Cisco Systems Engineer Supporting Commercial Select based Colombo 

Sri Lanka, Western Province, Colombo 

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As a Systems Engineer/Architect you will orchestrate involvement of all technical activities and resources, holding accountability for all opportunities within assigned account(s) and provide architectural perspective across the Cisco product portfolio, including software and services.

• Technical sales professional serving as a Technology/Product/Solution consultant.
• Technical orchestrator for an array of Cisco resources, primary responsibility for ensuring successful completion of each pitstop from a technical perspective in the lifecycle selling motion.
• Provides technical information and design/implementation guidance in concert with Cisco Architecture Seller team(s).
• Collaborates with the Account Manager on the customer account plan(s), jointly ensuring customer success.
• Educate customer on Cisco differentiation. Set brand preference to Cisco.
• Field role that serves as a Technology expert across solutions within a multi-domain architecture approach.
• Engage with customer roles from engineers to C-Suite, aligning technology to business drivers.
• Coach/mentor Account System Engineers) internally.
• Build relationship with Engineering Teams, field teams, architecture team, Business Units(BUs) and Partners.

The Srilanka Enterprise Segment is a truly vibrant sales organization that covers the top accounts in the Enterprise Space.

With the Enterprise System Engineering Team, you will be designing, implementing and empowering the strategy for the next generation of communications and application delivery for India’s leading companies.

You'll collaborate as part of a disruptive Sales engineering team. We offer exhilarating, inspiring, global, high impact, and uniquely broad opportunities for your growth.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Engineering degree or equivalent
• Excellent written, oral communication, listening skills.
• Min 10+ years of presales experience in technical position (G10).
• Detailed Cisco products and technologies knowledge.
• Understand the basic aspects of end to end architecture and should have knowledge on one more technology other than Networking (preferably Datacentre or Security).
• Knowledge on how to handle RFP specifications( in specific vertical only)
• Advanced technical knowledge in the Networking Solutions, SDN Architecture , Network Security and Datacentre Networking technologies.
• Understanding of a multi-domain Architecture approach and benefits around the same
• Ability to drive CxO-level discussions and expose Cisco’s value and differentiators.
• Advanced Whiteboarding and Presentation skills.

• Experience working with the large Manufacturing/ITES/BFSI customers.
• CCNP/ CCIE certifications preferable.
• Formulate and communicate a solution / vision.
• Experience working with and handling large enterprises and public-sector organizations.
• Ecosystem platform skills and certification ( Cloud , Security )
• Working towards any industry led certification.

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