# Solutions Engineer - US Commercial - Chicago

**Company**: Cisco
**Location**: Chicago, Illinois
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $192,300.00 to $248,100.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Cisco is seeking a Solutions Engineer (SE) with strong Enterprise Networking background, Data Center and Security. Cloud, Automation and AI experience is nice to have.

The SE is a customer-focused technical sales professional who ensures that technical information and guidance is provided to the customer, delivering meaningful outcomes based on Cisco’s product and services portfolio.

Responsibilities:

- Actively contributes to account planning activities to pinpoint growth opportunities and align technical strategies with customer objectives

- Elevates expertise of Cisco's portfolio with a broadening knowledge of cross-architectural solutions and domains

- Partners to drive innovation and lead solution conversation with technical executives

- Applies deep understanding of customer’s business challenges and drives customers towards portfolio solutions

- Influences strategic priorities for customers and leads cross-architecture designs

- Contributes to planning and leads execution of demand generation and enablement campaigns

- Examines underlying customer needs and promotes cross-architecture solutions

- Leads demonstrations of technical solutions that address specific business challenges

- Leverages advanced competitive market insights to position and differentiate Cisco solutions

- Leads cross-functional collaboration with internal teams and external partners to refine strategic alignment and elevate customer relationships

- Motivates SE teams and extended sales teams to strengthen knowledge sharing and guide structured educational initiatives

- Implements adaptation strategies to respond to evolving market conditions and challenges

Minimum Qualifications:

- 4+ years of industry-related experience

- BS/BA (EE/CS) or relevant experience

- Cisco product experience or relevant experience in key competitor offerings in technology area of emphasis is required

Preferred Qualifications:

- Knowledge of Cisco's Solutions, and networking fundamentals

- Customer intimacy skills

- Pre-sales experience preferred

- CCNP Enterprise

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

- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

## Skills

### Required
- Enterprise Networking
- Data Center
- Security
- Cloud
- Automation
- AI

### Nice to have
- CCNP Enterprise
- Pre-sales experience
- Customer intimacy skills

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