Inside Sales Account Executive - Architecture

Meet The Team

The Cloud + AI Infrastructure team delivers one scalable strategy with local execution for data center customer transformation and growth. We are the go-to-market compute and data center networking engine gathering market transitions and allowing sellers to expand growth for customers and Cisco. Alongside our colleagues, Cloud & AI Infrastructure builds the sales strategy, activates sellers and technical communities, and accelerates selling.

Your Impact

We are seeking Account Executive to join our multifaceted sales team covering SCALE West business along with existing Cloud and AI resources on ground. As a Cloud and AI infrastructure AE you will drive the adoption of our data center solutions across various industries and customers. This role requires a deep understanding of Data Center Compute & Networking solutions.

As a Cloud and AI Infrastructure Account Executive, you will play a pivotal role in facilitating the success of the Cisco Field Sales teams in selling the full suite of Cloud and AI infrastructure solutions. You will help them position data center compute and networking solutions effectively against competing offerings. You will be passionate about pre-sales engineering activities, demonstrating solutions and architectures in Cloud and AI infrastructure.

Minimum Qualifications

• Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Business or other relevant bachelor degree
• 8+ years of experience along with knowledge with technical sales practical experience of Data center designs, Storage, Compute, Converged & hyperconverged Infrastructure, and Data Center Networking.
• Deep understanding of Data Center networking and/or compute architectural designs.
• Deep knowledge of Data Center enterprise applications, virtualization technologies and operational toolsets.
• Excellent presentation skills - ability to deliver engaging workshops to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Proven track record of successful DC Networking / Compute technical engagements from ideation to closing and repetitive business.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven track record of operational excellence (Business planning, Forecasting, leading without authority, .)
• Solid analytical skills
• Demonstrates proactive leadership with a team-oriented attitude.
• Hold a continuous learning philosophy, able to navigate ambiguity and complex customer challenges.
• Results oriented
• Certifications : Cisco Certifications (CCNA, CCNP, ), Vmware, Nvidia, AWS, Azure,
• Good experience with Cisco Nexus, ACI, MDS, Nexus Dashboard, and UCS solutions including intersight.
• Good experience designing Converged infrastructure and Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) solutions.
• Good understanding of automation tool sets (Ansible, Terraform, Powershell) with a strong focus on DC switching and/or compute.
• Good understanding of NSX SDDC, Arista VXLAN EVPN Fabric
• Good understanding of containers, Redhat openshift, Rancher
• Understanding of Data protection solutions
• Good understanding of Nvidia and AMD AI offerings
• Good understanding different public cloud platforms
• Good knowledge and understanding of Security solutions
• Good knowledge of data management solutions
  
  

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

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