CyberSecurity Solutions Engineer, Service Provider- Northeast Region

Cisco Systems, Inc.; New York (NY); Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a pre-sales technical expert to guide security sellers and account teams. The role involves showcasing Cisco's security solutions, building customer relationships, and addressing specific security needs. Candidates should have extensive experience in technical sales, particularly in security technologies, and be adept at managing high-value IT security projects. This position is home office based with travel required.

Benefits

Paid time off to volunteer

Growth and learning opportunities

Healthy work-life balance

Qualifications

• 4+ years in technical sales or pre-sales experience.
• Experience with Firewall, Content Security, and Endpoint Protection.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the subject matter expert in Cisco security solutions.
• Provide guidance to account teams in building security solutions.
• Drive major account opportunities in technical consulting.

Skills

Technical Sales

Firewall

Threat Detection

Network Security

Communication

Education

BS/BA (EE/CS)

Tools

Unix/Linux

Python

Perl

Powershell

Job description

Application window expected to close: 5/16/2025

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Location: Northeast, candidate must be located in Northeast to get to clients

Travel is required and this position is home office based.

Meet the Team

You will provide guidance and assist security sellers and Account teams within the territory in a pre-sales technical role, showcasing Cisco security product solutions, setting up demonstrations, explaining features and benefits to customers, and designing and configuring products to address specific customer security needs. You will form relationships with our customers' key decision-makers, positioning Cisco security solutions aligned accurately to their requirements.

As an advisor to the customer, you'll be working with technology experts to craft architectures and configure products to meet customer-specific needs, are prepared to lead all technical aspects of pre-sales activities, and position security solutions effectively against competing offerings. You are an aggressive starter, self-starter with the ability to build executive relationships, develop and execute sales strategies and tactics that improve Cisco's opportunity with a customer environment, position and promote the partner and customer value proposition for Cisco security architecture, articulate Cisco's product and business strategies, and create the demand that makes deals happen!

Your Impact

You will be a part of an outstanding technical pre-sales team in our Global Security Sales Organization (GSSO), responsible for driving the success of Cisco's Security Portfolio and focusing on protecting Customer Application Environments no matter where they live (on-prem / any cloud).

Our mission is simple: democratize security by making it easy and effective for everyone. We're transforming security from the ground up by solving the world's most pressing geopolitical challenge - safe, secure information access. We engineer our business to enable our customers to easily address their ever-evolving security challenges.

We believe that impactful work is rewarding work and that our team is at its best when everyone feels empowered to bring their whole self to work. We learn together by hiring for cultural contribution, not cultural fit, and recognize that diversity in background and thought is essential to building high-impact teams.

We invest in growth and learning opportunities and encourage our people to never stop learning. We foster collaboration and believe in being recognized (and rewarded!) for hard work. We champion a healthy work-life balance. We're kinder than necessary.

Together we build for the future by designing simple solutions for complex problems. And that's why we're the most loved and trusted name in security.

You Will

• Serve as the subject matter expert in Cisco security solutions
• Provide guidance and assist account teams within the territory in building solutions to address specific customer security needs
• Understand business requirements for a customer base and be able to translate them into technical requirements
• Understand and articulate Cisco's architecture and services within security technologies
• Create, present, and document technical solutions
• Perform in-depth and high-level technical presentations for customers partners and prospects
• Drive identified major account opportunities (i.e. technical consulting, upper-level management presentations, and Cisco technology solutions) while allowing local account teams to maintain long-term ownership

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years of technical sales or pre-sales experience with 2+ years in Firewall (NGFW/IDS/IPS), Content Security (Email, Web, DNS Protection), Endpoint Protection (EPP), Threat Detection and Response (EDR), Access Control, Cloud Native Security, SIEM, or SOAR technologies
• Successful quota achievement
• Proven track record of managing and winning technical and high-value IT security projects
• Experience in administering Unix/Linux systems, low-layer (packet-level) IP networking, and a thorough understanding of network security

Preferred Qualifications

• BS/BA (EE/CS) or equivalent is highly preferred
• Solid presentation and interpersonal skills
• Commercial awareness and strong communication skills
• Highly motivated self-starter who does not need day-to-day management
• Desirable experience with Cisco security technologies, experience with programming languages such as Python, Unix Shell, Perl, or Powershell
• Travel required; home office based

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