Northern Virginia (NoVA) is the world's largest concentration of data centers and a premier hub for cybersecurity, government technology, and cloud sales. Companies like Booz Allen, Leidos, CACI, and Palo Alto Networks drive massive hiring. Government contract adjacency creates stable, high-earning roles. BDR OTE $70-105k; AE $130-230k.
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Live from employer ATS · Refreshed Jun 21, 2026, 1:07 AM UTC · Updates daily
Aethara tracks 38 verified live tech sales openings in Virginia across 19 employers. Top hirers by Hiring Aggressiveness: Verkada, Elastic and Commvault. State average hiring aggressiveness: 52/100. The market skews Solutions Engineer (51% of live reqs).
Virginia ranks #9 of 51 tracked states (84th percentile) with 43 verified live tech-sales openings across 19 employers. State-average hiring aggressiveness is 55/100 with a steady tier skew (63% of roles).
The market tilts toward Solutions Engineer (51% of reqs) concentrated in Other markets (58%). NoVA/DC Metro: professional, mission-driven, stable, government-adjacent culture. Security clearances create a tight hiring pool with premium pay. Richmond: growing startup scene, more entrepreneurial. Diverse, globally connected workforce.
Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, Tenable, AWS GovCloud, Microsoft Azure Government.
Role mix (live data)
Share of verified openings by sales role family — from 43 live postings.
Elastic8 open · avg hiring aggressiveness 65 · High tier
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Anthropic6 open · avg hiring aggressiveness 53 · Moderate tier
3
Replit4 open · avg hiring aggressiveness 54 · Moderate tier
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KnowBe44 open · avg hiring aggressiveness 34 · Minimal tier
5
Databricks2 open · avg hiring aggressiveness 86 · Hypergrowth tier
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Commvault2 open · avg hiring aggressiveness 59 · Moderate tier
Hiring velocity
Tier distribution and posting freshness from live ATS data.
Hypergrowth2 · 5%
High8 · 19%
Moderate27 · 63%
Minimal6 · 14%
75% of reqs posted/refreshed in the last 14 days.
Compensation signals
Editorial compensation context from our Virginia market brief: $70-105k; AE $130-230k. Live ATS postings in Aethara do not include employer salary fields — use these ranges as directional context only.
Aethara state blueprint · Hand-crafted depth
The Virginia Tech Sales Blueprint
📍 Why Virginia for Tech Sales?
Factor
Detail
Tech Hub Status
Cybersecurity capital of the US. GovTech and cloud sales powerhouse.
Economic Impact
Virginia tech sector — 43 verified live Aethara roles this refresh.
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