CCaaS Solutions Engineer - Commercial Northwest
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Location:Offsite, Seattle, Washington, US
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Alternate LocationNorthwest, West or Central regions of the US
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Area of InterestEngineer - Pre Sales and Product Management
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Compensation Range195300 USD - 248700 USD
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Job TypeProfessional
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Technology InterestAI or Artificial Intelligence, Cloud and Data Center, Webex (Collaboration)
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Job Id1431894
The application window is expected to close on: 1/17/2025
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Although the position is remote, the candidate will be expected to reside in the geo specified.
Meet the Team
Cisco is on a transformation journey from a historical infrastructure company to SaaS and recovering revenue Industry leader. We are leaning into the future with innovations in Customer Engagement as one of the key architectures leading this transformation. In this role you will be an integral part of that transformation.
Your Impact
As a CCaaS Solutions Engineer your primary responsibility is to provide technical guidance and presales engineering support for Cisco Customer Engagement sales pursuits for customers in the Enterprise.
Key Responsibilities
- Key collaborator and technical contributor on a stellar team of Presales Architects.
- Support a matrix of CCaaS Sales Specialists and General Account teams with direct opportunity support, business development, and partner mentoring and development.
- Promote the business and technical value of CCaaS, CPaaS, AI, WFO, Platform and Journey as a Service, and the broader Cisco Contact Center and Collaboration suite of offerings.
- Perform technical discovery, requirements gathering, and architectural and application solution design to show customers how Cisco technologies can automate and simplify complex business processes.
- Design and present solutions and impactful demonstrations to customer stakeholders, focusing on the impact of the business outcome and not necessarily the underlying technologies.
- Support proof of concept or trial motions in support of customer outcome and technical closure.
Minimum Qualifications
- You have at least 4 years of Consulting or Pre-Sales Engineering experience.
- You have deep technical acumen and foundational knowledge of CCaaS, CPaaS and/or other cloud-based communication technologies in a presales capacity.
- You have a deep technical understanding of the Contact Center field – on-prem and cloud.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience consulting with customers through premise based to cloud migrations.
- Experience with AI, CRM, WFO, Customer Journey as a Service.
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When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.
Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.
Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:
.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.
For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.