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1436821 - Solutions Engineer

The application window is expected to close on: March 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

You will be part of the Cisco Service Provider EMEA (Europe Middle East and Africa) Team and we are the pre-sales technical resources for a key service provider (SP) account. We work with customer’s and a team of system engineers, account managers and delivery teams based in the US to develop Architectures and cross-domain design (SDWAN, Security, Data Center, Automation, Optical and SP routing/switching technologies). We are trusted advisor for each of our customers and work along with them to help architect their network needs, while also working along side Account Managers to identify business opportunities.

Your Impact

The Solutions Engineer (SE)role is a highly skilled customer-focused technical sales professional who provides in-depth technical information and specific design/implementation mentorship to one customer in a dedicated manner. SE's provide an advanced architectural perspective across the Cisco product portfolio, including software and services, demonstrating knowledge of the broad Cisco portfolio as well as their technical specializations as needed. SE's collaborate with the rest of the sales ecosystem on strategic and sophisticated opportunities by coordinating additional resources (e.g. consulting specialists, demo labs, etc.) to recommend, develop, and propose appropriate customer solution and services offerings. SE's acts in a consultative fashion and are looked to as trusted technical advisors by the account team; allowing each SEto identify Cisco solution opportunities aligned to the customer's business goals.

As a Solution Engineer you act as a trusted advisor for a large Service Provider account and its affiliates. You will position Cisco solutions across our portfolio and align these to the customer specific environment and needs with the goal to build an architectural vision that brings tangible outcomes to your customer. The SE’s mission is to keep customer satisfaction to the highest standards working with different teams inside Cisco and within the customer to make sure that Cisco solutions meet the expected outcomes once deployed. You build your knowledge on the latest technologies and solutions to bring innovation to your proposals and to help drive the transformation of your customer’s networks and digitalization journey.

SEs are considered authorities in one or more below specializations. In this highly visible role, you will be:

• Creating Business Relevance
• Solution and Architectural Selling
• Building Competitive Intelligence
• Optimizing Sales Performance
• Working Across Boundaries
• Driving the Cisco Vision

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years proven ability in technical sales experience in Systems, Network, or Security Engineering
• 3+ years proven experience in IT operations in a large enterprise environment
• 3+ years’ experience building technical presentations and providing demonstrations to technical and business audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering degree or equivalent
• Cisco certified or having achieved certification with other prestigious and relevant outlets.
• Experience working organizationally with an internationally distributed team
• Experience regularly interacting with partners at a C-level status
• Sophisticated technical knowledge in the Networking (LAN/WAN/WLAN), Security, Datacenter (Virtualization, compute, storage) and automation technologies.
• In-depth knowledge of baseline area of specialization which may include Mobile Wireless, Cisco Mobility solution offerings, 4G/5G technologies, Cisco Data Center Solution, and new technologies

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