What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Technical Enablement Architect, Application Security position at Cloudflare Inc?
About Us
At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world's largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine's Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.
We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us!
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We are seeking a highly motivated, experienced, and self-driven Technical Enablement Architect to design, develop, and deliver training content on Cloudflare Application Security products and solutions. This role is critical in enabling our stakeholders, including Sales, Pre-Sales, Customer Success, Professional Services, Partners, and Customers.
Reporting to the Senior Manager of Technical & Partner Enablement on the Sales Enablement team, the successful candidate will collaborate closely with product technical marketing, product management, and the specialist organization to empower global field teams. This position is part of an experienced global team of technical enablement architects, responsible for creating and delivering technical training for all Cloudflare products and solutions.
As the Technical Enablement Architect (TEA) for Application Security, you will be an integral part of the Technical Enablement team within the Sales Enablement organization. Your responsibilities will include :
- Technical Mastery : Maintain a deep technical understanding of Cloudflare Application Security solutions, including new product updates and industry trends.
- Scalable Solutions : Architect scalable enablement solutions such as labs, demos, apps, and virtual classrooms to benefit our audience.
- Leadership : Display high standards of leadership by providing subject matter expertise within the Application Security domain.
- Technical Conversations : Lead technical discussions and drive subject matter expertise within the Application Security product line.
- Ongoing Enablement : Support technical enablement activities for new hires, developing skills for effective demonstrations, proof of concepts, and product deployments related to Application Security products.
- Training Materials : Design, develop, update, and implement objective-based training materials for Cloudflare Application Security products and solutions.
- Training Modules : Develop and update training modules with clear learning paths aligned to Sales Plays and Sales Stages for Pre-Sales and Post-Sales audiences.
- Hands-On Solutions : Curate enablement content by developing scalable hands-on educational solutions within our sandbox environment (e.g., labs, demos, apps, tools, virtual classrooms).
- Stakeholder Engagement : Participate in stakeholder interlock meetings, such as NPIs with product management, technical marketing, specialist teams, and Pre-Sales and Post-Sales leaders to review a rolling 4-quarter enablement plan for feedback, refinement, and augmentation.
- Field Readiness : Drive field readiness for product improvements and future release capabilities by collaborating with product management and technical marketing teams.
- Strategy Ownership : Own and drive the Enablement strategy and educational offerings for Application Security, aligning with the Go-to-Market strategy.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration : Navigate across multiple roles within the Enablement ecosystem and stakeholders to develop scalable solutions.
This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the growth and success of Cloudflare by enabling our teams with the knowledge and tools they need to excel in their roles.
About the Team
Do you thrive on creating innovative solutions? Do you value new capabilities? Can you help us develop and deliver technical educational programs that are engaging and hands-on to enable our teams?
The Technical Enablement team within the Enablement organization is focused on increasing and improving Cloudflare's technical product educational offerings for our Sales, Pre-Sales and Post Sales, Partner and Customer organization by advancing our capabilities through state-of-the-art hands-on learning environments such as labs, demos, apps and virtual classrooms. By focusing our educational offerings on product, competition, market, architectural landscapes, and certifications we will help elevate the stakeholders to the next generation of technical value selling and consulting experts. By elevating our training offerings, we will enable our internal customers to use Cloudflare for their cloud strategies while creating customers for life.
Key activities of the team include but are not limited to :
Required Education and Experience
Applicants must meet one of the following education and experience requirements :
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What Makes Cloudflare Special?
We're not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We're a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.
Project Galileo : We equip politically and artistically important organizations and journalists with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare's enterprise customers at no cost.
Athenian Project : We created Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration.
1.1.1.1 : We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here's the deal - we don't store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.
Sound like something you'd like to be a part of? We'd love to hear from you!
This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.
Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person's, perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. We are an AA / Veterans / Disabled Employer.
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