CGEM System Engineer

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  • Location:
    Offsite, New York, New York, US
  • Alternate Location
    NJ, CT, PA
  • Area of Interest
    Sales - Product
  • Compensation Range
    200000 USD - 252000 USD
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    Networking
  • Job Id
    1448115


The application window is expected to close on: Sept 26, 2025.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

We are team based in the northeastern US supporting global accounts head quartered in EMEA.   Thinking and working globally is a key aspect of our daily work as well as being a technical leader and team player.   Everything is converging on the Internet, making networked connections more meaningful than ever before in our lives. AI has become foundational and is a key tool in our daily lives. Our teams' groundbreaking ideas impact everything imaginable, from entertainment, healthcare, and education, to public and private sectors, smart cities, and everyday devices in our homes. Here, that means we will take creative ideas from the drawing board to dynamic solutions that have real world impact.

Your Impact

Teaming with an account manager, you will jointly engage with your customer(s) to build relationship and drive opportunities.
 This role allows flexibility with customer engagement and will cover all Cisco Technologies. There will some focus on Cisco Enterprise technologies and IOT.
 Teaming with your peers across the entire sales area will be critical to success.

Your Impact Thinking and Working Globally

  • Customer focused technical and architectural sales leader dedicated to a large global enterprise account(s).
  • Provide a consultative relationship with the customer and collaborate with the team and business entities to develop customer focused architectures driving industry-wide innovation
  • You will demonstrate technical and business relevancy to customer(s).
  • Build customer trusted advisor relationships and demonstrate the business value of Cisco solutions, architectures, and services by aligning opportunities with a short and long term customer vision.
  • You will serve as the lead technical advocate for your customer within Cisco.
  • You will interpret the customer’s business, technical and market drivers, with the customer’s needs and transform that into strategic (short and long term) technical architectures to solve business problems
  • Able to communicate deep technical information in ways meaningful to a customer’s business.
  • You have skills to do competitive analysis at the technical and business level.
  • You have a deep understanding of the industry trends in the customers vertical.
  • A Technical Sales Leader!
  • You are passionate about the customer experience, excited about new technology(s) and you love to learn.
  • Excited about working in a global environment.
  • Able to find and develop opportunities based on technical and business needs of customer.
  • You can develop and execute on a Technical Account Plan leveraging all the resources available.
  • You have industry leading certifications like CCNP, CCDP, CISSP and or CCIE or technical hands-on industry experience.
  • A solid understanding of AI fundamentals.
  • You have an executive presence and ability to speak in front of large groups.
  • You have operational experience in areas of IT solution design, interoperability, etc.
  • You have expertise and knowledge of:
  • Solid understanding of Cisco’s Security Portfolio
  • Cisco Architectures: Enterprise, Security, Data Center, Optical, IOT, Meraki, Wireless…
  • Cisco AI technology
  • Segmentation concepts
  • Deliver network solution designs that drive business and technical customer value.
  • Cisco Fabric based solutions: ACI, SDWAN, VXLAN.
  • Networking Fundamentals: Protocols, design and products, Ethernet, IP, switching, routing, Wifi6, 5G, SIP.
  • Splunk and AppD .
  • Public, Private, Multi-Cloud offerings and ecosystems.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, listening, negotiation and presentation skills.
  • Minimum Qualifications:
  • CCNP & CCNA – type certifications preferred or similar work experience
  • 5+ years relevant experience in technology – presales SE experience a plus
  • 3+ years Cisco Portfolio SE or similar role
 

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Understanding and or experience selling on a global team
  • Experience living or traveling globally

#WeAreCisco

#WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all.

Our passion is connection—we celebrate our employees’ diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best.

We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer—80 hours each year—allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do!

Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do. best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us!


Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

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.

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