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# Sales Engineer

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## About this role.

AI SummaryCommvault is seeking an experienced Sales Engineer to provide technical pre-sales leadership for enterprise data protection and cyber-resilience opportunities in the Toronto area. The role partners with account teams to discover business and technical requirements, architect solutions, conduct demonstrations and proof-of-concepts, and support complex deal progression. Candidates need substantial experience in software or storage sales engineering, enterprise infrastructure, data management, and consultative sales methodologies. This is a remote, autonomous field role with up to 50% travel and regular engagement with senior IT and business stakeholders. Success depends on translating customer challenges into credible technical and financial solution cases while coordinating internal specialists and channel partners.

## Role DNA

A quick view of the complexity, pace, ownership and collaboration implied by the job description.

### Job Complexity

4/5EasyHard

### Pace & Pressure

4/5RelaxedFast-paced

### Autonomy Level

5/5GuidedFull ownership

### Communication Load

5/5IndependentCollaborative

AI insightThis is a senior pre-sales position requiring both deep infrastructure and data-management expertise and the commercial judgment to influence complex enterprise sales cycles. The role also demands independent territory execution, C-suite communication, proof-of-concept leadership, and coordination across many internal and external stakeholders.

## Salary analysis

Estimated compensation compared with the broader CA market for similar roles.

Estimated job medianMarket rateC$114,000CA market rangeC$95k–C$135k0C$149k

AI insightThe disclosed base salary range is CAD 135,150 to CAD 182,850 yearly, with a midpoint of CAD 159,000. For US-market comparison purposes, the estimated midpoint is approximately USD 114,000, with an estimated market range of USD 95,000 to USD 135,000 for a senior enterprise Sales Engineer; this estimate excludes variable sales compensation, equity, and benefits.

## Core skills

Skills and capabilities most closely associated with this opportunity.

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Sample interview questionsHow would you run technical discovery for an enterprise prospect evaluating a data protection platform?I would begin by mapping the customer’s business objectives, recovery requirements, risk tolerance, compliance obligations, and current operational pain points. I would then assess workloads, applications, infrastructure, cloud footprint, recovery objectives, and stakeholder decision criteria. I would summarize the findings into a mutually validated technical account plan that connects the proposed architecture to measurable business outcomes.

Describe how you would design and execute a proof of concept for a complex backup and recovery opportunity.

I would define success criteria, scope, stakeholders, timeline, test workloads, security requirements, and decision process before starting. I would configure the proof of concept around the customer’s highest-value use cases, such as recovery speed, immutable protection, application consistency, or cloud integration. During execution, I would document results, address risks promptly, and conclude with an executive readout tied to the agreed technical and business outcomes.

How do you communicate a technical solution to both infrastructure teams and C-level executives?

For technical teams, I focus on architecture, integration, operational workflows, performance, security controls, and implementation considerations. For executives, I lead with business risk, resilience, cost efficiency, governance, and expected outcomes. In both cases, I use the same validated discovery but tailor the depth, vocabulary, and evidence to the audience.

How would you handle a competitor that is already entrenched in a strategic account?

I would first identify the incumbent’s strengths, contractual position, operational dependencies, and any dissatisfaction or unmet needs. Then I would build a differentiated value case around the customer’s priorities, using discovery, technical validation, references, and a focused proof of concept where appropriate. I would coordinate sales, product specialists, and partners to create a practical migration or coexistence path that reduces perceived switching risk.

Give an example of how you would quantify the value of a data-management solution.

I would quantify avoided downtime, reduced recovery risk, administrative efficiency, infrastructure optimization, licensing impact, and compliance exposure using customer-specific assumptions. I would validate assumptions with business and technical owners, model current-state versus future-state costs, and present a transparent TCO and risk-reduction case. The goal is to make the technical recommendation actionable within the customer’s financial and operational priorities.

Recruitment Fraud Alert

We’ve learned that scammers are impersonating Commvault team members—including HR and leadership—via email or text. These bad actors may conduct fake interviews and ask for personal information, such as your social security number.

What to know:

* Commvault does not conduct interviews by email or text.
* We will never ask you to submit sensitive documents (including banking information, SSN, etc) before your first day.

If you suspect a recruiting scam, please contact us at [wwrecruitingteam@commvault.com](mailto:wwrecruitingteam@commvault.com)

About Commvault

Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) is the gold standard in cyber resilience. The company empowers customers to uncover, take action, and rapidly recover from cyberattacks – keeping data safe and businesses resilient. The company’s unique AI-powered platform combines best-in-class data protection, exceptional data security, advanced data intelligence, and lightning-fast recovery across any workload or cloud at the lowest TCO. For over 25 years, more than 100,000 organizations and a vast partner ecosystem have relied on Commvault to reduce risks, improve governance, and do more with data.

The Sales Engineer (SE) is a technical sales support position responsible for arranging pre-sales engagement to current and prospective clients. The position requires a strong technical leader who understands how their decisions impact and influence the customer’s bottom line while driving revenue for Commvault.

The SE must be seen as a trusted advisor at all levels within an account (C-Suite, technical partners, etc.), as well as be a team leader, mentor, guide, and chip into overall success of Commvault. The SE drives or supports complicated sales opportunities by translating business requirements into solution technical requirements; coordinating technical expertise; sizing, defining delivery and deployment approach, timeline, and required resources; coordinating demonstrations and proof-of-concept; and supporting internal deal acceptance.

