Solutions Engineer - Portfolio

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a technical sales professional who owns the Cisco brand with customers and provides technical solutions to address business needs.

You will collaborate with account teams and connected sales colleagues to architect innovative solutions and ensure customer success on complex projects. The role requires engaging with public sector and commercial customers at sites, leading multi-year strategic plans, and shaping executive technology strategy while aligning Cisco’s

Qualifications

• Extensive pre-sales experience in Enterprise Networks and Security; knowledge of Data Center & Cloud, Collaboration and AI is a plus.
• Significant IT industry experience with demonstrated ability to lead technical presentations or customer meetings.
• Ability to communicate effectively and build strong relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Demonstrated passion for learning new technologies and hands-on problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted technical guide for key Public Sector and Commercial accounts across Cisco portfolio.
• Design innovative solutions addressing real-world challenges to drive customer success.
• Lead technical presentations and customer meetings to secure project buy-in and align Cisco solutions with business objectives.
• Collaborate with partners, customers, and internal teams to accelerate growth and digital transformation.
• Engage in person with stakeholders at customer sites to ensure project requirements are met.
• Develop multi-year strategic plans for customers integrating Cisco portfolio.

Skills

Pre-sales

Enterprise networks

Security

Data Center

Cloud

Collaboration

AI

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Cisco portfolio

Job description

Technical sales professional, owning the Cisco brand with customers. Provides technical solutions to address customer business needs. Collaborates with the account team and connected sales teams on the customer plan, jointly ensuring customer success. Serves as an expert, or trusted technical advisor by the account team and customer.

Join a vibrant, motivated team dedicated to supporting Public Sector and Commercial customers within a culture that balances high-impact success with mutual support. By partnering closely with Account Executives and leveraging Cisco's global network of technical experts, you will architect innovative solutions to complex business challenges. This role offers the opportunity to drive strategic outcomes while contributing to a lasting legacy of customer success and professional growth

What you will do

• Serve as the trusted technical guide for a key Public Sector and Commercial accounts, representing the full breadth of Cisco’s technology portfolio.
• Design innovative solutions to address real-world challenges to drive tangible customer success.
• Lead technical presentations and customer meetings to secure project buy-in and align Cisco solutions with business objectives.
• Collaborate with partners, customers, and internal teams to accelerate growth and digital transformation.
• Engage in-person with stakeholders at customer sites to foster deep relationships and ensure project requirements are met.
• Develops multi-year strategic plans for customers, integrating Cisco's portfolio.
• Deepens expertise of Cisco's portfolio by integrating extensive domain knowledge with cross-architectural solutions
• Shape senior executives' technical strategy
• Integrate customer's business objectives and industry knowledge to develop comprehensive cross-architecture solutions
• Utilize advanced competitive intelligence to differentiate Cisco solutions
• Demonstrates agility by adjusting strategies in response to significant disruptions
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Extensive pre-sales experience in Enterprise Networks and Security and additional knowledge of Data Center & Cloud, Collaboration and Artificial Intelligence would be welcomed.
• Significant professional experience in the IT industry.
• Demonstrated experience leading technical presentations or customer meetings.
• Ability to communicate effectively and build strong relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Demonstrated passion for learning new technologies and hands-on problem solving.
• Ability to thrive in competitive and fast-evolving environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience working at Cisco or with the Cisco portfolio.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or an equivalent technical field.
• Possession of a relevant Cisco or industry certification (e.g., CCNA, CCNP, or CCIE).

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.