Technical Support Manager (Hybrid)
Cisco is hiring a Technical Support Manager (Hybrid). It pays $104k-$138k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Cisco.
Level's read on this job
- Works on AI ●●●○ is how Level rates this role: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- Some of the work can be done remotely, according to the posting.
- The posting mentions AI Assistants, REST API and Microservices among its tools and skills.
- Cisco has 1,400+ other open roles on Level.
- Posted in the last few days.
AI in this role
Manage technical support operations, resolving escalated tickets including AI assistants and conversational interfaces within commerce applications.
This is a hybrid role with three days per week at Cisco’s RTP, NC office.
Meet the Team
The Commerce Quote to Order team enables Cisco’s go-to-market strategy with an exceptional commercial platform, focusing on hardware, software subscription, and services through data-driven solutions. At Cisco Commerce, our software engineers develop the next-generation CPQ (Configure Price and Quote) Software solutions that manage $60+ billions of Cisco revenue. We handle substantial data with multiple flows, requiring versatile and enthusiastic engineers to solve the latest challenges and push technology forward. Our teams continuously iterate, solve problems, and collaborate to empower our customers and partners.
Your Impact
As a Technical Support Manager with Commerce Product Management & Engineering (part of Cisco IT), you will support scalable, forward-thinking solutions to address new business models and challenges, driving digital transformation.
You will collaborate on multi-functional projects to identify areas for improvement. You will analyze internal processes, data, and problems, and identify benefits from new capabilities using emerging digital and cloud technologies.
Responsibilities:
- Act as the main point of contact for production support, managing and resolving tickets across various business units
- Handle technical escalation for production support, managing and resolving tickets including AI Assistants, conversational interfaces, and foundational AI capabilities across Commerce applications
- Triage and prioritize support tickets based on urgency and impact
- Conduct root cause analysis and apply critical thinking to solve complex problems
- Use AI to Analyze trends in support tickets to proactively identify recurring issues and implement long-term solutions
- Collaborate closely with business users, analysts, and developers to understand issues and enhancements
- Ensure timely and effective resolution of issues while maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction
- Follow Industry best practices for security, scalability, and performance
- Document processes, resolutions, and recurring issues for knowledge management and training purposes
- Debug and maintain AI frameworks, microservices, MCPs, and REST API endpoints.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 6+ years of relevant professional experience.
- 3+ years of experience using or supporting one or more of the following technologies: Python, APIs (HTTP/RESTful web services), MongoDB, Java, SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle, Snowflake, AngularJS, , Elastic, or Kibana.
- 3+ years in Technical Support, Software engineering
- 1+ years dedicated to supporting AI/ML or LLM-driven applications.
Preferred Qualifications
- Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with global teams.
- Strong Analytical and troubleshooting Skills.
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.
Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:The starting salary range posted for this position is $104,000.00 to $138,100.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:
10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.
Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. 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 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:
New York City Metro Area:
$130,600.00 - $191,200.00Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:
$116,600.00 - $170,100.00* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.
** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.
How we rate this
Technical Support Manager (Hybrid) at Cisco rates 65 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
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Skills and AI tools this role asks for
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- What's a project where you used AI Assistants hands-on?
- Walk me through how you've used REST API in your day-to-day work.
- What are the limits of Microservices that you've run into, and how did you work around them?
- Describe a typical day in a role like this one: which parts run through AI directly?
- If you removed AI from this role, what would be left, and how do you decide what still needs a human?
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- List these exact terms on your resume: AI Assistants, REST API, and Microservices. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
- Show where AI is part of your daily process, not a one-off project. This role expects it to be a running habit.
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