Description
You will join Cisco's Federal Civilian Systems Engineering team, one of the most elite and respected systems engineering organizations in the IT industry. As a Senior Solutions Engineer, your core mission encompasses five key strategic pillars:
- Strategic Technical Advisory & Customer Advocacy: Serve as the primary technical authority, trusted advisor, and pre-sales architecture lead for designated U.S. Federal Civilian Agencies.
- Federal Architecture & Zero Trust Design: Design, validate, and defend end-to-end multi-tier network and security architectures complying with Federal mandates.
- Proof of Value (PoV) & Competitive Bake-Offs: Lead hands-on technical Proof of Value trials, live demonstrations, and architectural bake-offs.
- RFI/RFP Proposal Leadership & Deal Strategy: Author technical specifications, architectural diagrams, and compliance matrices for complex federal RFIs, RFPs, and task orders.
- Network Automation & Operational Modernization: Educate federal engineering teams on modern Infrastructure-as-Code, REST APIs, Python tooling, and telemetry frameworks.
The team covers a broad portfolio of cabinet-level and independent federal agencies, recognized for deep technical mastery and an elite network of decorated CCNP and CCIE practitioners.
Minimum Qualifications:
- 7+ years of related technical pre-sales, systems engineering, or senior enterprise consulting experience supporting complex network architectures.
- Active professional or expert-level Cisco certification in good standing (CCNP Enterprise / Security or CCIE).
- Hands-on pre-sales architecture expertise across core Enterprise Route/Switch and SD-WAN.
- Demonstrated proficiency in Cisco Integrated Security and Zero Trust solutions.
- U.S. Citizenship required.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline.
- Active Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure, Routing & Switching, or Security).
- Direct experience supporting U.S. Federal Civilian Government Agencies.
- Experience with Full-Stack Observability and Assurance platforms.
- In-depth understanding of Federal Cloud Security baselines and compliance standards.
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 (holidays, vacation time, sick time)
- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
Salary Range: $218,600.00 to $286,100.00