Solutions Engineer

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  • Location:
    Seoul, Republic Of Korea
  • Area of Interest
    Engineer - Pre Sales and Product Management
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    Cloud and Data Center, Networking
  • Job Id
    1437467
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.


Meet the Team
Join Cisco’s mission to shape the future of global enterprise solutions! We’re looking for a dynamic Solutions Engineer (SE) to join our sales team supporting multi-national Enterprise companies in Korea and lead the charge in delivering cutting-edge technical pre-sales expertise. You'll be part of the innovative Cisco Global Enterprise Model (CGEM) team and work alongside:
  • Ambitious sales representatives driving business growth
  • Visionary architects designing complex network solutions
  • Dedicated service professionals ensuring customer satisfaction
  • Global account sales teams coordinating efforts across borders
Together, you'll create a dynamic and collaborative environment where creativity and technical excellence thrive.


Your Impact
As a Solutions Engineer (SE), you will be the technical leader and owner for your assigned customer within our sales team, driving pre-sales engagements and leading solution discussions with customers. You will collaborate closely with a squad team of sales representatives, architects, and service professionals to design, pitch, and deliver cutting-edge Cisco’s world-class portfolio.

You’ll stand tall as Cisco’s technical ambassador, engaging customers with confidence, delivering compelling demonstrations, and providing support that seals the deal. Your expertise will be instrumental in shaping the technical direction of our engagements, particularly in Enterprise wired and wireless networking, Data Center networking, and increasingly, in the Security domain. With your proactive approach, you’ll drive a seamless “One Cisco” experience, turning complex requirements into opportunities for growth and impact.

Your responsibilities will include:
  • Engaging directly with customers as a trusted technical advisor, understanding their business challenges, and designing solutions to meet their needs.
  • Delivering compelling technical presentations, demonstrations, and proof-of-concepts to showcase Cisco’s value.
  • Collaborating with sales teams to develop winning strategies and drive technical pre-sales activities.
  • Providing technical support and guidance throughout the sales cycle, ensuring smooth solution adoption.
  • Staying ahead of industry trends and Cisco’s evolving networking, data center, and security offerings (not limited to these areas) to provide insightful recommendations in collaboration with relevant architectural teams.

Minimum Qualifications:
  • BA(Bachelor of Arts)/BS(Bachelor of Science) degree or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years in a proven technical pre-sales, solutions engineering, or customer-facing role.
  • Strong accountability and ability to front customers as a technical expert.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, able to translate technical solutions into business value for customers.
  • Technical expertise in Enterprise wired & wireless networking or Data Center networking (bonus points for both!).

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience in network security domain, including Cisco’s security portfolio.
  • Experience with Cisco's product portfolio.
  • Demonstrated ability to learn and adapt to new technologies quickly, coupled with a strong passion for continuous learning and mastery of Cisco’s end-to-end portfolio.
  • A passion for learning and continuous growth in Cisco’s full-stack portfolio.
  • Industry certifications (e.g., CCNP, CCIE, CISSP) are a plus.



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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!

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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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