**Candidate must be located in the Toronto Metro Area**

What you’ll do…

* Work as part of the account team to formulate and produce territory plans, account strategies, and sales plans including engaging specialist resources for accounts determined by the Sales and SE Manager. SE will as well develop new opportunities within the assigned territory.
* Anticipate technology trends and successfully build positive relationships with external partners and internal departments (sales, support, business units, product management, marketing, development), as appropriate, to ensure success during sales campaigns and/or to ensure the customer experience is extremely positive.
* Adopt calling on senior level IT leadership often without account executive present at the same time and engage with the customer to qualify and understand key technical, financial, operational, and business issues that can be addressed with anyone or all of Commvault products.
* Proactive in establishing relationships with technical decision makers within end-user accounts and driving detailed, executable Technical Account Plans for all focus targets and current customers using Commvault Target Account Selling methodology for both open opportunities and ongoing customer happiness.
* Distill the pre-sales discovery into a concise message, outlining the salient technical, business, operational, and financial inefficiencies/challenges that Commvault addresses with its products.
* Collaborate with the creation and presentation of a case to any and all business sponsors (i.e., C-level executives, technical partners, etc.) in support of the Commvault solution.
* Propose and professionally demonstrate Commvault products through the use of presentations, existing customer solutions, white board, demo’s, pilots, “proof-of-concepts”, etc.
* Actively participate in all Sales and regional meetings, QBRs, making valuable contributions and technical leadership on all topics (field marketing, qualifying, etc.).
* Provide technical expertise and enablement support for the channel and alliance partners as needed.
* Continuously develop and maintain technical and market expertise through training, certifications, conferences, etc.
* Keep senior management and relevant internal groups well informed of key issues and changes which may impact encouraged business results through business reviews and Salesforce.com documentation.
* Assist with potential product or process improvements to appropriate internal groups and participate where vital in formulating innovative solutions.

Who you are…

* 5+ years in the software or storage industry; 3+ years of proven experience serving in a pre-sales sales engineer role.
* Demonstrates solid experience delivering, presenting, selling, supporting assigned Enterprise /Commercial Clients and/or territories.
* Provides strong competitive knowledge
* Proven strong experience selling, conducting Proof of Concept, architecting data management solutions (backup and recovery, data migration, replication, compliance, SRM, etc.).
* Work in a rapid growth environment where priorities, roles and responsibilities are continuously updated to meet market and customer demands.
* Experienced in participating in and establishing teams of specialists to support customers and sales cycles to successful outcomes.
* Basic knowledge with common Software licensing practices (cloud, perpetual, term, maintenance)
* Specialized knowledge/skills and demonstrated proficiency with at least one major open systems operating system, hypervisor or cloud.
* Enterprise application exposure or knowledge of SAP, Oracle, Exchange, db2, SharePoint, etc.
* Solid knowledge of infrastructure technologies such as storage, servers, networking, cloud, hyper-convergence, etc.
* Requires strong consultative selling skills which pair product expertise with business and industry foresight. Solid experience with case creation and TCO modeling are definite pluses.
* Success penetrating and managing a minimum of three major accounts (Fortune 500-1000).
* Ability to work in an organized, procedural manner using tools such as Salesforce.com to facilitate process and information organization.
* BS or MS degree in Computer Science/engineering or related and proven technical field experience in IT industry preferred.
* Sales methodology experience (MEDDIC, TAS, SPIN, Solution Selling, Challenger, etc.)
* Able to work remotely and autonomously
* Travel up to 50%

Meet the Hiring Manager: Joey Rizzo – Senior Manager, Sales Engineering

You’ll love working here because:

* High income earning opportunities based on self-performance
* Opportunity for Presidents Club
* Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
* Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
* Sales training in MEDDIC and Command of the Message
* Generous competitive benefits supporting your health, financial security, and work-life balance

Commvault uses certain automated and artificial intelligence-based tools to support parts of its recruitment process, including screening and assessment of applications.

This posting relates to a new opening

Ready to #makeyourmark at Commvault? Apply now!

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Thank you for your interest in Commvault. Reflected below is the minimum and maximum base salary range for this role. At Commvault we use broad salary ranges in our job postings to reflect the diverse levels of expertise and experience among our candidates and is not reflective of the total compensation and benefits package. The specific salary offered will be determined based on your unique qualifications, including your relevant experience, skills, and the value you bring to the role. While the range provides a general idea of the compensation, it is important to note that placements within the range are not automatic and will be carefully considered to ensure a fair and competitive offer. We are committed to rewarding talent and experience.

Pay Range

$135,150—$182,850 CAD

Commvault is an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are always committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status and we will not discriminate against on the basis of such characteristics or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we work.

Commvault’s goal is to make interviewing inclusive and accessible to all candidates and employees. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to participate in the interview process or apply for a position at Commvault, please email [accommodations@commvault.com](mailto:accommodations@commvault.com) For any inquiries not related to an accommodation please reach out to [wwrecruitingteam@commvault.com](mailto:wwrecruitingteam@commvault.com).

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