Description
We're seeking a Senior Solutions Engineer to join our Webscale and Neocloud provider segment team. You'll own the technical relationship with Neocloud and AI infrastructure customers, partnering with Account Executives to build and execute account strategy, and converting credibility into design wins.
Responsibilities:
- Lead technical engagements end-to-end: discovery, architecture, validation, POC, and technical close
- Own the technical win , position Cisco architectures against competitive alternatives and resolve objections at the engineering and executive level
- Translate architectural vision into account strategy alongside your AE and extended account team
- Deliver demonstrations, whiteboard sessions, and executive briefings that connect technical design to business outcomes
- Mobilize stakeholders across engineering, product, and BU teams to unblock customer requirements and influence roadmap
- Lead demand generation and enablement initiatives for your accounts and segment
Technical depth you'll apply:
- Design AI, data center, and service provider networks at scale
- Architect AI back-end and front-end fabrics, including compute, storage, and optics
- Apply deep routing expertise: BGP, MPLS, EVPN, and Segment Routing
- Work hands-on with Cisco IOS-XR, NX-OS, or equivalent network operating systems
- Stay current on AI infrastructure trends and adjust technical strategy as the market shifts
Minimum Qualifications:
- 8+ years in technical pre-sales, solutions architecture, or customer-facing systems engineering, with a track record of owning the technical win
- Deep expertise in data center networking and service provider technologies, including BGP, EVPN, MPLS, or Segment Routing
- Hands-on experience with Cisco IOS-XR / NX-OS or equivalent network operating systems
- Strong technical expertise with Cisco or competitor data center and routing platforms
- Excellent communication, presentation, and problem-solving skills with a customer-focused mindset
- Self-motivated and proactive, with the ability to build durable technical relationships at customer accounts
Benefits:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
- Paid parental leave
- Short and long-term disability coverage
- Basic life insurance
- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year
- 1 paid day off for employee's birthday
- Paid year-end holiday shutdown
- 4 paid days off for personal wellness
- Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year
- Exempt employees participate in Cisco's flexible vacation time off program
- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer