Pre-Sales Engineer

🕒 August 21

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🔍 Pre-sales Engineer

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PlainID - The Identity Security Company

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51 - 200 employees

🔒 Cybersecurity

📋 Compliance

Cybersecurity • Compliance

PlainID is the world's leading provider of enterprise Authorization, helping enterprises address the complex challenges of Identity Security. The PlainID Platform allows you to discover, manage, and authorize access control policies for enterprise applications and data. This solution is designed to protect against identity-centric security threats powered by Policy-Based Access Control (PBAC).

📋 Description

• Lead deep-dive technical discussions and discovery sessions with architects, security engineers, and business owners • Present and demonstrate PlainID’s platform and key differentiators • Own the end-to-end proof-of-concept process, including scoping, environment configuration, policy building, and executive readouts • Collaborate with Regional Sales Managers through complex sales cycles • Respond to RFx and align technical solutions with organizational goals • Identify business value behind prospects’ adoption of PBAC/ABAC and document it in executive summaries • Guide customers in integrating PlainID with identity providers, IGA, PAM, API gateways, and data platforms • Serve as the primary technical resource for the sales team and bridge authorization challenges with PlainID solutions • Support onsite customer engagements and partner events, traveling up to 50% within the assigned region

🎯 Requirements

• At least 5 years of hands-on experience in Identity Security as a Sales Engineer, Solution Architect, or similar technical pre-sales role • Deep understanding of PBAC and ABAC methodologies • Familiarity with OPA/Rego policy language highly preferred • Proficiency in OIDC, SAML, SCIM, and OAuth 2.0 • Awareness of AuthZEN is an advantage • Familiarity with SPIFFE & SPIRE preferred • Proven experience with Linux/Windows environments and containerization, including Kubernetes, Helm charts, and AWS ECS • Working knowledge of RESTful APIs, API Gateways such as Apigee and Kong, and data platforms including Snowflake, Databricks, and SQL • Familiarity with securing AI agents, including MCP, RAG, LangChain/LangGraph, NHI, on-behalf-of execution, and agent discovery • Exceptional presentation skills and ability to explain complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences • Ability to perform gap analyses and provide technical commitments aligned with long-term partnership goals • Capability to manage multiple POCs and technical workstreams simultaneously • Ability to collaborate across Product, Global Services, and Marketing teams • Information security certifications such as CISSP and CISA, or AWS/Azure certifications, are considered an advantage

🏖️ Benefits

• Willingness to travel up to 50% within the assigned region to support onsite customer engagements and partner events