Application deadline expected to close on 10/17/24

What You’ll Do

We change the world. You will become passionate about your employer and the brand you represent. Everything is converging on the Internet, making networked connections more significant than ever before in our lives. Our employees' groundbreaking ideas impact everything. Here, that means we take creative ideas from the drawing board to multifaceted solutions that have real world impact.

Look no further, your next destination awaits... Join Cisco and help customers redefine their network architectures by applying our premier products, technologies, and solutions.  We’re looking to fill a Networking Solutions Engineer role in the Americas Organization supporting our Enterprise Customers.

Who You’ll Work With

As a Networking Solutions Engineer you will partner primarily with a Networking Account Executive. In addition, you will work with Portfolio Account Teams, Partners and other cross-functional teams to drive Cisco Networking brand preference with our customers.

You will form relationships with our customer’s key decision-makers, showcase Cisco Networking products and solutions with a focus on Secure networking including Routing, Switching, Wireless, and Automation.  You will lead RFP response(s), set up demonstrations, drive proof of values, explain features and benefits to customers, and design and configure products to meet specific customer requirements.

You will keep up to date on networking trends, competitive solutions products and services. You will work with a variety of technologies and will therefore need strong cross-functional teamwork and consultative skills. The capacity to demonstrate technical solutions and capabilities effectively and conduct multi-architectural Proof-of-Concept (PoC) tests is a must.

Responsibilities:

·       Partner with Account Executives to drive business and growth opportunities

·       Drive demand generation activities

·       Enable technology capabilities internally with Portfolio Account Teams and externally with our partners.

·       Understand customer requirements and mapping technical solutions to meet the needs of your customers

·       Network design

·       Hold deep product and solution knowledge, product positioning, differentiation across solutions and operational characteristics

·       Perform product demo and Proof of Concept (PoC) labs

·       Maintain competitive knowledge to strategically position Cisco’s products and services

·       Follow market transition and industry trends to anticipate customer needs

·       Align cross-functionally with various business entities and teams across the company

·       Hold a challenger mindset with willingness to help customers with complex and challenging digital transformation opportunities

Who You Are

The Networking Solutions Engineer has a passion for technology and a zeal for customer interaction! This is a pre-sales, technical role passionate about architectural selling covering customers from all verticals and segments in the America’s. You should excel in communicating technical architectures, solutions and products to key decision- makers from Managers to Directors and above. They should be comfortable speaking publicly to both small and large audiences.

This position will require 35% local travel to customer sites.

Minimum Qualifications

·       5+ years of proven experience sizing and designing Routing, Wireless and Switching deployments both On-Prem and Cloud Based.

·       Extensive skills and knowledge in networking protocols (TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, LISP) network segmentation technologies (VRF, MPLS, ZeroTrust, SDA, 802.1x, Adaptive Policy), and network management.

·       Excellent communication and presentation skills

·       Pre-sales experience

·       Understanding of competitive networking products such as HPE/Aruba, Juniper, Arista, Fortinet

Preferred Qualifications

·       BS/BA (preferably EE/CS) or equivalent experience

·       Ability to work under pressure with minimum supervision.

·       Critical thinking to address customer concerns and to support customer business growth.

·       Customer-focused attitude.

·       Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment

·       Cisco and non-Cisco Certifications a plus (CCIE, CCDE, CCNP, DevNet, AWS, Google, Terraform)

·       API and programmability knowledge is a plus

Why Cisco

#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters - with people like you.

Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We're the Internet's optimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it's not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We're helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges, and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We're helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world - whether through 5G, or otherwise.

We take on whatever challenges come our way. We have each other's backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another - from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is central to our purpose (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).

We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. Because without diversity and a dedication to equality, there is no moving forward. Our 30 Inclusive Communities, that bring people together around commonalities or passions, are leading the way. Together we're committed to learning, listening, caring for our communities, whilst supporting the most vulnerable with a collective effort to make this world a better place either with technology, or through our actions.

So, you have colorful hair? Don't care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That's cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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