# Partner Solutions Engineer

**Company**: Cisco
**Location**: San Francisco Bay Area, Northern California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $212,200.00 to $268,100.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Join a dynamic team of Solutions Engineers at Cisco, partnering with impactful partners to shape the future of technology. As a Partner Solutions Engineer, your core mission encompasses five key strategic pillars:

- Strategic Partner Relationships & Advisory: Build trusted relationships with partner executives and their engineering teams.

- Joint Strategy & Technical Growth Planning: Develop partner go-to-market strategy through joint business planning.

- Partner SE Technical Enablement & Workshops: Deliver high-impact technical enablement to partner SEs.

- Regional Field Alignment & Deal Co-Selling: Coordinate with Cisco regional field SEs and Account Executives to align on strategic deals.

- Portfolio Positioning & Partner Advocacy: Articulate the business and technical differentiation of Cisco solutions.

Minimum Qualifications:

- 5+ years of related technical pre-sales, systems engineering, solutions architecture, or technical consulting experience.

- Strong portfolio breadth across Enterprise Networking (Catalyst, Meraki, SD-WAN) with solid working knowledge in Cybersecurity, Collaboration, or Data Center Networking.

- Demonstrated ability to present, engage, and influence partner executives, technical practice leads, and solutions engineers.

- Professional networking certification (e.g., CCNP, CCNA, or verified industry equivalent).

- Must reside in or relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area / Northern California, with the willingness and ability to travel up to 25% for partner meetings and industry events.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent practical experience).

- Prior experience working within the channel partner ecosystem (e.g., Tier-1 VARs, MSPs, System Integrators) or as a partner-side Solutions Engineer.

- Advanced or expert-level certifications (e.g., CCIE, CCDE, Cisco DevNet, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Google Cloud, Terraform).

- Hands-on knowledge of API programmability, automation scripting (Python/REST), and modern AI productivity tools.

- Competitive architectural knowledge across rival platforms (HPE/Aruba, Juniper/Mist, Arista, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks).

The starting salary range for this position is $212,200.00 to $268,100.00, reflecting the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations. Benefits 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.

## Skills

### Required
- Enterprise Networking
- Cybersecurity
- Collaboration
- Data Center Networking
- CCNP
- CCNA

### Nice to have
- Python
- REST
- API programmability
- automation scripting
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect
- Google Cloud
- Terraform
- CCIE
- CCDE
- Cisco DevNet

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