Cisco Solutions Engineer 

United States, Georgia, Atlanta 

595154762

You will provide guidance and assist Security Sellers and Account teams within the territory in a pre-sales technical role, showcasing Cisco security product solutions, setting up demonstrations, explaining features and benefits to customers, and designing and configuring products to address specific customer security needs. You will form relationships with our customer’s key decision-makers, positioning Cisco security solutions aligned accurately to their requirements.

As an advisor to the customer, you’ll be working with technology experts to craft architectures and configure products to meet customer-specific needs, are prepared to lead all technical aspects of pre-sales activities, and position security solutions effectively against competing offerings. You are an aggressive starter, self-starter with the ability to build executive relationships, develop and execute sales strategies and tactics that improve Cisco’s opportunity with a customer environment, position and promote the partner and customer value proposition for Cisco security architecture, articulate Cisco’s product and business strategies, and create the demand that makes deals happen! You will:

• Serve as the subject matter expert in Cisco security solutions
• Provide guidance and assist account teams within the territory in building solutions to address specific customer security needs
• Understand business requirements for a customer base and be able to translate them into technical requirements
• Understand and articulate Cisco’s architecture and services within security technologies
• Create, present, and document technical solutions
• Perform in-depth and high-level technical presentations for customers partners and prospects
• Drive identified major account opportunities (i.e. technical consulting, upper-level management presentations, and Cisco technology solutions) while allowing local account teams to maintain long-term ownership

Together we build for the future by designing simple solutions for complex problems. And that’s why we’re the most loved and trusted name in security.

• Minimum of 3 years of technical sales or pre-sales experience.
• 3+ years in Security specialization experience in Cisco Security Architecture or similar.
• Successful quota achievement
• Proven track record of managing and winning technical and high-value IT security projects

• BS/BA (EE/CS) or equivalent is highly preferred
• Solid presentation and interpersonal skills
• Commercial awareness and strong communication skills
• Highly motivated self-starter who does not need day-to-day management
• Passion about innovation within cybersecurity and eager to learn our future centric solutions.

We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other’s backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another – from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).