Senior Federal Solutions Engineer - Zero Trust & IaC

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

Job summary

Cisco Systems in the United States is seeking a Senior Solutions Engineer for the Federal Civilian team. You will architect resilient, scalable technical solutions and lead pre-sales efforts for federal agencies, aligning with mandates like NIST and FedRAMP.

Role emphasizes strategic advisory, network security design, PoV execution, and cross-team collaboration with Federal Account Executives. Requires active Cisco certifications and U.S. citizenship.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of related technical pre-sales, systems engineering, or senior enterprise consulting experience.
• Active Cisco certification in good standing (CCNP Enterprise/Security or CCIE).
• U.S. Citizenship required to comply with federal site access and security requirements.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary technical authority and pre-sales architecture lead for designated U.S. Federal Civilian Agencies.
• Design and defend end-to-end multi-tier network and security architectures meeting federal mandates.
• Lead PoV trials, live demonstrations, and architectural bake-offs to prove Cisco’s value.
• Author technical specs, architectural diagrams, and compliance matrices for RFIs/RFPs with Federal Account Executives.
• Educate federal engineering teams on IaC, REST APIs, Python tooling, and telemetry for faster Day-0 to Day-2 ops.

Skills

Catalyst 9000

Nexus NX-OS

SD-WAN

BGP/OSPF

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering / Information Systems

Tools

Cisco ISE

Zero Trust

Job description

Cisco Systems in the United States is seeking a Senior Solutions Engineer for the Federal Civilian team. You will architect resilient, scalable technical solutions and lead pre-sales efforts for federal agencies, aligning with mandates like NIST and FedRAMP.

Role emphasizes strategic advisory, network security design, PoV execution, and cross-team collaboration with Federal Account Executives. Requires active Cisco certifications and U.S. citizenship.