Cisco Solutions Engineer 

United States, Illinois, Chicago 

84018721

You will work with the Americas Networking Organization as a Solutions Engineer. You will form relationships with our customer's key decision-makers, showcase Cisco Networking products and solutions with a focus on Secure networking including Routing, Switching, Wireless, and Automation, lead RFP response(s), set up demonstrations, drive proof of values, explain features and benefits to customers, and design and configure products to meet specific customer requirements.

Keep up to date on networking trends, competitive solutions products and services. You will work with a variety of technologies and will therefore need strong cross-functional collaboration and consultative skills. The capacity to demonstrate technical solutions and capabilities effectively and conduct multi-architectural Proof-of-Concept (PoC) tests is a must.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Partner with Account Executives
• Enable technology capabilities internally with Portfolio Account Teams and externally with our partners.
• Understanding customer requirements and mapping technical solutions to meet needs
• Network design
• Deep product and solution knowledge: Product positioning, differentiation across solutions, operational characteristics
• Performing product demos and Proof of Concept (PoC) labs
• Maintaining competitive knowledge to position Cisco's products and services strategically
• Following market transition and industry trends to anticipate customer needs
• Aligning cross-functionally to various business entities and teams across the company
• Challenger mentality willing to help customers with sophisticated/complicated digital transformation opportunities

As a Networking Solutions Engineer, you will partner primarily with a Networking Account Executive. In addition, you will work with Portfolio Account Teams, Partners, and other multi-functional teams to drive Cisco Networking brand preference with our customers.

Working directly with customers, you will collect detailed knowledge of requirements and provide recommendations for the best products and solutions to achieve the desired business outcomes.

• 3+ years of proven experience sizing and designing Routing, Wireless and Switching deployments both On-Prem and Cloud Based.
• Typically requires BS/BA (preferably EE/CS) or equivalent experience. Open to MISL candidates with aligned experience.
• Extensive skills and knowledge in networking protocols (TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, LISP)
• Experience with network segmentation technologies (VRF, MPLS, ZeroTrust, SDA, 802.1x, Adaptive Policy), and network management.
• Pre-sales experience
• Ability to travel to customer and partner sites as needed 35% of the time approximately.

• Cisco and non-Cisco Certifications a plus (CClE, CCDE, CCNP, DevNet, AWS, Google, Terraform)
• API and programmability knowledge is a plus
• Understanding of competitive networking products such as HPE/Aruba, Juniper, Arista,
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Critical thinking to address customer concerns and to support customer business growth.
• Customer-focused attitude.

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).