Principal Sales Engineer

About Ping Identity: 

At Ping Identity, we believe in making digital experiences both secure and seamless for all users, without compromise. We call this digital freedom. And it's not just something we provide our customers. It's something that inspires our company. People don't come here to join a culture that's built on digital freedom. They come to cultivate it. 

Our intelligent, cloud identity platform lets people shop, work, bank, and interact wherever and however they want. Without friction. Without fear. 

While protecting digital identities is at the core of our technology, protecting individual identities is at the core of our culture. We champion every identity. One of our core values, Respect Individuality, reminds us to celebrate differences so you are empowered to bring your authentic self to work. 

We're headquartered in Denver, Colorado and we have offices and employees around the globe. We serve the largest, most demanding enterprises worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 100. At Ping Identity, we're changing the way people and businesses think about cybersecurity, digital experiences, and identity and access management. 

The Role:

Reporting to the regional Sales Engineering manager, this is a strategic pre-sales role as we accelerate our growth at this crucial stage in our company’s development.

Ping’s growth now requires repeatable success. You will have evidence of solution selling and success, with experience in architecting solutions, delivering solution driven workshops, building and delivering solution and industry demos, directly answer and help our partners in answering RFPs and RFIs, enable partner POCs or execute and defend our own POCs, and a strong ability to leverage and enable the partner community.

In order to acquire, retain and extend customer relationships, you will be a high performer who uses data, previous experience and current feedback to finesse your approach. Your mindset should be passionate, authentic and hungry, with a natural ability to be proactive and creative.

We are seeking an elite tech-savvy presales solution architect focusing on modern technology, with a passion for Identity Management / Access Management (IDM / IAM) solutions. The right candidate will have a strong integration profile and will have the ability to architect IAM infrastructures, execute complex Proof of Concepts (POCs), and conduct business and technical workshops. 

As a Principal / Senior Sales Engineer in our highly successful team, you will help make an impact with an industry leading technology that is growing quickly and aggressively. You will work with an innovative and market leading team, interact with global customers and interact daily with world leading technologists.  Where your focus is deeply technical working with our platform and product teams, implementing them according to the solution the customer desires, you will compliment other team members in the Sales Engineering team whose task is to transform the customer business requirements into the right solution.

Responsibilities:

• Work together with the Sales, Marketing and Partner team - qualify prospects on solution fit and delivery needs
• Work together with other team members, Product Management and Product/Platform Engineering and Support in providing the right deep technical expertise for our prospects and customers
• Acting as a trusted advisor, bring a strong solution selling focus to delivering solution workshops, solution & platform demonstrations, Proof of Concepts and RFIs to customers and integration partners 
• Lead or assist team members in building out demos of our solutions and platform capabilities
• Embrace the collaborative culture in Ping by helping out other team members no matter which region they are in, ensuring we succeed as a company
• Guarantee a continuous handover between the teams when navigating between pre- and post-sales phases
• Act as pre-sales lead for prospect opportunities working with other Ping teams and partners and Account Executive to convert the prospect into a customer
• Able to travel up to 50% of the time

Skills & Qualifications:

• At least 8-12+ years of proven experience in a presales solution architect role
• At least 5+ years of proven experience in three or more of the following industries: Banking, Insurance, Telco, Government, Retail, Media and other industries with a large-scale customer base
• Business consultative skills, ability to interface with various levels including C-suite, directors, managers, architects, developers, and engineering teams
• Ability to work with a high level of self-direction and/or collaboratively with other teams within Ping Identity
• Ability to relate proposed solution technical capabilities back to customer needs in a narrative style
• Developing and delivering technical presentations, workshops, customized demonstrations, and proof of concepts
• Experience in public speaking as a featured speaker at physical events or online webinars.
• Strong knowledge of Identity/Access Management, cybersecurity and enterprise security technologies
• Experience working with CIAM or IAM solutions in or with enterprise organizations for securing web applications, native mobile apps and API services (external or internal facing)
• Experience with installation and configuration of one or more IAM technologies from: Ping Identity, ForgeRock, Okta, Auth0, CA, Oracle, IBM, Microfocus/NetIQ, or similar.
• Working knowledge of IAM related protocols and formats such as: OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, WS-Federation, WebAuthN, FIDO, FAPI, SCIM, LDAP, Kerberos, RADIUS, JSON, XML, SQL, etc.
• Competency with coding or scripting languages (Java, JavaScript, Groovy, etc.), RESTful Web API Services, web development frameworks (HTML5, CSS, Node.js, Vue.js, React, etc.), or mobile development frameworks for iOS and Android.
• General networking concepts and technologies such as: TCP/IP, HTTP/S, SSL/TLS, mTLS, PKI, WebSocket, DNS, load balancers, proxies, network routing, etc.
• Cloud Platforms - AWS, GCP, or Azure
• DevOps deployment automation, Kubernetes and Docker platform

Life at Ping:

We believe in and facilitate a flexible, collaborative work environment. We’re growing quickly, but remain true to the innovative, can-do startup values that got us here. Most importantly, we keep hiring talented, smart, fun, and genuinely nice people because that’s who we want to succeed with every day. 

Here are just a few of the things that make Ping special:

• A company culture that empowers you to do your best work.
• Employee Resource Groups that create a sense of belonging for everyone.
• Regular company and team bonding events.
• Competitive benefits and perks.
• Global volunteering and community initiatives

Our Benefits: 

• Generous PTO & Holiday Schedule 
• Parental Leave
• Progressive Healthcare Options
• Retirement Programs
• Opportunity for Education Reimbursement 
• Commuter Offset (Specific locations)

 

Ping is the collective sum of all our individual experiences, backgrounds and influences and we pride ourselves in growing and learning together. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone’s individuality is respected and everyone has an Identity. In recruiting for new colleagues, we welcome the unique contributions you can bring and encourage you to be your best self.

We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.