Technical Marketing Engineering Technical Leader

Cisco; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 195,000 - 286,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Senior Technical Marketing Engineer to lead the technical narrative for our AI Infrastructure initiative. You will bridge engineering and customer deployment, ensuring solutions meet enterprise needs and scale globally.

You will own technical content, collaborate with product teams, and influence the roadmap by translating field feedback into requirements. This role requires strong Kubernetes, Linux, and scripting skills, in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience in technical marketing, solutions architecture, systems engineering, or SRE.
• Hands-on experience deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters in production environments.
• Experience creating technical presentations or documentation for technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical narrative for Cisco's AI Infrastructure initiative and validate end-to-end lifecycle of solutions.
• Translate field feedback into actionable technical requirements for the product roadmap.
• Deliver technical content such as white papers, deployment guides, and design reviews for enterprise customers.
• Learn and apply unfamiliar technologies to lab or customer scenarios.

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux

Python

Go

Terraform

Ansible

Public cloud

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree

Tools

Docker

Linux

Job description

The application window is expected to close on: 11/29/2026

This is a Hybrid job located in San Jose or New York, 2 days in office will be required.

Meet the Team

Our organization is at the forefront of Cisco’s strategic evolution into the Full-stack AI market. We are a specialized, high-impact team dedicated to building and scaling the next generation of AI infrastructure solutions, We work to solve the most complex challenges facing customers in the world of distributed token generation and consumption across on-prem, Neo/Sovereign Cloud and Public clouds.. We operate with the agility of a startup, driven by a mission to turn cutting-edge innovation into deployable, enterprise-grade realities that empower our customers to lead in the AI era.

Your Impact

As a Senior Technical Marketing Engineer and Technical Leader, you will serve as the primary technical authority for new AI Infrastructure initative, bridging the gap between sophisticated engineering development and customer-facing deployment. You will own the technical narrative, validating the end-to-end lifecycle of our solutions to ensure they meet the rigorous demands of real-world enterprise environments. By translating field feedback and adoption blockers into actionable technical requirements, you will directly influence our product roadmap and ensure our technology is ready for global scale. Your work will define how customers perceive, adopt, and derive value from Cisco’s most critical new product innovations.

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering + 8 years of professional experience, or a Master’s degree + 6 years of professional experience.

4 years of experience in technical marketing, solutions architecture, systems engineering, or platform/site reliability engineering.

Hands-on Experience deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters in production or production-like environments, including container orchestration, networking, and storage integrations.

Working knowledge of Linux and infrastructure fundamentals, including networking, storage, access controls, and observability.

Experience developing infrastructure automation using scripting languages (e.g., Python, Go) or infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).

Experience creating and delivering technical presentations or documentation, such as white papers, deployment guides, or architectural design reviews, for technical audiences.

Ability to learn unfamiliar technologies and apply them to practical lab or customer scenarios.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with AI/ML infrastructure, specifically managing GPU clusters, model training pipelines, or AI-workload placement within Kubernetes.

Familiarity with GPU monitoring, resource sharing, or performance evaluation.

Experience with public or private cloud platforms, including multi-tenancy, identity and access management, and observability frameworks.

Operational experience with SRE methodologies, including incident response, capacity planning, and performance benchmarking.

Experience working in agile, rapid-growth environments where product requirements and technical priorities evolve continuously.

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.

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:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $194,600.00 to $285,700.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
• Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours ofunused sick timecarried forwardfrom one calendar yearto the next
• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. 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 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

$194,600.00 - $328,600.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$179,000.00 - $294,000.00

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.