Senior Field Technical Director
Read straight from Cohesity's careers page, verified 1d ago.Seekless can tailor your résumé to it.
Seekless can write your résumé for this posting first.
Before you apply
LocationBangalore - India (Office)
Work modehybrid
Typefull-time
SeniorityDirector
Experience10+ yrs
Company size1,001–5,000 people
PostedOct 23, 2026 · 1w ago
Verified live1d ago
At a glanceSummarised by Seekless from the posting.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
10+ years of experience in IT
Experience in Storage
Experience in Backup
Experience in Virtualization
Experience in Linux CLI
Excellent communication and project-related skills
Strong verbal communication/presentation skills
Strong written skills and the ability to create documentation
Self-starter with excellent organization and time management skills
Ability to work cross-functionally and run meetings to achieve a plan
Ability to manage projects and to drive to a deadline
Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools to streamline workflows, enhance productivity, and support high-quality decision-making
Experience in Disaster Recovery/Business Continuance
Experience in Database Protection and Recovery
Experience in Distributed Systems
Experience in Public Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Experience in Layer 2 Networking and Firewalls
Experience in Scripting / Automation
Experience in Visio or equivalent application
Skills
Storage
Backup
Virtualization
Linux CLI
Disaster Recovery
Business Continuance
Distributed Systems
AWS
Azure
GCP
Layer 2 Networking
Firewalls
Scripting
Automation
Visio
AI tools
About the company
Cohesity is the leader in AI-powered data security. Over 13,600 enterprise customers, including over 85 of the Fortune 100 and nearly 70% of the Global 500, rely on Cohesity to strengthen their resilience while providing Gen AI insights into their vast amounts of data. Formed from the combination of Cohesity with Veritas’ enterprise data protection business, the company’s solutions secure and protect data on-premises, in the cloud, and at the edge. Backed by NVIDIA, IBM, HPE, Cisco, AWS, Google Cloud, and others, Cohesity is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, with offices around the globe.
We’ve been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and have been globally recognized for Innovation, Product Strength, and Simplicity in Design , and our culture.
Want to join the leader in AI-powered data security?
About the role
A Field Technical Director is an architect-level role focused on ensuring the best design & integration of Cohesity technology for large, enterprise customers and those with demanding use cases. The mission of this role is to ensure the customer’s technical requirements are …
•
Explored, understood, and captured to ensure that the proposed architecture will meet their needs
•
Translated into solutions that will be successfully implemented and that will ensure repeat business
This position needs to be an expert on the core Cohesity product capabilities. Expertise in data center design and practices – as well as data protection, distributed systems, and solutions at web scale – are essential.
HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME HERE:
•
Present Cohesity technology (deep dive) to customer executives, technical leaders/experts and explain how it is applied in various use-cases/scenarios
•
Conduct discovery workshops with the customer to identify business objectives, document use cases/requirements, and operational constraints
•
Develop high-level architectural alternatives, review with customers, and deliver (written) design plans to meet the customer’s needs (especially “at scale”) and includes considerations of special phases of the project (e.g. migration, operational cut-over) for Cohesity implementation teams to follow
•
Help plan and conduct technical demos and Proof of Concepts (POCs) with the account SE
•
Provide technical information for RFPs/RFIs
•
Provide technical review for all account team proposals
•
Liaison with Product Management and Engineering to represent customer/field requirements and resolve specific issues
•
Act as technical point of escalation for all architectural and design decisions
•
Act as a leader in your territory and across the FTD squad
•
Drive results leading product focused cross-functional teams
WE’D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU IF YOU HAVE THE FOLLOWING:
•
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
•
10+ years of experience in IT
•
Experience in these technical areas required
•
Storage, Backup, Virtualization, Linux CLI
Nice to have
•
Additional experience highly desirable:
•
Disaster Recovery/Business Continuance
•
Database Protection and Recovery
•
Distributed Systems
•
Public Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)
•
Layer 2 Networking and Firewalls
•
Scripting / Automation
•
Visio or equivalent application
•
Excellent communication and project-related skills are also required
•
Strong verbal communication/presentation skills
•
Strong written skills and the ability to create documentation
•
Self-starter with excellent organization and time management skills
•
The ability to work cross-functionally and run meetings to achieve a plan
•
The ability to manage projects and to drive to a deadline
•
Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools to streamline workflows, enhance productivity, and support high-quality decision-making.
Expected Travel:
•
Up to 60%
Legal
**Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates:
For information on personal data processing, please see our* Privacy Policy*.**
**Equal Employment Opportunity Employer (EEOE)
Cohesity is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status or any other category protected by law.
If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact us at 1-855-9COHESITY or* [email protected] for assistance.*
**In-Office Expectations
Cohesity employees who are within a reasonable commute (e.g. within a forty-five (45) minute average travel time) work out of our core offices 2-3 days a week of their choosing.**