Networking Solutions Engineer, Global Ecosystem Partners

Cisco Systems • Denver, DE

6d • Remote

About The Position

Join the Cisco Networking Partner Solutions Engineering team as a technical pre-sales engineer specializing in Cisco Networking products. Focus on Secure Networking use cases across campus, branch, and industrial environments. This is a diverse, globally distributed team passionate about helping customers and partners solve business problems through industry-leading and emerging Cisco Networking technologies. You will operate as a trusted business partner and chief technology officer to the Cisco Networking Global Ecosystem Sales Leader, developing and owning the technical strategy for growing Cisco Networking preference with technology developer partners. Your role involves developing and executing initiatives to increase customer and technology developer partner demand, and improve the efficiency of technology developer partner API usage. You will consult directly with technology developer partners on building solutions that integrate with and add value to the Cisco Networking Platform to solve customer business problems beyond networking. You will also capture feedback from technology developer partners on API endpoints, championing feature enhancement requests with product management and engineering teams, and reviewing/validating the technical integration of new apps before they are listed on the Cisco Networking Apps Marketplace. Additionally, you will conduct business outcome-focused presentations for customers and technical training for Cisco sellers, and work across multiple Cisco teams to advance the global ecosystem agenda.

Requirements

• 7+ years of proven experience sizing, designing, and selling Routing, Wireless and Switching customer deployments, including traditional on-prem and cloud management operating models.
• 7+ years of developed skills and knowledge in networking protocols (e.g. TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP), network segmentation technologies (e.g. VRF, MPLS, SD-Access, 802.1x, TrustSec, Adaptive Policy), and network management platforms (e.g Catalyst Center, Meraki Dashboard).
• 7+ years of experience as a technical pre-sales professional with a deep knowledge of the tech sales cycle, strong verbal and sales exception management skills, and proven experience building relationships with customers.
• 7+ years of experience working in a large matrix organization, with proven experience leading and delivering initiatives through virtual teams.

Nice To Haves

• Technical pre-sales experience working with partners (e.g. developers, providers, resellers).
• Professional-level Cisco or non-Cisco certifications in networking technologies (e.g. CCNP, JNCIP, DevNet Professional, CWNP).
• API programmability, agentic workloads, and Model Context Protocol knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Operate as a trusted business partner and chief technology officer to the Cisco Networking Global Ecosystem Sales Leader.
• Develop and own the technical strategy for growing Cisco Networking preference with technology developer partners, aligned to Cisco Networking partner sales strategic priorities.
• Develop and execute initiatives that increase customer demand, increase technology developer partner demand, or improve efficiency of technology developer partner API usage, aligned with your technical strategy.
• Consult directly with technology developer partners on building solutions that integrate with and add value to the Cisco Networking Platform, to solve customer business problems beyond the networking domain.
• Capture feedback from technology developer partners on our API endpoints, to form an aggregated and prioritized list of feature enhancement requests, and champion their development with the product management and engineering teams responsible for their development.
• Review and validate the technical integration of all new apps from technology developer partners, before they are listed on the Cisco Networking Apps Marketplace.
• Conduct business outcome-focused presentations for customers and technical training for Cisco sellers that highlight ecosystem solutions and build demand for Cisco Networking products.
• Work across multiple teams at Cisco to drive initiatives that advance the Cisco Networking global ecosystem agenda, including specialist sales, portfolio sales, partner sales, product management, and/or software engineering teams.

Benefits

• medical, dental and vision insurance
• a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
• paid parental leave
• short and long-term disability coverage
• basic life insurance
• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year
• plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
• paid year-end holiday shutdown
• 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
• 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees (non-exempt employees)
• flexible vacation time off program (exempt employees)
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
• up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
• annual bonuses (for non-sales roles)
• performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary (for sales roles)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed