Hiring: Senior Subject Matter Expert, Compliance Solutions Company: Qualys Location: Raleigh, NC Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 13:57:44 Target Skills & Keywords : Configuration Management, FedRAMP, Linux, PCI DSS, Product Management, REST, Regulatory Compliance, Systems Engineering About the job Experience: •5+ years of experience in solution engineering, pre-sales systems engineering, technical consulting, product SME, compliance consulting, or a similar customer-facing technical role. Required Skills: •Demonstrate strong subject matter expertise in security configuration assessment, compliance auditing, policy management, and configuration hardening across enterprise environments. •Act as the voice of customers, delivering value-focused demonstrations, workshops, and technical discussions while advising customers on compliance best practices. •Act as a trusted advisor and evangelist for enterprise security compliance solutions, with a strong understanding of CIS Benchmarks, regulatory compliance, security frameworks, continuous compliance, and audit readiness. •Provide expertise across compliance frameworks such as CIS, NIST, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, DISA STIG, CMMC, FedRAMP, and other industry and regulatory standards. •Work closely with support and engineering teams to troubleshoot complex compliance, policy, scanning, control, and deployment challenges and drive issues to resolution. •Partner cross-functionally with Product Management and Engineering to translate customer requirements into product enhancements, features, and roadmap priorities. •Assist the sales team with RFPs/RFIs, customer workshops, technical discovery, POCs, Beta engagements, and solution validation. •Create targeted technical content, including pitch decks, solution briefs, use cases, demo videos, technical blogs, whitepapers, and compliance best-practice content. Qualifications: •Strong hands-on knowledge of security configuration management, compliance assessment, policy auditing, and configuration hardening. •Good understanding of vulnerability management, security configuration assessment, continuous compliance, and audit readiness. •Applied hands-on capability in Windows, Linux/Unix, databases, and enterprise infrastructure technologies. •Operational familiarity with REST APIs, automation, scripting, and integrations is an advantage. •Excellent analytical, written, presentation, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex compliance and technical requirements in simple business terms. •Strong customer-facing skills with the ability to conduct technical workshops, product demonstrations, POCs, and executive-level discussions. •Comfortable handling conflicts and capable of influencing cross-functional teams without formal authority. •Demonstrated capacity to work effectively across customers, sales, support, engineering, product management, and marketing teams. •Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Security, or equivalent experience. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!