Senior Federal Solutions Engineer — Remote

Cisco Systems, Inc

North Carolina

Remote

USD 219,000 - 286,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision insurance

401(k) with matching contributions

Paid parental leave

Vacation & sick time

RSU grants

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Senior Solutions Engineer for the Federal Civilian team to architect resilient, scalable federal networks and security architectures, partnering with agency leaders to advance mission modernization.

The role spans pre‑sales strategy, PoV trials, and RFI/RFP leadership. You will champion IaC, REST APIs, Python tooling, and telemetry (ThousandEyes/Splunk) to accelerate operations Day 0 to Day 2, while navigating federal mandates (NIST, FedRAMP).

Qualifications

7+ years of technical pre‑sales, systems engineering, or senior enterprise consulting experience.
Active Cisco certification (CCNP Enterprise/Security or CCIE).
Hands‑on pre‑sales architecture across core Enterprise Route/Switch and SD‑WAN.
Proficiency in Cisco security/Zero Trust solutions (ISE, Secure Firewall/FTD, Duo, Umbrella, SASE/SSE).
US Citizenship required for federal access and security clearance.

Responsibilities

Serve as primary technical authority and trusted advisor for designated U.S. Federal Civilian Agencies.
Design and defend end‑to‑end multi‑tier network and security architectures per federal mandates (OMB M‑22‑09, NIST SP 800‑53, FedRAMP).
Lead PoV trials, live demos, and architectural bake‑offs.
Author technical specs, diagrams, and compliance matrices for RFIs/RFPs across GSA/SEWP programs.
Educate federal teams on Infrastructure‑as‑Code, REST APIs, Python tooling, and telemetry.