Senior Sales Engineer - Network Observability & Performance
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Remote · Minnesota, United States · Posted October 25, 2026
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Senior Sales Engineer - Network Observability & Performance
Location: Remote (WHF) office in greater Minneapolis area Company: Global Leader in Security Solutions (OEM; public company) Compensation: Lucrative base plus bonus (210K-230K OTE, uncapped), RSUs, generous 401K match, and great benefits Position Type: Full-Time/Perm Position ID: 1796
Join a financially strong, publicly traded technology leader that helps some of the world's largest enterprises improve network performance, application availability, cybersecurity, and network visibility across complex hybrid cloud environments.
Why Consider This Opportunity?
Industry-leading Network Observability, Network Performance (NPM), and Application Performance Management (APM) solutions.
Uncapped earnings potential plus RSUs/Equity
401(k) match and excellent benefits
Generous PTO and tuition reimbursement
Stable territories, strong leadership, and long employee tenure
Opportunity to work with Fortune 1000 and enterprise customers
The Opportunity
We are seeking a consultative Senior Sales Engineer to support enterprise sales efforts by delivering technical presentations, product demonstrations, Proofs of Concept (POCs), and solution recommendations. This role combines pre-sales expertise with strong networking knowledge to help customers solve complex performance, availability, and security challenges.
Key Responsibilities
Partner with Account Managers throughout the sales cycle
Lead technical presentations, demos, and POCs
Understand customer challenges and recommend solutions
Build relationships with enterprise IT teams and executives
Support sales strategy, opportunity development, and forecasting
Identify expansion and upsell opportunities within accounts
Requirements
7+ years of Pre-Sales Engineering experience
Experience selling networking technology solutions to Enterprise customers
Strong enterprise networking and troubleshooting background
Excellent presentation and communication skills
Experience with:
Network Observability, NetFlow, DPI, MCP, AI
Network Performance Monitoring (NPM)
Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Networking technologies; LAN/WAN networking environments
Note: This position does not offer any Visa sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong, customer-facing Sales Engineer who enjoys helping enterprise organizations solve complex networking and application performance challenges while working with cutting-edge technology.
If this sounds like you, Contact me.
Contact: Karel Lukas, Managing Partner The Trevi Group karel@thetrevigroup.com
If this position is not the right match for you... then who comes to mind that should hear about it. Any recommendations you provide will be tagged confidentially with your name so that if we place that person within one year, we will send you a $1,000 Amex Gift Card to thank you for your help. Just know that when we contact people that you recommend to us, we contact them confidentially and never mention your name. Your referrals are handled in a completely confidential manner.