Pre-Sales Systems Engineer/Architect

The application window is expected to close on February 14th, 2025.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

You will work within the rockstar Federal Defense Industrial Base team to align Cisco technology architecture to our customer's mission outcomes and to drive sales. Ensuring our customer's success by orchestrating resources to assist them in realizing the full value of their technology investment. This is a seasoned team with a culture of working together to drive mission success for our customer. This role allows flexibility, excellent customer engagement, groundbreaking technology, recognition and career mobility.

Your Impact

You are the face of Cisco and a trusted technologist to our customers. You will build trusted relationships and guide them on their technology journey.

• Architect a technology vision and roadmap for your customers

• Understand your customers business objectives and build Cisco based solutions to deliver outcomes.

• Lead and orchestrate Cisco and Partner resources to identify & qualify opportunities; close engagements to achieve product and services bookings targets.
• Guide customers in new innovations and integration of cutting edge solutions
• Lead proof of concept efforts for Cisco technologies.

Minimum Qualifications

• Excellent understanding of Cisco products and solutions with 5+ years in systems engineering or architect (pre and post sales).
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Applicant must have the ability to obtain a US National Security clearance for this position.

* Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to establish and maintain customer relationships at the executive / business decision maker level.
• CCNP - CCIE strongly preferred.
• Strong prioritization skills with consistent track record of driving results.

• Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to deliver a compelling message to a diverse audience.
• Strong understanding of Cisco's product set as well as understanding of the competitive landscape.

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