Professional Services Consultant
Cloudflare· Professional Services
Hybrid (Austin, US)full-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Professional Services Consultant for Application Security and Performance at Cloudflare. Responsible for advisory and hands-on implementation/migration services in post-sales, delivering solutions and guiding customers to maximize Cloudflare value. Expert in Layer 7 products (DDoS Protection, WAF, API Gateway, Bot Management, Certificates Manager, Rate Limiting, SSL, Page Shield). Hybrid role based in Austin, US with travel.
Responsibilities
- Plan and deliver timely and organized services for customers, ensure customers see the full value in Cloudflare’s products and advice on product best practices.
- Gather business and technical requirements, use cases and any other information required to build, migrate and deliver a solution on behalf of the customer and transition the Cloudflare working environment to the customer. Produce a Solution Design, HLD, LLD, data builds, procedures, scripts, test plans, drawings, deployment plan, migration plan, as-builts, and any other artifacts necessary to deliver the solution and transition smoothly into the customer’s technical teams.
- Implement changes on behalf of the customer in the Cloudflare environment following the customer’s change management process. Provide guidance to the customer to configure their CPEs and integration points.
- Troubleshoot implementation issues and collaborate with Customer Support, Engineering and other teams to assist technical escalations.
- Contribute towards the success of the organization through knowledge sharing activities such as contributing to internal and external documentation, answering technical Q&A, and helping to iterate on best practices. Support building operational assets like templates, automation scripts, procedures, workflows, etc.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in a customer facing position as a Customer Engineer, Security Engineer, Implementation Engineer, Onboarding Engineer, Consultant, Technical Support Engineer, Solutions Architect, and/or Systems Engineer.
- Layers and protocols of the OSI model, such as TCP/IP, TLS, DNS, HTTP
- Deep understanding of Internet and Security technologies such as DDoS, Web Application Firewall, Certificates, DNS, CDN, Analytics and Logs.
- Demonstrated experience with a scripting language (e.g. Python, JavaScript, Bash) and a desire to expand those skills.
- Working experience with security aspects of an internet property, such as Firewalls, WAFs, Bot Management, Rate Limiting, (M)TLS.
- Performance aspects of an internet property, such as Speed, Latency, Caching, HTTP/2, TLSv1.3.
- Working experience with infrastructure as code tools like Terraform.
- Ability to manage a project, work to deadlines, prioritize between competing demands and manage uncertainty.
- The work will be performed in English. Fluency in Spanish or Portuguese is a strong advantage.
Skills
Required:Customer-facing communicationSolution DesignScripting
Benefits
- Health & Welfare Benefits: Medical/Rx Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Commuter Spending Accounts, Fertility & Family Forming Benefits, On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program, Global Travel Medical Insurance
- Financial Benefits: Short and Long Term Disability Insurance, Life & Accident Insurance, 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Employee Stock Participation Plan
- Time Off: Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave, Leave programs including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave
Last updated Aug 26, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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