🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands · 22h ago
Solutions Engineer, Benelux
Cloudflare
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About UsAt 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.At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in.Available LocationsAmsterdam, NetherlandsAbout The RoleThe Pre-Sales Solution Engineering organization owns the technical sale of the Cloudflare solution portfolio, ensuring maximal business value, fit-for-purpose solution design and adoption roadmap for our customers. Solutions Engineering is made up of individuals from a wide range of backgrounds - from Financial Consulting to Product Management, Customer Support to Software Engineering, and we are serious about building a diverse, experienced and curious team.Solutions Engineers work closely with our customers and partners to educate, empower, and ensure their success delivering Cloudflare security, reliability and performance solutions.More than any specific technology, we look for intellectual curiosity, adaptability, and a collaborative spirit. On the Solutions Engineering team, you will find an environment where everyone brings different strengths and jumps in to help each other. If you are passionate about technology and look forward to helping customers and ecosystem organisations realise the full promise of Cloudflare, we'd love to hear from you.ResponsibilitiesThis is a Solutions Engineer role with a focus on the broader technology ecosystem that carry Cloudflare solutions to market across Benelux. Your role will be to build champions and enable technical teams alongside our Benelux sales organisation to drive pipeline and close deals.As the technical advocate inside Cloudflare, you will work closely with teams across Sales, Product, Engineering, Customer Support and our channel partners to ensure our customers succeed with Cloudflare security, reliability, and performance solutions.You have strong experience in pre-sales, partner and account management, and excellent verbal and written communication skills in Dutch and English, suited for both technical and executive-level engagement. You are comfortable speaking about the Cloudflare vision with all audiences. Ultimately, you are passionate about technology, curious by nature, and an avid builder who is not afraid to get your hands dirty.Specifically, we are looking for you to:Build and maintain long-term technical relationships with prospects, customers and ecosystem organisations across Benelux through demonstrating value, enablement, and uncovering new areas of potential revenueDrive technical solution design conversations through use case qualification and collaborative technical wins through demonstrations and proofs-of-conceptDevelop passionate technical champions within the technology ranks of your accounts, helping them drive sales for identified opportunities and build revenue pipelineEvangelize and represent Cloudflare through technical thought leadership and expertiseBe the voice of the market internally at Cloudflare, engaging with and influencing Product and Engineering teams to meet the needs of your accounts and their customersTravel requirement in the Benelux to support engagements, attend conferences and industry events, and collaborate with Cloudflare teammatesDesirable Skills, Knowledge, And ExperienceLanguage & CommunicationFluency in Dutch and English (verbal and written)Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical audiences, including C-level stakeholdersStrong presentation and storytelling skills (whiteboarding, demos, executive briefings)PreSales CompetenciesExperience managing technical sales cycles end-to-endAbility to articulate business value and ROI of technical solutions, not just featuresExperience working within an integrated account team (alongside Account Executives, Customer Success, BDRs, and channel partners)Technical CompetenciesNetworking technologies including TCP/IP, UDP, DNS (authoritative and recursive, DNSSEC), IPv4/IPv6, BGP routing, Autonomous Systems, subnettingTunneling and connectivity: GRE, IPsec, MPLS, SDWANCloud networking concepts: VPCs, peering, interconnectDDoS attack types (L3/L4/L7) and mitigation strategiesWeb Application Firewall (WAF) rule configuration and tuningVPN concepts and their limitations relative to Zero Trust approachesAPI security: API Gateway, rate limiting, schema validation, abuse preventionBot management concepts and detection techniquesSASE concepts and Zero Trust Networking architectures (ZTNA, CASB, SWG, DLP, RBI as integrated platform)Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) vs. traditional VPN architectureHTTP technologies and reverse proxy architecture: WAF, CDN, caching mechanicsDetailed understanding of the flow from user to application, including hybrid cloud architecturesWorking knowledge of major cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP (architecture patterns, native security tooling, VPC/peering models)Familiarity with InfrastructureasCode concepts (e.g. Terraform)Cloudflare Workers and the edge compute model (JavaScript/TypeScript)Familiarity with related primitives: KV, Object storage, serverless computeCompetitive & Industry KnowledgeFamiliarity with the competitive landscape across Cloudflare's product areasUnderstanding of why customers move from on-premises appliances to cloud-delivered securityAwareness of relevant industry verticals: Financial Services, eCommerce, Gaming, Media, SaaS, HealthcareSoft Skills & BehavioursTrusted advisor mindset: prioritizing long-term customer success over short-term convenienceIntellectual curiosity and a habit of continuous self-directed learningStrong collaborative instincts: sharing knowledge, writing documentation, contributing to team resourcesComfort with ambiguity and the ability to research, test, and synthesize answers independentlyEmotional intelligence and the ability to foster inclusive, constructive working relationshipsGrowth mindset and openness to feedbackCompensationFor Netherlands based hires: Estimated annual salary is between EUR 110,000 - EUR 151,000This role is eligible to earn incentive compensation under Cloudflare’s Sales Compensation Plan. The estimated annual salary range includes the on-target incentive compensation that may be attained in this role under the Sales Compensation Plan.EquityThis role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.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: Since 2014, we've eSourced from LinkedIn. Relocantly aggregates public job postings; apply on the original site.