Key skills
Technical Marketing EngineeringObservability Software ExperienceDistributed Applications KnowledgeContainer ProficiencyAWS KnowledgeScripting Language ProficiencyAutomation Tools ExperienceObservability Tools ExperienceFast-paced Environment AdaptabilityTypeScriptPythonGoGolangNodeJSAWSAzureGoogle CloudTerraformKubernetesDockerAnsibleGrafanaDatadogSplunkGitHubBitbucketCI/CDProduct ManagementCommunicationSales
About this role
Cribl is a remote-first company focused on empowering employees and delivering data solutions for IT and Security. They are seeking a Staff Technical Marketing Engineer to bridge the technical capabilities of their products with marketing messaging, develop technical content, and support marketing efforts at events.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and deliver technical assets on products, features, and technologies, including whitepapers, blogs, application notes, and implementation guides
- Build, maintain, and update real-world technical demo environments consistent with the environments our customers use
- Create technical workflows that allow customers and prospects to get hands-on experience with Cribl products
- Perform technical testing of competitive products to validate claims and assist in producing internal competitive battle cards
- Serve as a user advocate by testing new features and providing detailed feedback to Product Management and Engineering during release cycles
- Support marketing at tradeshows and events by staffing the booth, running demos, and assisting with technical Q&A
- Continuously learn new technologies to understand customer needs and ensure technical assets remain relevant and accurate
Requirements:
- 7+ in the software field as a technical marketing engineer, sales engineer, systems administrator, or support engineer
- Experience in the observability or security software space
- Strong understanding of distributed applications and system architecture
- Proficiency with containers (Docker/Kubernetes)
- Working knowledge of AWS (Azure and Google Cloud Platform is a plus)
- Proficiency in at least one scripting language: Python, NodeJS, Go (Golang), or TypeScript, and a strong working knowledge of regular expressions
- Familiarity with code versioning (Github/Bitbucket) and CI/CD concepts
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate technical features into business value
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple content projects simultaneously
- Experience with automation tools (Terraform, Ansible) is preferred
- Familiarity with search languages (Kusto, Splunk SPL, Elastic/OpenSearch Query DSL)
- Experience using observability tools (Loki/Grafana, Datadog) or SIEM products (Splunk, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, etc.)