Senior Solutions Engineering Leader – AI Security (Remote)

Cisco Systems, Inc; Greater London; Remote; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc is seeking a Sr. Solutions Engineering Leader to head a distributed SE team across EMEA & APJC. You will shape technical go-to-market for Hypershield and Isovalent Hyperspecialist initiatives, drive rapid adoption, and influence product roadmaps.

You will recruit, mentor, and sponsor senior engineers, collaborating with Sales, Product, and Engineering to deliver compelling security solutions at scale.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of technical pre-sales engineering experience in enterprise network security, cloud security, or data center infrastructure.
• 3+ years of formal people leadership or senior technical mentorship managing geographically distributed teams.
• Deep architectural mastery of micro-segmentation strategies, container security/orchestration, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Strong foundational knowledge of modern data center networking, firewalls, and network segmentation.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in CS/EE/CIS or related field.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and lead a geographically dispersed team of Solution Engineers across EMEA & APJC.
• Define and execute a technical go-to-market strategy with Sales and Product leadership.
• Act as executive sponsor, building trusted advisor relationships with CISOs, CIOs, and Platform Architects.
• Champion the See-Try-Buy lifecycle and optimize proof-of-value trials.
• Bridge field needs to Engineering, channeling competitive intel into product development.

Skills

Pre-sales engineering

Leadership

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Azure

GCP

Networking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE/CIS

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc is seeking a Sr. Solutions Engineering Leader to head a distributed SE team across EMEA & APJC. You will shape technical go-to-market for Hypershield and Isovalent Hyperspecialist initiatives, drive rapid adoption, and influence product roadmaps.

You will recruit, mentor, and sponsor senior engineers, collaborating with Sales, Product, and Engineering to deliver compelling security solutions at scale.