Cisco Solutions Engineer 

South Africa, Gauteng 

845506212

What you will do

You will conduct technical presentations, demonstrate Cisco products and solutions, set up demonstrations and explain features and benefits to customers. As an advisor to the customer, you will design and configure products to meet specific customer needs. You will gain access to and work with a wide palette of the Cisco solutions, including Networking, Data Center, Security, Workplace Solutions & Automation. You will have to master the relationship of Cisco solutions to programmability, cloud native systems, public and private Cloud deployments and Artificial Intelligence.

Besides having a strong technical background you will need to have the ability to learn and keep up to date on a continuous basis.

Who You Are

You should excel in presenting technical architectures, solutions and products to key decision-makers from Managers to Directors and above. You should be comfortable presenting to both small and large audiences.

Our minimum requirements for this role are:

• 5+ years-related experience.
• Understand customer business drivers and how to map these to a customer network platform - Technical Acumen
• Understand networking industry, including keeping updated on products and solutions
• Technical consulting skills, including ability to define trade-offs, ask probing questions, and incorporate Cisco solutions into a broader technology environment

Our preferred requirements for this role are:

• Pre-Sales experience recommended.
• Cisco product experience or meaningful experience in key competitor offerings in technology area of emphasis.
• CCIE preferred or equivalent
• Typically requires BS/BA (EE/CS) or equivalent.