System Engineer – Cisco Cross Architecture

Acme Services; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Acme Services, Johannesburg, South Africa, seeks a System Engineer - Cisco Cross Architecture with 5-10 years of experience to provide technical pre-sales support across the Cisco portfolio. You will design end-to-end architectures and engage with channel partners, system integrators, and enterprise customers to deliver compelling solutions.

The role requires strong presentation, PoC delivery, and licensing discussions across Enterprise Networking, Security, Collaboration, Data Center, and

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of relevant Cisco pre-sales experience
• Proven ability to design integrated, end-to-end solution architectures
• Strong customer-facing, proposal writing, and presentation skills

Responsibilities

• Provide technical pre-sales support across the Cisco portfolio.
• Design integrated end-to-end solution architectures aligned to customer requirements.
• Engage with channel partners, system integrators, enterprise customers, and Cisco account teams.
• Prepare technical proposals, solution designs, BoMs, SoWs, and RFP/RFI/RFQ responses.
• Deliver technical presentations, workshops, demonstrations, and PoCs.
• Support solution positioning, licensing discussions, and strategic opportunities.
• Conduct partner enablement sessions and technical training programs.

Skills

Cisco Enterprise Networking

Cisco Security

Cisco Collaboration

Cisco Data Center

Hybrid Cloud

Solution design

Job description

We are hiring for a System Engineer - Cisco Cross Architecture with a leading technology distributor in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Location: Johannesburg, South Africa

Experience: 5-10 Years

Function: Technical Pre-Sales

We are looking for an experienced Cisco Pre-Sales professional with strong expertise across multiple Cisco architectures, including Enterprise Networking, Security, Collaboration, Data Center, and Hybrid Cloud solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical pre-sales support across the Cisco portfolio.
• Design integrated end-to-end solution architectures aligned to customer requirements.
• Engage with channel partners, system integrators, enterprise customers, and Cisco account teams.
• Prepare technical proposals, solution designs, BoMs, SoWs, and RFP/RFI/RFQ responses.
• Deliver technical presentations, workshops, demonstrations, and PoCs.
• Support solution positioning, licensing discussions, and strategic opportunities.
• Conduct partner enablement sessions and technical training programs.

Required Skills:

• Cisco Enterprise Networking (Routing, Switching, Wireless, SD-WAN, Catalyst Center)
• Cisco Security (Secure Firewall, Duo, ISE, Umbrella, XDR, SSE/SASE)
• Cisco Collaboration (Webex, Calling, Contact Center, CUCM)
• Cisco Data Center (Nexus, UCS, ACI, MDS, Intersight)
• Hybrid Cloud and Cloud Networking
• Strong solution design, proposal writing, and customer-facing skills

Preferred Certifications:

CCNP Enterprise, CCNP Security, CCNP Data Center, CCNP Collaboration, or CCIE.