Senior Solutions Engineer - AI & Enterprise

Cisco; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 219,000 - 286,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco seeks a Senior Solutions Engineer to act as a trusted technical advisor, aligning customer priorities with secure, scalable solutions across Cisco’s portfolio. You’ll lead cross-architecture strategies in AI, Networking, Security, Data Center, Cloud, and Automation while partnering with Account Executives and global teams.

The role requires 7+ years in a customer-facing tech role, with travel across the Americas.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in solutions engineering or a comparable customer-facing technology role.
• Experience designing and positioning enterprise solutions across AI, Enterprise Networking, Security, Splunk, Data Center, Cloud, Automation, IoT and Collaboration.
• Ability to travel within the Americas and participate in global customer or team meetings across time zones.

Responsibilities

• Engaging directly with customer technical executives, architects, engineering teams and decision-makers to understand business priorities and establish trusted-advisor relationships.
• Translating business and operational priorities into technical strategies and cross-architecture solutions that deliver measurable outcomes.
• Engaging new lines of business and key customer stakeholders to uncover emerging priorities, expand Cisco’s relevance and identify opportunities for cross-architecture solutions.
• Leading customer conversations around AI strategy and AI-ready infrastructure, connecting data center, networking, security, observability and automation capabilities to evolving AI use cases and business outcomes.
• Collaborating with global and regional account teams to develop account strategies, identify opportunities and advance key customer engagements across the Americas.
• Leading technical discovery, architectural design, presentations, demonstrations, workshops and proof-of-concept activities.

Skills

Solutions engineering

Pre-sales engineering

Technical consulting

Executive stakeholders

AI strategy

Enterprise Networking

Service Provider

Data Center

Cloud

Education

BS/BA in EE/CS

Job description

Cisco seeks a Senior Solutions Engineer to act as a trusted technical advisor, aligning customer priorities with secure, scalable solutions across Cisco’s portfolio. You’ll lead cross-architecture strategies in AI, Networking, Security, Data Center, Cloud, and Automation while partnering with Account Executives and global teams.

The role requires 7+ years in a customer-facing tech role, with travel across the Americas.