Cloudflare · 1 month ago
Senior Named Solutions Engineer, Public Sector
Hybrid
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expCloudflare is a leading technology company on a mission to help build a better Internet. The Senior Named Solutions Engineer will collaborate with public sector clients, providing technical expertise and strategic guidance to solve complex challenges in networking and cybersecurity.
AnalyticsEnterprise SoftwareSecurityWeb Hosting
Responsibilities
Collaborating with clients from early-stage ideation through to planning for production
Providing both a challenging and rewarding opportunity to develop adjacent technology expertise
Mastering key skills relating to technical and industry advocacy on behalf of clients
Offering good practice guidance and adopting a deploy-to-production mindset
Contributing to a body-of-knowledge across key domains of networking, cybersecurity and edge computing
Supporting clients in both local and central government, as well as select private sector clients
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience in the IT industry (mid-level or senior engineering level experience)
Ability to manage a project, work to deadlines, and prioritise between competing demands
Demonstrating empathy with customers and quickly identifying challenges and pain points they face
Understanding of 'how the internet works'. For example: Know the differences between TCP & UDP, and understand what kinds of applications may favour one over the other; Can explain the difference between authoritative DNS & recursive DNS; You understand the role of a firewall, why TLS (SSL) plays an increasingly important role on today's Internet, a solid understanding of HTTP and a willingness to dive deeper into the quirks of clients & servers alike
Understanding of how customers make buying decisions, how to explain ROI
A knowledge of the competitive landscape for one or more of: DDoS, CDN, Performance, DNS, Developer platform or Zero-Trust/SASE service providers
You're OK with some in-region travel (15~30 days per quarter): eg. Being next to our clients means that we need to travel to customer offices, conferences and/or events
Preferred
Previous experience in a pre-sales SE or consulting role. (note: doesn't have to be in tech)
Demonstrated experience with a scripting language (e.g. Python, JavaScript, Bash) and a desire to expand those skills
Exposure to emerging technical landscape trends such as machine learning, GenAI, DevOps, security operations etc
Previous experience in supporting the public sector is beneficial, however not mandatory
Having previously held Security Clearance (SC) status, however this is not mandatory
Company
Cloudflare
Cloudflare is a web performance and security company that provides online services to protect and accelerate websites online.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (117)
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2023 (66)
2022 (98)
2021 (83)
2020 (37)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.08BKey Investors
Franklin TempletonFidelityUnion Square Ventures
2025-06-13Post Ipo Debt· $1.75B
2019-09-12IPO
2019-03-12Series E· $150M
Leadership Team
Matthew Prince
CEO & Co-Founder
Lee Holloway
Co-Founder & Lead Engineer
Recent News
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