Solutions Engineer

Cisco; Mumbai; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems is seeking a seasoned presales architect for large BFSI accounts in India. The role focuses on end-to-end architecture, design, and recommendation of Cisco-based solutions to optimize banking and financial customer infrastructure.

You will develop tailored solutions aligned with strategic objectives and regulatory considerations. The ideal candidate has 12–15 years of industry experience with strong design and architecture capabilities in networks, security and cloud domains.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of technology presales experience in Cisco routing & Switching, SDN, data center, cloud security or related areas.
• Strong understanding of SDN, SDWAN, SASE technologies.
• Ability to produce detailed, consumable deployment documentation.
• An AI enthusiast, with a focus on measurable outcomes.
• Ability to articulate real-world business value and run engaging workshops.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end architecture, design, and recommendation of solutions for Large BFSI accounts using Cisco technologies.
• Develop tailored, innovative solutions to optimize customer infrastructure and align with strategic objectives.

Skills

Technology presales

SDN

SDWAN

SASE

Documentation & deployment

AI interest

POCs & demos

Presentation skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Enterprise networking

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (ECE/CS)

Tools

Networking certifications

Security certifications

Cloud certifications

Job description

Meet the Team

The India BFSI team is a truly vibrant organization that covers the diverse set of customers in Enterprise segment. The team closely works with large Banking & Financial customers including few of the TOP 100 APJC customers for Cisco, strategic partners and engineering teams to build solutions around emerging technologies like SDN, High performance data centre networks, Cloud Security and AI. The BFSI customers run highly critical infrastructure responsible for the country’s digital economy and hence the team focuses on strong technical excellence blended with sales acumen. You'll collaborate as part of a disruptive Sales engineering team to turn customer challenges into opportunities for growth and success aligned to Cisco's strategic vision. We offer exhilarating, inspiring, global, high impact, and uniquely broad opportunities for your growth in the organisation.

Your Impact

This role involves end-to-end architecture, design, and recommendation of solutions for Large BFSI customer Accounts using Cisco technologies. It requires developing tailored, innovative solutions to optimize customer’s infrastructure and align with their strategic objectives. The Indian BFSI industry is highly regulated and hence the role demands a fair understanding of the common business challenges as well as the guidelines and regulations framed by the regulators.

The ideal candidate should have 12-15 years of experience in the industry, with a strong background in design and architecture of network infrastructure solutions for enterprise customers with Experience with one or more areas like Secure Networking, Software Defined Network, Cloud Security etc

Minimum Qualifications

• 12+ years of technology presales experience around one or more areas preferably in Cisco routing & Switching, Software defined network, data center network, cloud security or Network Performance and observability.
• Strong understanding of technologies like SDN, SDWAN, SASE etc
• Ability to provide detailed and consumable documentation and standard methodologies for deployment around one or more solutions like large scale branch network infrastructure, private cloud infrastructure, Network & cloud security
• An AI enthusiast, who can combine technical curiosity about AI with a clear focus on measurable outcomes.
• Should be able to articulate and showcase real world examples of how technology can help solve problems and businesses thrive.
• Strong acumen to discover business problems and turn them into POCs, demos with clearly articulated success criteria.
• Excellent presentation skills – ability to value-sell and deliver engaging workshops to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong interpersonal relationship and ability to work with cross functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor of engineering degree (ECE/CS) or equivalent
• Technical certifications in any of the areas like Networking/Security/Cloud
• Prior experience in working with large enterprise customers

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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.

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