Senior AI Infrastructure Solutions Engineer

PreSales Collective; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 229,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Cisco is seeking a Senior Solutions Engineer based in the San Jose, CA area to own the technical relationship with Neocloud and AI infrastructure customers. You will partner with Account Executives to build account strategy, demonstrate architectural depth, and drive design wins.

In this role you will lead end‑to‑end engagements, translate engineering visions into business outcomes, and collaborate across engineering, product, and BU teams to unblock customer requirements.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in technical pre‑sales, solutions architecture, or customer‑facing systems engineering.
• Deep expertise in data center networking and routing (BGP, EVPN, MPLS, Segment Routing).
• Hands‑on experience with Cisco IOS‑XR/NX‑OS or equivalent.
• Excellent communication and problem‑solving skills with a customer focus.

Responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end technical engagements from discovery to formal close.
• Position architectures against competitors and address objections at exec level.
• Translate technical vision into account strategy with the AE team.
• Deliver demos, whiteboard sessions, and executive briefings.
• Coordinate across engineering, product, and BU to unblock customer needs.
• Drive demand generation and enablement within accounts.

Skills

Technical pre-sales

Data center networking

BGP EVPN MPLS

IOS-XR/NX-OS

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

CCIE (Data Center, SP, or Enterprise)

Tools

Cisco IOS-XR

NX-OS

Job description

Cisco is seeking a Senior Solutions Engineer based in the San Jose, CA area to own the technical relationship with Neocloud and AI infrastructure customers. You will partner with Account Executives to build account strategy, demonstrate architectural depth, and drive design wins.

In this role you will lead end‑to‑end engagements, translate engineering visions into business outcomes, and collaborate across engineering, product, and BU teams to unblock customer requirements.