Forward
Customer Success Engineer
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About Forward
Forward was founded in 2013 by four Stanford Ph.D.s, building the industry's first network digital twin: a mathematically accurate model of the production network. It's the foundation for autonomous networking, giving engineers and AI agents the ability to know the impact of every change before it touches production. That founding instinct still defines how we work. We're accurate and evidence-driven, relentless about clarity, and we'd rather be certain than comfortable, building a groundbreaking platform that transforms how teams run and secure networks across every major cloud and vendor environment.
Global leaders like Goldman Sachs, PayPal, S&P Global, IBM, and Dell trust Forward, alongside fast-growing enterprises and government agencies, realizing an average of $14.2 million in annual benefits, according to IDC. Backed by top-tier investors, including A. Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Goldman Sachs, MSD Partners, Omega Venture Partners, Section 32, and Threshold Ventures, and headquartered in Santa Clara, we're most proud of our team: curious people who'd rather build what doesn't exist than accept how things have always been done.
Join Our Team
Forward Networks is looking for a Customer Success Engineer. Do you want to create a category and help build a special company? Join a company that has been in market 5+ years and has some of the top Federal agencies and F500/Global 2000 already buying and referenceable. We are building a special team and hope you consider us if you want to have the experience of changing the networking world as we know it.
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What You’ll Do
As a Customer Success Engineer for our Enterprise team, you will be responsible for providing world-class post-sales technical leadership to our client base.
Responsibilities
- Providing advice and guidance as the Forward Networks subject matter expert to ensure successful ongoing usage and adoption of our technologies
- Taking ownership of post-sales technical issues, working with cross-functional teams to document problem resolution steps and troubleshooting procedures
- Walking customers through the various stages of adoption with Forward Networks Platform
- Working directly with our internal Product Management, Engineering, Sales, and Marketing teams.
- Some travel to customer locations (<10%)
Requirements
- B.S. Computer Science or equivalent educational experience
- 5+ years of customer-facing experience in a post-sales engineer role for a networking company, relevant software vendor, or as a network engineer for a large enterprise, service provider, or Governmental agencies
- Strong understanding of Networking and Security fundamentals
- Experience in working with multiple Network vendors (e.g. A10, Arista, Cisco, F5, Fortinet, Juniper, Palo Alto Networks, etc.)
- Strong verbal and written communications skills with a focus on needs analysis, positioning, business justification, and closing techniques; Superior presentation skills
- Excellent analytical & problem-solving skills, combined with the ability to provide quick resolution to problems
- Demonstrable success in thinking strategically, executing tactically while providing consistent and high levels of customer satisfaction and retention in a fast-paced environment
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Highly Desired
- One or more of the following certificates: CCIE, JNCIE, or VCDX
- Experience in working for a startup company
- Working knowledge of API-driven workflows and scripting languages (Python, bash, jq, graphql, etc)
Candidates will work remote with a 10-20% travel requirement for customer and internal meetings. Ideal candidate will be located in Ireland / UK.
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