Cisco Solutions Engineer 

United States, Illinois, Chicago 

3770737

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

Our Global Enterprise Segment desires to bring onboard a hardworking Solutions Engineer (SE), that will be working as a trusted advisor and partner to top Enterprise Organizations.

- You will gain access to the palette of Cisco technologies and applications in a variety of vertical markets including Retail, Transportation, Manufacturing, and Oil & Gas

- You will collaborate with the Account Manager to recommend and lead solution development, including demonstrating replicable architectures and researching customized solutions. You will provide an architectural perspective across the Cisco product portfolio and can use your technical specialization for specific opportunities.

- You will act in an increasingly consultative fashion and looked to as a guide, or trusted technical adviser, in your field by the account team and customers

- You will keep up-to-date on relevant competitors’ solutions, products and services

- You will assist with the development of formal sales plans and proposals for assigned opportunities

YOUR IMPACT

- You will demonstrate business relevance to executive stakeholders

- You will identify top opportunities and design top-down future state architectures and associated Cisco technical strategy

- You will build creative architectural solutions to take on customer business problems

- You will deliver and/or support delivery of technical presentations to customers, as well as deliver architecture selling concept and methodology to customers

- You have knowledge of relevant solutions sets, product line specifications, performance criteria and applications

- You will share information about common replicable architectures that are most appropriate for assigned customers.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

- 8+ years of networking/telecommunications/datacenter industry related experience as well as Cisco product experience or relevant experience in key competitor offerings in technology area.

- Pre-Sales experience required.

- Excellent written and verbal communication, listening, and strong presentation skills.

- Strong problem-solving skills: ability to assess a problem and plan an effective course of action.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- BS/BA (EE/CS) or equivalent experience

- CCNP, CCDP or similar vendor Certification preferred