Senior Solutions Engineering Leader – AI-Native Security

Cisco Systems, Inc; Paris; Remote; EUR 162,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cisco culture

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. seeks a Leader, Solutions Engineer to lead a high-growth, distributed pre-sales team across EMEA & APJC. You will shape the technical go-to-market for Hypershield and Isovalent, recruit top talent, and partner with Sales and Product to accelerate adoption and customer success.

You will mentor senior engineers, set strategic priorities, and build trusted relationships with CISOs and CIOs while aligning field and product roadmaps to win complex enterprise deals.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in technical pre-sales engineering in security or data center infra.
• 3+ years of people leadership with distributed teams.
• Mastery of micro-segmentation, container security, and cloud platforms.
• Strong networking, firewalls, dataplanes, and modern data center concepts.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS/EE/Cybersecurity or related field.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and lead a distributed team of Solution Engineers across EMEA & APJC.
• Define go-to-market strategy with Sales and Product leadership.
• Serve as executive sponsor to CISOs and CIOs.
• Drive See-Try-Buy lifecycle and POV velocity for rapid adoption.
• Bridge field to Engineering for product feedback and improvements.

Skills

Pre-sales leadership

Enterprise security

Team leadership

Kubernetes/Docker

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS/EE/Cybersecurity

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. seeks a Leader, Solutions Engineer to lead a high-growth, distributed pre-sales team across EMEA & APJC. You will shape the technical go-to-market for Hypershield and Isovalent, recruit top talent, and partner with Sales and Product to accelerate adoption and customer success.

You will mentor senior engineers, set strategic priorities, and build trusted relationships with CISOs and CIOs while aligning field and product roadmaps to win complex enterprise deals.