Solutions Engineer - UK Government

Cisco Systems, Inc.; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Pre-Sales Systems Engineer, where you will engage with major UK Government clients, leveraging your technical expertise to deliver tailored solutions. This role emphasizes collaboration and innovation, allowing you to work closely with account managers and technical specialists. You will lead the charge in translating complex technical concepts into actionable strategies, ensuring that Cisco's cutting-edge technologies meet the unique needs of your customers. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking organization that values diversity and fosters an inclusive culture, empowering you to excel and make a significant impact in the tech landscape.

Benefits

Dedicated paid time off to volunteer

Learning and development opportunities

Hybrid work culture

Employee resource organizations

Qualifications

• 8+ years of technical customer-facing experience, preferably in pre-sales or post-sales.
• Strong knowledge in Enterprise Routing, IoT, and Network Automation.

Responsibilities

• Establish relationships with decision-makers and align Cisco's offerings to customer needs.
• Conduct technical presentations and articulate the business value of Cisco's solutions.

Skills

Technical customer-facing experience

Enterprise Routing

Service Provider Routing

IoT

Network Automation and Orchestration

Data Centre and Cloud Technologies

On-Prem and Cloud Security

Collaboration

Job description

Engineer - Pre Sales and Product Management

Job Type: Professional

Job Id: 1439777

Meet the Team

In this dynamic, customer-focused role, you will be a core part of the Account Team working closely with Cisco Account Managers, and you will rely on an extended network of technical resources, product specialists and Cisco Engineering to obtain in-depth technical and specialist support. You will also work with Cisco Partners and Cisco CX to support various customer's lifecycle stages.

You will join a team of high-performing technical engineers. We support and empower each other. In our team, we are passionate about the customer experience and about new technology; we love to learn and share our knowledge with each other. We deeply care for each other, we leave our ego at the door, and we are always in for a bold idea.

Your Impact

You will be a pre-sales Systems Engineer for a major UK Government customer. In this customer-facing role, you will be establishing relationships with both Business and Technical decision-makers within the customer base aligning Cisco's product and Services portfolio to customer's needs and requirements.

• You will lead with Cisco's mission and strategy, be familiar with lifecycle selling and customer's buying models, and will work across a wide variety of Cisco technologies. You will be the technical leader for your designated customer organization, will work closely with the core account team and wider resources, and will translate Cisco's strategies and initiatives into a strategic plan for your customers.
• You will work across a vast portfolio of Products and Services including Enterprise routing, SD-WAN, Service Provider Routing, Campus Networking, IoT, Security, Network Automation and Orchestration & Collaboration. You will craft solutions to meet customer’s specific needs.
• You will be working on long-term, complex and critical initiatives within your customer base and exercising your industry expertise to influence technical and business stakeholders.
• You will conduct technical presentations, showcase Cisco enterprises solutions and services, set up demonstrations explaining features and benefits to your customers.
• You will articulate the business value of Cisco's solutions, explain technical concepts and subjects to a variety of audience levels and technical backgrounds, leading with software-based value selling.

Minimum Qualifications

• You have 8+ years of technical customer-facing experience; preferably pre-sales, or post-sales adoption and implementation.
• Customer experience and technical knowledge in at least three of these areas: Enterprise Routing, Service provider Routing, IoT, Network automation and orchestration, Campus networking, Data Centre and Cloud Technologies; On-Prem and Cloud Security; Collaboration.
• Currently hold valid security clearance for UK Government or willing to undergo the vetting process.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiar with UK Government sector and processes.

#WeAreCisco

#WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all.

Our passion is connection—we celebrate our employees’ diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best but be their best.

We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer—80 hours each year—allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do!

Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us!