Enterprise Solutions Engineer – Pre-Sales Architect

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 192,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Solution Engineer to join a high-impact team of technical sales professionals.

You will own the Cisco brand across our customer and partner ecosystem, acting as a trusted advisor to bridge technical innovations with business needs for enterprise, government, and service provider clients. You will develop sales plans, build consultative customer relationships, and lead architectural sales with a focus on data center, security, and routing/switching.

Qualifications

• Pre-Sales experience with knowledge of baseline SE/SA skills and in-depth knowledge in at least one adjacent technology including Data Center, Security, or Route/Switch/Wireless.
• Excellent technical consulting skills, including the ability to define trade-offs, ask probing questions, and incorporate Cisco solutions into a broader technology environment.
• Lead the architectural sales motion associated with Cisco's technology strategy in alignment with key business drivers and market issues for individual customers.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the development of formal sales plans and proposals for assigned opportunities.
• Build a consultative relationship with the customer and collaborate with Product teams to develop customer-focused architectures driving industry-wide innovation.
• Lead the architectural sales motion associated with Cisco's technology strategy in alignment with key business drivers and market issues for individual customers.
• Identify top opportunities and design top-down future state architectures and associated Cisco technical strategy.
• Build creative architectural solutions to take on customer business problems.
• Deliver and/or support delivery of technical presentations to customers, as well as demonstrate business relevance to executive stakeholders.

Skills

Pre-Sales experience

Architecture design

Technical consulting

Education

BS/BA or equivalent experience

Tools

Data Center

Security

Route/Switch/Wireless

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Solution Engineer to join a high-impact team of technical sales professionals.

You will own the Cisco brand across our customer and partner ecosystem, acting as a trusted advisor to bridge technical innovations with business needs for enterprise, government, and service provider clients. You will develop sales plans, build consultative customer relationships, and lead architectural sales with a focus on data center, security, and routing/switching.