Networking Solutions Engineer – Pre-Sales Architect

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

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Solutions Engineer to partner with Account Executives and cross-functional teams to drive Cisco Networking brand preference.

You will capture customer requirements, recommend best products, and design solutions to achieve business outcomes across routing, switching, wireless, and automation. This pre-sales role emphasizes architectural selling and strong communication of technical architectures to managers and directors.

Qualifications

• 5+ years sizing/designing routing, wireless and switching deployments (on-prem and cloud).
• Deep knowledge of TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, LISP and network segmentation (VRF, MPLS, ZeroTrust, SDA, 802.1x, Adaptive Policy).
• Understanding competitive networking products (HPE/Aruba, Juniper, Arista, Fortinet).

Responsibilities

• Partner with Account Executives to drive business and growth opportunities.
• Drive demand generation activities.
• Enable technology capabilities with Portfolio Account Teams and partners.
• Understand customer requirements and map technical solutions.
• Design network solutions to meet needs.
• Maintain deep product and solution knowledge and differentiation.
• Perform product demos and PoC labs.
• Keep competitive knowledge up to date.
• Collaborate cross-functionally across business entities.
• Challenge customers with digital transformation opportunities.

Skills

Routing design

Wireless design

Switching

Network protocols

Pre-sales

Public speaking

Education

BS/BA in EE/CS

Tools

CCIE

CCNP

DevNet

Terraform

AWS

Google Cloud

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Solutions Engineer to partner with Account Executives and cross-functional teams to drive Cisco Networking brand preference.

You will capture customer requirements, recommend best products, and design solutions to achieve business outcomes across routing, switching, wireless, and automation. This pre-sales role emphasizes architectural selling and strong communication of technical architectures to managers and directors.