
FY2025 · Form 990Its mission and biggest programs, as filedProtects organizations from cyber threats.
- Security best practices combines both the Security benchmarks and critical Security controls programs. The Security benchmarks program helps organizations improve their IT Security posture by reducing risks resulting from inadequate technical Security controls. To accomplish this, the Security benchmarks program…$40.2M spent in FY2025
- The cis services program offers services to all state, local, territorial, and tribal entities and public authorities to improve their overall cyber and election Security. These services include scanning, Security assessments, phishing exercises, and other cyber Security related services.$31.9M spent in FY2025
- The ms-isac program provides a common mechanism for raising the level of cybersecurity readiness and response in each state and with local governments and u.s. Tribes and territories with the goal of improving the overall cybersecurity posture of u.s. State…$13.5M spent in FY2025
Before you apply
FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the orgAbout the role
The org's own posting, as writtenThe Senior Cybersecurity Solutions Engineer is part of the Sales and Business Services (SBS) department, which resides on the Sales Solutions Engineering team and reports to the Manager of Cybersecurity Solutions Engineering. This is a hybrid pre-sales and post-sales engineering role supporting U.S.
State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) and Education (SLED) customers across the full CIS portfolio, including CIS Managed Detection and Response (CIS MDR, delivered via CrowdStrike GovCloud and Sophos commercial cloud), Managed/Extended Detection and Response (MXDR), Malicious Domain Blocking and Reporting (MDBR and MDBR+), Albert Network Monitoring and Management, CIS Hardened Images, CIS SecureSuite, networking, and cloud security.
Serving as a subject matter expert (SME) across this portfolio, the Senior Cybersecurity Solutions Engineer works hand in hand with CIS Services Account Executives and the Technical Account Management (TAM) team within the CSE/TAM operating model to drive opportunities from technical discovery and solution design through onboarding, adoption, issue resolution, and expansion. The ideal candidate is an empathetic and proactive self-starter with a team-lead mentality; someone who works directly with customers, owns issues end to end, and sets the technical standard for the team through mentorship, enablement, and example.
This role also serves as a trusted technical voice to Product Management and executive leadership, translating field and customer insights into product and business decisions.
What You'll Do
Serve as the technical SME across the CIS portfolio, including CIS MDR, MXDR, MDBR/MDBR+, Albert Network Monitoring, CIS Hardened Images, CIS SecureSuite, networking, and cloud security Provide hybrid pre-sales and post-sales engineering support, including technical discovery, solution design, demonstrations, proofs of concept, onboarding, deployment guidance, escalation management, and issue resolution through closure Own the technical customer onboarding experience for assigned accounts, accelerating time to value and protecting revenue recognition and customer satisfaction Partner directly with CIS Services Account Executives and Senior Account Executives throughout the government sales cycle, including procurement, security reviews, and technical evaluations Operate within the CSE/TAM operating model alongside the Technical Account Management team to ensure seamless customer experience from pre-sales through onboarding, adoption, and renewal Proactively engage customers and internal stakeholders through direct, real-time communication (phone, video, and possibly, in-person meetings) to accelerate resolution and build trusted relationships Act as a technical team lead and mentor; coaching, enabling, and upskilling solutions engineers whose experience is concentrated in CIS SecureSuite, broadening team competency across the managed security services portfolio Develop enablement content, runbooks…
About Center for Internet Security
From its Form 990- Budget $126.3M · Public & Societal Benefit
- Staff 542 · founded 2000
- Pays its leaders $320K–$1.2M (12 reported)
- Open jobs 7 · Jobs at Center for Internet Security · Full 990 report