# Solutions Development Architect

**Company**: Cisco
**Location**: Dallas, Texas
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $128,400.00 to $191,600.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://cisco.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Cisco_Careers/job/Dallas-Texas-US/Solutions-Development-Architect_2020826-1?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_0baf5e52-df2

## Description

The Solutions Development Architecture (SDA) team at Cisco is seeking a Solutions Development Architect to lead the consultative pre-sales architecture by translating complex customer business and technical requirements into comprehensive blueprints, architectural frameworks, and multi-year journey maps aligned to strategic business outcomes.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Architect multi-domain transformational solutions

- Hunt and accelerate lifecycle opportunities

- Lead CX RFP/RFI engagements

- Bridge pre-sales solutioning to delivery success

- Influence executive IT/OT decision-makers

- Incubate emerging services and scale reusable IP

- Mentor and elevate the technical community

**Minimum Qualifications:**

- Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent relevant work experience

- 8+ years of professional experience in technical solutions architecture or engineering

- Expert-level industry certification, such as CCIE or an equivalent credential

- Demonstrated technical proficiency across at least two major Cisco technology domains

- Proven track record in managing complex, multi-architecture technical engagement lifecycles

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Deep understanding of AI/ML integration within enterprise IT infrastructure

- Exceptional ability to translate technical concepts into business-value conversations

- Strong experience navigating high-stakes RFI/RFP processes for enterprise clients

- Excellent collaborative skills to drive alignment between pre-sales and post-sales teams

- Proven ability to mentor and guide technical staff on architecture standards and methodology

**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

- Paid time away, including 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

- 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

## Skills

### Required
- Cisco technology domains
- technical solutions architecture
- engineering

### Nice to have
- AI/ML integration
- RFI/RFP processes
- collaborative skills

---

Source: [Apply at cisco.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com](https://cisco.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Cisco_Careers/job/Dallas-Texas-US/Solutions-Development-Architect_2020826-1?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)