Solutions Engineer
Cisco is hiring a Solutions Engineer for a remote role open to applicants in India. Level rates it ; you can apply on Cisco.
Level's read on this job
- On Level's scale, this role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
- This is listed as a remote role.
- The posting mentions Sd Wan, Mpls and Lan among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a senior role.
- Cisco has 1,400+ other open roles on Level.
AI in this role
Drive technical sales and architectural solutions across multi-domain enterprise portfolios as a Solutions Engineer at Cisco.
Meet the Team:
Join our dynamic Solutions Engineer team at Cisco, where you will collaborate with seasoned professionals dedicated to driving technical sales perfection and improving customer engagement. Together, we innovate and deliver cutting-edge solutions that empower our customers and partners to achieve their business goals. Be part of a supportive environment that fosters growth, teamwork, and impactful contributions to Cisco’s success.
Your Impact
As a Solutions Engineer you will orchestrate involvement of all technical activities and resources, holding accountabilities for all opportunities within assigned account(s) and provide architectural perspective across the Cisco product portfolio, including software and services.
Technical sales professional serving as a Technology/Product/Solution consultant.
Technical orchestrator for an array of Cisco resources, primary responsibility for ensuring successful completion of each pitstop from a technical perspective in the lifecycle selling motion.
Provides technical information and design/implementation guidance in concert with Cisco Architecture Seller team(s).
Collaborates with the Account Manager on the customer account plan(s), jointly ensuring customer success.
Work with internal teams to orchestrate right solutions against customer requirements with competitive positioning
Educate customer on Cisco differentiation and establish technical leadership of Cisco as a brand.
Field role that serves as a Technology expert across solutions preferably within a multi-domain architecture approach.
Build relationship with Engineering Teams, field teams, architecture team, Business Units (BUs), Partners and customers.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of related engineering/technical sales experience, or an advanced degree (Master's or PhD) with related experience.
Deep proficiency across Cisco’s multi-domain portfolio, including SD-WAN, MPLS, LAN, Cloud, Unified Communications (UC), and Security, to provide comprehensive architectural perspectives.
Proven experience serving as a technology consultant, handling the configuration, technical validation, and end-to-end orchestration of complex telecom and ICT solutions.
Demonstrated ability to manage all technical activities, resources, and evaluation milestones within a structured, value-driven sales lifecycle.
Preferred Qualifications
Deep understanding of major cloud computing platforms, with specific expertise in Cisco’s cloud portfolio to design scalable, secure, and cost-effective multi-domain solutions.
Ability to build highly tailored technical architectures that counter competitive technologies and clearly demonstrate Cisco’s brand differentiation to clients.
Hands-on experience using network automation and orchestration tools to optimize deployment, management, and operational efficiency across network and collaboration solutions.
Strong track record of building technical relationships across diverse teams, including Engineering, Account Management, Business Units (BUs), and external Partners.
At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.
Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.
We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.
How we rate this
Solutions Engineer at Cisco rates 10 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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- Tell me about a project where technical sales was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where solution architecture was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where cloud computing was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where telecom was part of your work. What did you do?
- Walk me through how you've used Sd Wan in your day-to-day work.
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