Cisco-posted 9 months ago
$237,500 - $303,000/Yr
Full-time • Mid Level
Chicago, IL
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

As a Solution Engineer within Cisco's Global Security Sales Organization (GSSO), you will play a critical role in driving large enterprise deals. This role is 100% focused on driving specific customer opportunities. You will be assigned a set of strategic accounts and will be responsible for creating and driving 8-figure deals within those accounts. Specifically, your focus will be on Hybrid Mesh Firewall and Segmentation opportunities across on-prem, hybrid, and public cloud environments. The core function of this role is pre-sales revenue-generating activity. Cisco Security is consistently launching innovative products in the market that help Cisco's customers adopt a more effective defense against the world's most sophisticated cyber threats. This role requires a solid understanding of customer value drivers related to network security for modern platform architectures and the related security trends and market landscape. You will apply a hunting mentality to generate pipeline and revenue with a thoughtful go-to-market strategy for new and existing Cisco Security customers.

  • Drive market success and adoption of Cisco's Hybrid Mesh Firewall and Zero Trust Segmentation solutions.
  • Conduct technical presentations, demonstrations, workshops, and PoV's to explain features and benefits to customers.
  • Form relationships with customers' key decision-makers, positioning Cisco solutions aligned to their requirements.
  • Craft architectures and configure products to meet customer needs.
  • Lead all technical aspects of pre-sales activities through to successful deployment.
  • Act as the highest field escalation resource for the SE team and potential prospects for technical product questions.
  • Deliver technical presentations along with sales staff to prospective C-level audience and technical decision makers.
  • Provide essential input and responses to assist with major RFIs / RFPs.
  • Assist with delivery and GTM of new product features as they are introduced.
  • Participate in formal Early Adoption and Private Preview programs to test new technologies.
  • Evangelize to and enable the wider Cisco SE and Partner SE teams across the region.
  • Work directly with Product Management as a liaison to accounts around technical product requirements.
  • Interact with internal engineering teams to scope and provide solutions to complex technical issues.
  • Assist in the development of GTM tools such as Demos, Workshops, Trial and POV best practices.
  • 5+ years of technical experience as a pre-sales engineer, network operations support, or application engineering role.
  • 5+ years of enterprise pre-sales experience working directly with network, cloud security and/or micro-segmentation products in a customer-facing role.
  • Solid mastery of LAN, WAN, Cloud Security (L4-L7, FWaaS, IPS, DNS Security, VPN etc.) technologies.
  • Understanding of competitive products such as Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet, VMware, Illumio, Guardicore (Akamai) Networks.
  • Strong knowledge of cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and container technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker).
  • Deep understanding and familiarity with competing market-leading micro-segmentation products.
  • Strong understanding of networking protocols and technologies, including switching, routing, and security.
  • Familiarity with security principles related to microservices architecture and serverless computing.
  • Passion for customer satisfaction and delivering results.
  • Strong written and email etiquette skills.
  • Strong oral interpersonal skills, including the ability to present technical information in user-friendly language.
  • Quality medical, dental and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.
  • Short and long-term disability coverage.
  • Basic life insurance.
  • Numerous wellbeing offerings.
  • Up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year.
  • Flexible Vacation Time Off policy for exempt new hires.
  • Sick Time Off policy with 80 hours provided on hire date.
  • Paid time to volunteer—80 hours each year.
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