Senior Federal Solutions Engineer – Zero Trust

Cisco; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 219,000 - 286,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Paid parental leave

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Cisco Systems in the United States is seeking a Senior Solutions Engineer for the Federal Civilian team. You will collaborate with Federal Account Executives to architect secure, scalable, and automated solutions across agency environments.

The role emphasizes hands-on pre-sales architecture, federal compliance knowledge, and modern observability tools. A strong track record in enterprise networking and security is essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of technical pre-sales, systems engineering, or senior enterprise consulting experience.
• Active Cisco certification in good standing (CCNP Enterprise/Security or CCIE).
• Hands-on pre-sales architecture across Enterprise Route/Switch and SD-WAN.
• Proficient in Cisco security solutions (ISE, Secure Firewall/FTD, Duo, Umbrella, SASE).
• U.S. Citizenship required for federal site access and security clearance eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary technical authority and pre-sales lead for designated U.S. Federal Civilian Agencies.
• Design end-to-end network and security architectures meeting federal mandates (FedRAMP, NIST SP 800-53).
• Lead Proof of Value trials, live demos, and architectural bake-offs in complex environments.
• Author technical specs, diagrams, and compliance matrices for RFIs/RFPs with executives.
• Educate federal teams on IaC, REST APIs, Python tooling, and telemetry frameworks.

Skills

Pre-sales architecture

CCNP/CCIE

SD-WAN

Network security

Federal customer work

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Cisco IOS-XE

ThousandEyes

Splunk

Job description

Cisco Systems in the United States is seeking a Senior Solutions Engineer for the Federal Civilian team. You will collaborate with Federal Account Executives to architect secure, scalable, and automated solutions across agency environments.

The role emphasizes hands-on pre-sales architecture, federal compliance knowledge, and modern observability tools. A strong track record in enterprise networking and security is essential.