Senior Manager, Solutions Engineering — AI & Hyperscale

Cisco Systems; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 266,000 - 343,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco is seeking a dynamic and visionary Senior Manager of Solutions Engineering for Amazon, leading a large sales engineering team and shaping technical strategy to solve complex customer challenges in hyperscale environments. You will mentor leaders, build executive relationships with customers and partners, and coordinate cross-functional resources to deliver Cisco’s portfolio.

The role requires deep hyperscale and enterprise networking expertise and a track record of aligning technology with

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Sales/Solutions Engineering experience.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in Sales/Solutions Engineering, with at least 5+ years in a leadership capacity (experience managing leaders is necessary).
• 2+ years of experience with cloud and AI networking technology and its industry.
• Deep Hyperscale Expertise: Proven track record in designing and deploying networking architectures for hyperscale environments, including Public Cloud infrastructure, massive-scale data center interconnect (DCI), and AI/ML cluster networking. Knowledge of the entire networking device stack including ASIC, platform, NOS and optics as well as driving NPIs (New Product Introduction).
• Enterprise Networking:Experience designing enterprise/campus networks including switching, wireless, WAN products/technologies, security and observability products.

Responsibilities

• Lead a large sales engineering team and define technical strategies.
• Develop executive-level relationships with customers and partners.
• Orchestrate cross-functional resources to deliver outcomes.
• Define and execute long-term technical strategy for the account.
• Mentor multi-layer leadership and coach teams.
• Promote a culture of empathy, agility, and innovation.
• Advise C-suite on technical outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Sales engineering

Mentoring

Executive relationships

Tools

Public Cloud

AI networking

Hyperscale architecture

Job description

Cisco is seeking a dynamic and visionary Senior Manager of Solutions Engineering for Amazon, leading a large sales engineering team and shaping technical strategy to solve complex customer challenges in hyperscale environments. You will mentor leaders, build executive relationships with customers and partners, and coordinate cross-functional resources to deliver Cisco’s portfolio.

The role requires deep hyperscale and enterprise networking expertise and a track record of aligning technology with