Solutions Engineer-Enterprise Sales, Houston - Cisco Systems, Inc.

Application deadline expected to close on 10/27/24

What You’ll Do

Do you want to be a Trusted Advisor that is an advocate for your customers? You will look to develop the technical relationship with your customers every single day. Do you love technology? Then working as a Solutions Engineer at Cisco will be like a kid in a candy store. Come be a Collaborator, a Consultant and a Visionary. You can be the Superhero that helps fix stuff!

Who You’ll Work With

Our Global Enterprise Segment desires to bring onboard a passionate Solutions Engineer (SE), that will be working as a trusted advisor and partner to top Enterprise Organizations.

• You will partner with our Account Executives in a pre-sales technical role, showcasing Cisco product solutions-setting up demonstrations and explaining features and benefits to customers-and designing and configuring products to meet specific customer needs
• You will be an integral member of the team, working towards our common goals and demonstrating the business value of Cisco Services, Solutions, and Architectures by aligning opportunities with customer challenges and priorities. The end result is ensuring that this Cisco architectural vision addresses the desired new outcomes and capabilities that the customers need to support their business
• You will gain access to the palette of Cisco technologies and applications in a variety of vertical markets including Retail, Transportation, Manufacturing, and Oil & Gas
• You will collaborate with the Account Manager to recommend and lead solution development, including demonstrating replicable architectures and researching customized solutions. You will provide an architectural perspective across the Cisco product portfolio and can use your technical specialization for specific opportunities.
• You will act in an increasingly consultative fashion and looked to as a guide, or trusted technical adviser, in your field by the account team and customers
• You will keep up-to-date on relevant competitors’ solutions, products and services
• You will assist with the development of formal sales plans and proposals for assigned opportunities

Who You Are

• You will provide a consultative relationship with the customer and collaborate with Product teams to develop customer focused architectures driving industry-wide innovation
• You will lead the architectural sales motion associated with Cisco's technology strategy in alignment with key business drivers and market issues for individual customers
• You will demonstrate business relevance to executive stakeholders
• You will identify top opportunities and design top-down future state architectures and associated Cisco technical strategy
• You will build creative architectural solutions to take on customer business problems
• You will deliver and/or support delivery of technical presentations to customers, as well as deliver architecture selling concept and methodology to customers
• You are passionate about the customer experience and excited about new technology
• You are a true teammate and love to learn
• You have a knowledge of baseline SE/SA skills and in-depth knowledge in at least one adjacent technology including Data Center, Collaboration, Security or Route/Switch/Wireless
• You have knowledge of relevant solutions sets, product line specifications, performance criteria and applications
• You have the understanding and conversant about company, competitors, technologies, solutions, product strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
• Deep understanding of the customer business model and common financial challenges; ability to frame Cisco offerings in terms of business drivers
• Advanced understanding of Cisco vision and technology; articulate the vision from the customer perspective
• Excellent technical consulting skills, including the ability to define trade-offs, ask probing questions and incorporate Cisco solutions into a broader technology environment
• You will share information about common replicable architectures that are most appropriate for assigned customers.

Minimum Qualifications

• 7+ years of networking/telecommunications/datacenter industry related experience as well as Cisco product experience or relevant experience in key competitor offerings in technology area.
• Pre-Sales experience required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, listening, and strong presentation skills.
• Ability to work effectively and contribute as a team member.
• Strong problem-solving skills: ability to assess a problem and plan an effective course of action.

Preferred Qualifications

• BS/BA (EE/CS) or equivalent experience
• CCNP, CCDP or similar vendor Certification preferred
• Strong understanding of Collaboration, Security, SDN, server and desktop virtualization.
• Candidate must reside in the Houston market for regular customer visits.

Why Cisco

#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters - with people like you.

Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We're the Internet's optimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it's not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We're helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges, and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We're helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world - whether through 5G, or otherwise.

We take on whatever challenges come our way. We have each other's backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another - from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is central to our purpose (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).

We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. Because without diversity and a dedication to equality, there is no moving forward. Our 30 Inclusive Communities, that bring people together around commonalities or passions, are leading the way. Together we're committed to learning, listening, caring for our communities, whilst supporting the most vulnerable with a collective effort to make this world a better place either with technology, or through our actions.

So, you have colorful hair? Don't care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That's cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

@Cisco #CiscoJobs #WeAreCisco