Enterprise Solutions Engineer - AI & Data Center

Cisco; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 189,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco is hiring a Solutions Engineer to act as a trusted technical advisor, linking business priorities with scalable Cisco solutions across Networking, AI, Security, IoT, Data Center and Cloud. You will partner with account teams, architects and partners to craft cross-architecture designs and demonstrate measurable customer success.

Role demands leadership in discovery, presentations and POC activities, strong communication across cultures, and travel within the Americas.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in solutions engineering, pre-sales or comparable tech consulting.
• Experience designing and positioning enterprise solutions across multiple tech areas.
• Experience leading technical discovery, presentations, demos or POC activities.
• Ability to translate business priorities into technical strategies and engage stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel within the Americas and participate in global meetings.

Responsibilities

• Engage with customer leaders to understand challenges and act as a trusted advisor.
• Translate priorities into technical requirements and cross-architecture solutions.
• Collaborate with global and regional teams to develop account strategies and opportunities.
• Lead technical discovery, solution design, demos, workshops and POC activities.
• Position Cisco value and competitive strategies to drive customer confidence.
• Coordinate specialists and partners to ensure a seamless sales cycle.
• Represent customer requirements internally and share insights with product teams.
• Maintain expertise across Cisco technologies and leverage trends for guidance.

Skills

Customer-facing

Cross-functional collaboration

Solution design

Technical storytelling

Travel readiness

Education

BS/BA (EE/CS) or related field

Tools

CCNP

CCIE

Splunk

Job description

Cisco is hiring a Solutions Engineer to act as a trusted technical advisor, linking business priorities with scalable Cisco solutions across Networking, AI, Security, IoT, Data Center and Cloud. You will partner with account teams, architects and partners to craft cross-architecture designs and demonstrate measurable customer success.

Role demands leadership in discovery, presentations and POC activities, strong communication across cultures, and travel within the Americas.