# Partner Solutions Engineer – Security

**Company**: Cisco
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Security
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

The Solutions Engineering team at Cisco is responsible for designing, implementing, and driving Cisco's Digital Resilience strategy for some of India's leading enterprises and strategic partners.

As a Partner Solutions Engineer – Security, you will serve as the trusted technical advisor for strategic partners, driving technical strategy, solution development, and partner enablement across Cisco's Security portfolio.

**Responsibilities include:**

- Build and manage trusted technical relationships with strategic partners, serving as their primary security advisor.

- Design and present end-to-end Cisco Security architectures aligned with customer business and cybersecurity objectives.

- Lead technical workshops, customer presentations, demonstrations, and Proof of Concepts (POCs) focused on Cisco Security solutions.

- Develop Partner Technical Business Plans and drive technical readiness across Cisco's Security portfolio.

- Enable partners through technical training, architectural guidance, and best practices across Cisco Security technologies.

- Collaborate with Cisco Sales, Partner Account Managers, Channel Leaders, and Security Specialists to identify and drive strategic opportunities.

- Stay current on cybersecurity trends, competitive technologies, and emerging threats to influence partner strategy and customer security transformation.

- Support partners throughout the sales lifecycle, from opportunity qualification to post-sales technical guidance.

- Provide product and market feedback to Cisco Business Units to influence future product enhancements and solution positioning.

- Demonstrate business value and ROI by aligning Cisco Security solutions with customers' digital resilience and security transformation initiatives.

**Minimum Qualifications:**

- Minimum 8+ years of experience in Solutions Engineering, Technical Pre-Sales, Security Consulting, Network Security, or Security Architecture.

- Cisco certifications such as CCNA, CCNP Security, CCIE Security, or equivalent security certifications are highly preferred.

- Strong hands-on expertise designing, positioning, and implementing Cisco Security solutions, including:

- Cisco Secure Firewall (Firepower/FTD)

- Cisco Secure Access (SASE)

- Cisco Umbrella

- Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)

- Cisco Duo

- Cisco Secure Endpoint

- Cisco Secure Email

- Cisco XDR

- Cisco Secure Network Analytics (Stealthwatch)

- Secure Service Edge (SSE)

- Zero Trust Architecture

- Strong understanding of enterprise security architectures, network security, cloud security, identity and access management, and secure access technologies.

- Experience working with Channel Partners, System Integrators, or Value-Added Resellers (VARs) to drive technical enablement and customer engagements.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Experience delivering executive presentations, customer workshops, technical demonstrations, and Proof of Concepts (POCs) focused on cybersecurity solutions.

- Strong understanding of Digital Resilience, Zero Trust, SASE, SSE, Cloud Security, Identity Security, and AI-driven Security architectures.

- Experience integrating Cisco Security solutions with AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.

- Knowledge of automation, orchestration, and security APIs using tools such as Python, Terraform, or Ansible.

- Excellent consultative selling, stakeholder management, presentation, and communication skills, with the ability to influence both technical and executive decision-makers.

## Skills

### Required
- Cisco Secure Firewall
- Cisco Secure Access
- Cisco Umbrella
- Cisco Identity Services Engine
- Cisco Duo
- Cisco Secure Endpoint
- Cisco Secure Email
- Cisco XDR
- Cisco Secure Network Analytics
- Zero Trust Architecture
- Cloud Security
- Identity and Access Management

### Nice to have
- Digital Resilience
- Zero Trust
- SASE
- SSE
- Identity Security
- AI-driven Security architectures
- Python
- Terraform
- Ansible

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