Solutions Engineer - ORANGE COUNTY

Cisco • Irvine, CA

3d • $202,400 - $257,900

About The Position

Cisco is hiring a Solutions Engineer to co-own its commercial business in the Orange County, California area. The role partners directly with an Account Executive to lead territory strategy and growth, translate complex architecture into business value, and build trusted relationships with customer stakeholders ranging from engineers to executives. The Solutions Engineer represents Cisco’s full portfolio and guides customers through technical transformations, while pursuing ongoing technical growth and excellence.

The role emphasizes daily use of modern AI—including vibe coding, custom agents, and automated workflows—to accelerate sales work, uncover customer insights, build prototypes, and demonstrate practical value. The engineer leads technical engagements and collaborates with Cisco teams and channel partners to deliver cohesive end-to-end solutions. Candidates must reside or be willing to relocate to the Orange County, California area.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of professional experience in technical consulting or customer-facing solutions architecture.
• At least one active, verified industry certification, such as Cisco CCNA/CCNP, AWS or Azure certification, Security+, or equivalent.
• Documented technical competence in core networking, security protocols, and cloud architecture environments.
• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Information Technology, or at least 4 years of documented equivalent practical technical experience.

Nice To Haves

• At least 5 years of specialized pre-sales engineering experience.
• Documented experience developing AI applications, autonomous agents, and automated workflows using modern AI platforms.
• Demonstrated experience delivering technical presentations and system demonstrations to executive-level stakeholders at Director level or above.
• Documented continuing education courses, technical certifications, or verifiable contributions to emerging technology projects within the preceding 12 months.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Account Executive to co-own account planning, opportunity targeting, territory strategy, and revenue growth.
• Provide trusted technical leadership across Cisco’s portfolio, including enterprise networking, security, observability, collaboration, AI infrastructure, agentic operations, and automation.
• Lead technical engagements such as discovery workshops, custom solution demonstrations, architectural roadmaps, proofs of value, and accurate bills of materials.
• Use agentic AI, vibe coding, and automated scripts in daily sales workflows to prototype applications, streamline technical discovery, and demonstrate technical agility.
• Explain technical architectures as clear business outcomes and present with confidence and empathy to customer executives, internal Cisco teams, and channel partners.
• Collaborate with regional teams, architecture specialists, business units, and channel partners to deliver end-to-end solutions.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution
• Paid parental leave
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Basic life insurance
• Paid holidays and a floating holiday for non-exempt employees
• Birthday day off, year-end holiday shutdown, and personal wellness days
• Paid vacation or flexible vacation time off, depending on employee classification
• Paid sick time
• Additional paid time away may be requested for critical or emergency family issues
• Optional paid volunteer days
• Sales-plan employees may receive performance-based incentive pay
• Employees may be eligible for Cisco restricted stock unit grants

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level