Technical Marketing Engineer - Technical Leader

Cisco Systems, Inc.; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 266,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company seeks a Technical Marketing Engineer - Technical Leader to enhance its Cloud & Network Security Product offerings. This role focuses on collaborating with product management and engineering teams to strategize and deploy security solutions for clients. Candidates should possess over 10 years of experience and relevant certifications in the networking and security domain. Join an innovative team dedicated to delivering cutting-edge security capabilities.

Benefits

401(k) plan with matching contribution

Flexible vacation time off policy

Paid holidays and sick leave

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off for volunteering

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in security and networking.
• Proven record of communication with enterprise customers.
• Ability to design and implement secure network architecture.

Responsibilities

• Work with teams to develop solutions for customer problems.
• Drive strategy, design, and deployment for security products.
• Participate in discussions with technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills

Segmentation

Workload protection

Vulnerability assessment

Design scalable networks

Secure network design

Education

CCNP Security

CISSP/CCSP

CCIE

Job description

Technical Marketing Engineer - Technical Leader

Location:

Offsite, San Jose, California, US

Alternate Location

US Remote

Area of Interest

Compensation Range

152600 USD- 266000 USD

Job Type

Professional

Security

Job Id

1440651

The application window is expected to close on: July 30th 2025

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team:

We are seeking a highly-motivated Technical Marketing Engineer Technical Leader to join Cisco's Cloud & Network Security Product organization!

You'll be part of a fast-paced dynamic team in an exciting environment, working closely with Product Management, Engineering, Product Marketing, UI/UX, and Sales Engineering to help drive the strategy, design, and deployment of Cisco's security product family.

Your Impact:

We are looking for someone who can work with passionate teams to develop clear solutions to complex customer problems and comfortable in a highly distributed team environment. It’s in our culture to learn, adapt and improve, so you’ll be open to trying new things.

This is an outstanding opportunity to join a team who are passionate about delivering new security capabilities to customers.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 10+yrs Experience and Deep understanding of segmentation and emerging technology like eBFP, workload protection, vulnerability assessment.
• CCNP security, CISSP/CCSP, CCIE or other security/networking certification/s.
• Design scalable, highly available secure network design for Local Area Network (LAN) , Wide Area Network (WAN), Data Center and Cloud.
• Design secure network enclaves based enterprise architecture for cloud, intranet and extranet to protect critical assets.
• Design and implement secure data communication across network elements and critical assets as per industry standards and Security Best practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Technical Acuity: You are comfortable setting up demo/lab environments and troubleshooting/overcoming issues in various network, endpoint, and cloud architectures.
• Communication: You have a proven record of explaining new, ground-breaking solutions to enterprise customers-both the strategic benefits and practical use cases. You enjoy speaking publicly to audiences of all sizes both technical and non-technical and are equally comfortable in person or in a webcast/video.
• Curiosity: You believe that creativity and growth start with a curiosity and humility, and asking thoughtful questions.
• Attitude & Ambition: The best candidates are inquisitive, hard-working, driven, and not afraid to fail. They are a team first but willing to take the lead with minimal guidance and supervision.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Simply put - we power the future.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees haveaccess to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.

Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days ofvacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Offpolicy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours ofunused sick timewill be carried forwardfrom one calendar yearto the nextsuch that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

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