Solutions Engineer

  • Location:
    Herndon, Virginia, US
  • Area of Interest
    Sales - Product
  • Compensation Range
    245200 USD - 317800 USD
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    Portfolio
  • Job Id
    1437415

Application window is expected to close on 03/08/2024. However, the job posting may be removed earlier if a sufficient number of applications are received.


The successful applicant will be performing work on US Government classified environments, and therefore, must be a U.S. Person (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, asylee, or refugee). This position will perform work that the U.S. government has specified can only be performed by a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil. The successful applicant must have a current US Government TS/SCI. 


Must live within commuting distance and be able to work onsite 4-5 days per week in the Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. client locations.


The vision of the Public Sector organization is to help governments protect, educate, and serve citizens at the national, state, and local level.  Our organization serves six market segment verticals: Civilian, Defense, Education, Healthcare, Intel, and State/Local Government.   


The Team


The position is with working with a great team of engineers that have years of experience supporting their customer base and years of Cisco expertise. The customer base is unique and provides huge opportunity across the technology space from basic web applications to huge analytic clusters and next generation cloud infrastructures. We have a phenomenal opportunity to develop deeper relationships with our customers as we deliver solutions higher up the software stack.

Role and Responsibilities:

  • Work directly with customer delivering Cisco solutions.
  • Present Cisco products, prototyping of customer solutions to support larger sales opportunities and customer deployments.
  • Deploy applications in modern environments including system automation, scripting and/or automation tools; datacenter environments including storage, compute, networking, private & public cloud.
  • Engage our customers in new areas like application development and datacenter operations
  • Local to the Washington, DC Metro area - Cisco Office is in Reston & Tysons, VA


Minimum Qualifications:


  • BS/BA in Engineering or Computer Science
  • Experience in Enterprise, Route/Switch space.
  • Minimum 5 years experience working in customer space.


Preferred Qualifications:


  • Networking Experience - Routing, Switching, Datacenter


We Are Cisco


#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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