Technical Marketing Engineer

Cisco Systems, Inc; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking an experienced Technical Marketing Engineer (TME) focused on NX-OS architectures and AI networking solutions. You will contribute to Nexus 9000 data center switches, NX-OS, Nexus Dashboard, and network fabric for AI applications.

You will bridge engineering, sales, and marketing, create compelling collateral, deliver technical demos, and engage with customers to showcase Cisco's Nexus solutions across data center architectures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's in computer science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 10–12 years of experience in technical marketing, product engineering, or pre-sales.
• Strong knowledge of DC networking and data center fabric.
• Experience with automation tooling and SDN controllers.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; ability to publish technical content.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical expert for NX-OS architectures including NDFC and Nexus Dashboard.
• Collaborate with customers and Sales to understand DC network fabric requirements.
• Develop and deliver technical marketing collateral and demonstrations.
• Support pre-sales with POC demonstrations and technical queries.
• Provide feedback to engineering on product direction and requirements.

Skills

DC networking

VXLAN

BGP/OSPF/ISIS

Automation (Ansible)

Pre-sales

Technical marketing

Public speaking

NX-OS

Education

Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or electrical engineering

Tools

NDFC

Nexus Dashboard

NX-OS

Job description

Job Summary

Cisco is an authority in Data Center and AI networking innovation, building cutting-edge solutions that enable businesses to harness artificial intelligence and advanced data center networking technologies. We seek an experienced Technical Marketing Engineer (TME) specializing on NX-OS architectures include AI networking solutions to join our dynamic team. Here, you will have the opportunity to work on developing the Nexus 9000 line of data center switches and their associated software that features application awareness, to make the network infrastructure flexible and agile for dynamic response to application needs, virtual machine workload mobility and cloud extension.

You will work with a diverse group of problem solvers and creative thinkers focusing on the Nexus 9000, NXOS, Nexus Dashboard and network fabric for Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications. The role requires a high level of initiative, energy and rapid thinking.

Your Impact: As a NX-OS Networking Technical Marketing Engineer, you will bridge the gap between our engineering, sales, and marketing teams. You will play a pivotal role in driving product adoption by demonstrating technical expertise, creating impactful marketing collateral, and engaging with customers to showcase the value of our Nexus offering for all Data Center Architectures including AI networking solutions. This hands‑on role requires a good degree technical proficiency, marketing strategy, and customer interaction.

Responsibilities

This multifaceted role offers an opportunity to influence product direction while working closely with strategic customers and partners on next-generation data center solutions.

Technical Expertise and Enablement

• Act as a technical expert for NX-OS architectures including NDFC, Nexus Dashboard networking products and solutions.
• Collaborate with major customers and Sales teams to understand and fulfill their Data Center Network Fabric requirements.
• Partner with engineering and product management to define and refine product requirements and solutions.
• Develop and execute the technical strategy for NX-OS including Nexus Dashboard, focusing on AI-driven automation and AIOps.
• Provide technical training, demonstrations, and support to internal teams, partners, and customers.
• Represent the team lead technical Deceptive sessions at large Cisco and Industry events

Marketing and Content Creation

• Develop technical marketing collateral, including white papers, solution briefs, case studies, technical presentations, and videos.
• Write and present thought leadership content, such as blog posts, webinars, and conference presentations.
• Collaborate with the product and marketing teams to define messaging and positioning for DC networking solutions.

Customer Engagement

• Work closely with customers to understand their use cases, gather feedback, and demonstrate product capabilities.
• Partner with the sales team to support pre-sales efforts, including delivering proof-of-concept (POC) demonstrations and addressing technical queries.

Solution Development

• Develop and showcase real-world use cases and demos to highlight DC networking capabilities.
• Partner with the engineering team to provide feedback for continuous product improvement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor s or master s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, or related field with 10-12 years of experience in technical marketing, product Engineering, pre-sales engineering, or a related technical role.
• Expertise in DC networking technologies like VxLAN, cloud, virtualization and knowledge of routing protocols such as BGP, OSPF, ISIS, including high-performance computing (HPC), RDMA, Ethernet etc
• Experience in working with various software defined network controllers, ansible and other automation technologies.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts, protocols, and hardware (e.g., switches, NICs, DPUs).
• Ability to tackle sophisticated problems creatively. Good verbal and writing skills. Able to create white papers for publishing on Cisco s website. Must be a great teammate and work well in small and large group environments. Comfortable presenting to customers and Cisco employees.

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