Cisco Solutions Engineer Service Provider Sales Saudi Arabia 

Saudi Arabia, Riyadh Region, Riyadh 

893169920

Your Impact

• Gain access to the broad palette of Cisco technologies and applications in the Service Provider market.
• Direct account and partner responsibilities. Stay abreast of relevant competitive solutions, products and services.
• Provide technical and sales support for accounts in assigned territory. Perform technical presentations for customers, partners and prospects.
• Assist with the development of formal sales plans and proposals for assigned opportunities.
• Lead Pre-sale support including quote, network design, technical and financial proposal, pre-sale testing support etc.
• Demonstrate technical solutions including Cross-architectural solutions covering Service Provider Routing, Service Provider Mobility, Cloud Compute, Data Center Routing and Switching, Security, Automation and more.

Minimum Qualifications

• Thorough understanding of Service Provider Network Architecture.
• 5+ years of shown success in designing end to end large complex network to meet Service Providers requirements.
• In-depth knowledge of Service Providers Transport Technologies, Architecture and Protocols including Mobile Backhaul (4G/5G,), FTTx/GPON, BNG, x-Haul (ORAN), Metro, Core and peering layers.
• Ability to perform Design, analysis and solutioning of Transport SDN Architecture for Fixed & Mobile Converged Network, comprises of Core SP Routing Underlay (IGP, BGP, MPLS, SR-MPLS, SRv6), and Overlay (L3/L2VPN, EVPN, mVPN).
• In-depth knowledge and software skill set of network automation and orchestration, service provisioning and assurance.
• Product knowledge in advance service provider routing and automation technologies either with Cisco Products or Cisco Competitor Products.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, listening, and strong presentation skills in English.
• Ability to work effectively and add value as a team member. Demonstrate technical knowledge and consultative skills to customer executives.
• Strong problem-solving skills: ability to assess a problem and determine an effective course of action.
• Can work under minimum supervision and under time pressure.
• Self-motivated, fast learner and with proactive attitude.
• Customer oriented strategic thinker, able to address customer concerns and to support customer business growth.
• BS/BA (Electrical Engineering/Computer Science) or equivalent from reputable university.

Preferred Qualifications

• CCIE R/S or CCIE SP certifications or equivalent is preferred.
• Presales experience working with telecom/service provider customers.
• Strong understanding of adjacent technologies/architecture such as Data Center, Security, Enterprise networking.
• Skilled in understanding the customers’ business drivers and aligning these to Cisco solutions.
• Negotiation skills to craft solutions that are beneficial to our customers and Cisco.
• Hands on experience in routing and switching products.
• Capabilities to work with various non-technical groups (finance, legal, Post sales).
• Capabilities to lead a group of people with various technical backgrounds.
• Fluency in Arabic language.