Solutions Engineer Networking Architecture

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Meet the Team

At Cisco, were redefining how the world connects, secures, and innovates. Your mission is to make technology intuitive and enable our customers and partners to realise their full potential as they evolve in an increasingly digital, cloud-first world. You will lead the way in helping organisations achieve secure, seamless connectivity, harness the power of data and AI, and accelerate their transformation to drive business outcomes. 

You will be part of Cisco Global Virtual Engineering (GVE) team. GVE is composed of highly motivated, talented, and customer-centric engineers and architects, focused on supporting Cisco SMB and Mid-Market Customers, along with providing support for aligned Partners

Your Impact

As a Networking Specialist Solution Engineer, youll work closely with Cisco Partner Account Executives and Selective Partners in a pre-sales technical capacity, tackling complex challenges in designing, qualifying, and positioning Ciscos industry-leading solutions along with enabling our Partner Community on latest Cisco Solutions.  

With primary focus on Networking Architecture, the role requires you to provide both transactional and consultative selling along with collaborating across teams of Cisco Sellers & partners. Although the role is based in Philippines (Manila), occasional travel to other cities within Philippines or countries in region may be required to support business.

• Technical Expertise: Act as trusted advisor to customer and Selective Partners by showcasing expertise in Core Cisco Secure Networking portfolio including but not limited to Routing, Switching, WLAN & Security technologies. 
• Customer & Partner Engagement: Lead the technical sales process, designing and presenting relevant solutions based on identified requirements. 
• Deliver compelling technical presentations, enablement sessions, address complex product inquiries from customers & partners 
• Pre-sales Activities: Tasks like technical presentations, Solution Demos, Bill of Material Creation and providing technical proposals are standard for this position. 
• Services & Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, sharing technical insights and best practices to foster ongoing innovation. 
• Continuous Learning: Commit to continuous learning to stay current with emerging technologies and maintain relevant skill sets to support our customers and business objectives. 
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of presales experience in a technical role
• Proven customer-facing experience in presales or consulting
• Exceptional written, verbal, listening, and presentation skills
• Strong knowledge of Networking products and technologies
• Ability to articulate and differentiate Ciscos Networking Portfolio
• Fluency in English and Filipino
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Industry Certifications like CCNA, CCNP(Enterprise), CCNP (Wireless). 
• knowledge of Enterprise Routing, Switching and Wireless technology 
• Working towards any industry led certification. 
• Basic understanding of either of Cisco Collaboration, Security, CAI (Cloud and AI) solutions and/or Network Programmability will be added advantage
  
  

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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