Pre-Sales Engineer - US

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the lead technical expert during customer engagements, providing architecture recommendations and implementation guidance for Kubernetes, container, and CI/CD environments.
• Deliver solution presentations, demos, and PoCs to C-level audiences and technical teams alike.
• Collaborate with account teams to assess customer requirements and design customized solutions aligned with business and security objectives.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and deployment guides.
• Conduct workshops and speaker sessions to evangelize container security best practices and CleanStart differentiators.
• Partner with product management and engineering teams to provide customer feedback and influence the product roadmap.
• Assist with RFP/RFI responses and technical evaluations during enterprise procurement cycles.
• Develop repeatable solution architectures and reference implementations for customer success.

Required Skills and Experience

• Minimum 7 years of experience in cloud-native or distributed systems domains.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Kubernetes, Docker, containers, and microservices-based architectures.
• Deep understanding of DevOps tools and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, ArgoCD, etc.).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and hybrid/multi-cloud deployment patterns.
• Solid understanding of software supply chain security, image hardening, and vulnerability management.
• Proven pre-sales, customer-facing, or solution architecture experience interacting with senior enterprise stakeholders (CIO/CTO/CISO level).
• Excellent communication and presentation skills - able to simplify and articulate complex technology concepts.
• Strong documentation and technical writing ability.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; advanced degree preferred.
• Kubernetes certification (CKA/CKAD/CKS) or comparable credentials is an advantage.