Join Wiz as a Principal Solutions Engineer to drive technical value and support cloud security for major clients.
Skills & Technologies
AI in the day-to-day
Wiz is powered by Google, leveraging AI for threat detection and response.
Requirements
- Experience
- 6+ years
Joblaze summary
In the role of Principal Solutions Engineer at Wiz, the individual will serve as the primary technical resource, focusing on the Wiz platform and its Outpost feature to address complex cloud security challenges. This position requires extensive experience with public cloud architectures, Kubernetes, and IAM, alongside strong problem-solving skills to diagnose issues across various cloud environments. Ideal candidates will have a solid background in cloud security and the ability to communicate technical concepts effectively to diverse audiences. Wiz's fast-paced, innovative environment, backed by Google, offers a unique opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge security solutions.
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Quick facts
- How much experience is required?
- At least 6 years of relevant experience for this Principal Solutions Engineer role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS, CI/CD, Git, OCI.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Wiz targets principal-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Principal Solutions Engineer role at Wiz.
From the original posting
Come join the organization that is redefining security for the AI era. As one of the fastest-growing startups ever, we enable teams to secure cloud and AI applications by connecting code, cloud, and runtime into a single shared context. Trusted by security teams all over the world, we have a proven track record of success and a culture that values world-class talent. Not to mention, we're now powered by Google, meaning we offer our customers an AI-powered platform that harnesses Google’s Threat Intelligence and Security Operations to better detect, prevent, and respond to threats across all environments, allowing for further innovation.
Our Wizards from all over the globe work together to protect the infrastructure of our customers, including over 50% of the Fortune 100, who trust us to scan and secure over 230 billion files daily. We’re honored to be a leading player in a massive and growing market, and we continue to look for exceptional Wizards who are eager to make a significant impact on our team. At Wiz, you’ll have the freedom to think creatively, dream big, and use your full range of skills to contribute to our momentous growth. Come join our team and help us create secure cloud environments that allow even the best companies to move faster, all while having some fun!
SUMMARY
We’re looking for a Principal Solutions Engineer to join us and spread the power of Wiz. As a Principal Solutions Engineer you will be acting as the technical authority for the Wiz platform, specializing deeply in Wiz Outpost. Working across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and customer success, you will drive business and technical value for prospects and customers.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Serve as the go to technical resource for sales and solutions engineering on Wiz Platform architecture questions, messaging, and presentations.
- Own Outpost investigations end to end, diving into IAM misconfigurations, networking failures, provisioning breakdowns, and scan degradation across customer environments.
- Root cause and triage issues across multiple cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, and Alibaba.
- Partner with engineering to collaborate on escalations and reproduce issues.
- Clearly distinguish between Wiz bugs, customer misconfigurations, and cloud-provider behavior, and translate these technical gaps for both customers and engineering.
- Provide technical and business-relevant feedback into Product Management based on field engagements to continuously improve Wiz’s position and value messaging.
- Enable the broader support and field teams by building and maintaining investigation runbooks, internal knowledge base content, and onboarding materials. Lead regular thought leadership sessions to share insights derived from customer engagements.
- Collaborate with Wiz sales teams on strategic opportunities to demonstrate the platform's technical and business value. Assist SEs and prospects during the POV process with advanced use cases, installation, deployment, and troubleshooting.
- Work closely with Wiz’s CTO, Field CTO, Customer Success, Product Management, and R&D organizations to maintain alignment and ensure coordinated efforts across the sales process.
- Willingness to undergo security clearance.
WHAT YOU’LL BRING
- Minimum of 6 years of experience designing and implementing public cloud architectures, with deep expertise across major cloud providers.
- Experience working within the Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) space.
- Extensive knowledge of networking fundamentals, cloud networking concepts, and Identity and Access Management (IAM) models.
- Experience architecting, deploying, and troubleshooting complex Kubernetes and container environments across multiple distributions, including managed Kubernetes services, node groups, autoscaling, operators, pod scheduling, and cluster lifecycle management.
- Experience with developer workflows and tools, including Git, CI/CD, Helm (for Outpost Lite), CloudFormation, and Terraform.
- Solid knowledge of Attack Surface Management (ASM) methodologies, network reconnaissance, cloud security, and vulnerability assessments.
- Ability to communicate effectively with technical, business, and executive audiences, translating complex infrastructure issues into actionable customer guidance.
- Full professional fluency (written and verbal) in both English and Hebrew.
BONUS SKILLS
- Background in security products or cloud security posture, specifically with experience in workload scanning or disk snapshot pipelines.
- Experience supporting ISV or SaaS products deployed directly within customer cloud accounts.
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