Cisco Solutions Engineer 

United States, Georgia, Atlanta 

722674767

The application window is expected to close on March 3, 2025

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

Please Note: This role is Home Office based; However, travel is required in the state of New Jersey and/or the Tri-State Area

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.

Your Impact

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 maximize 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

Minimum Qualifications

You are passionate about the customer experience and excited about new technology. You are a true teammate and love to learn. Being a self-starter, our SEs act as an industry domain authority, and strive to help Cisco make customers for life

• Minimum of 8 years of technical sales or pre-sales experience with 4+ years of Security specialization experience with Firewall/IPS, SIEM/XDR, NDR, EDR, SASE/SSE technologies
• Successful quota achievement
• Proven track record or managing and winning technical and high value IT security projects
• Experience with low-layer (packet-level) IP networking and thorough understanding of network security

Preferred Qualifications

• Solid presentation and interpersonal skills
• BS/BA (EE/CS) or equivalent highly preferred
• Commercial awareness and strong communication skill
• Highly motivated self-starter that does not need day-to-day management
• Desirable experience with Cisco security technologies
• Desirable experience with Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) and/or AI Application/Modeling technologies
• Industry Certifications (CISSP, GIAC, Etc.)