Solutions Engineer

About the Position

Solutions Engineer

Available in 9 locations

• Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
• Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
• Dallas, Texas, United States of America
• Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
• Clayton, Missouri, United States of America
• Richfield, Ohio, United States of America
• Appleton, Wisconsin, United States of America

Job ID: 2015414

Category: Sales

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Salary Range: $235,300.00 to $301,700.00

Responsibilities

As a Cisco Splunk Solutions Engineer, you will:

• Be the Technical Authority: Own and win the technical decision. Lead breakdown sessions, competitive bake-offs, and sophisticated proofs-of-value that prove Cisco's superiority.
• Master and Promote: Serve as the go-to authority; articulating its vision, strategy, and technical details to audiences from engineers to executives.
• Design for Complexity: Architect and validate trailblazing, single-architecture solutions for our customers' most high-reaching requirements, ensuring technical excellence and adaptability.
• Win as a Team: Partner with Cisco ecosystem and Account Managers to provide the critical domain expertise needed to win strategic opportunities. Be the authoritative voice on the account team.
• Mentor and Scale Expertise: Act as a force multiplier, mentoring and enabling the broader SE community on your technology. Develop and share protocols that elevate the entire organization.
• Influence Product Direction: Serve as a critical feedback loop to Cisco's engineering and business units. Your real-world insights will directly influence the roadmap and future of our products.

Requirements

• Minimum Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of demonstrated ability in a pre-sales engineering or a similar deep technical role (e.g., professional services, security analyst, SRE)
  • 5+ years of broad and deep technical knowledge across one of the following areas: Security, observability, event, or network management

• Preferred Qualifications:

  • Demonstrable experience building and maintaining positive relationships with customers and partners.
  • 5+ years of communication and presentation skills with internal partners or external customers
  • Observability or security pre-sales experience
  • Extensive experience with completing RFXs, competitive analysis, positioning, and first-hand competitive bake-offs.
  • Relevant industry certifications relevant to your specialty (e.g., CISSP)
  • Strong understanding of automation, APIs, and programmability within your domain of expertise.
  • Experience in a thought leadership role (e.g., public speaking, writing technical blogs or whitepapers)

We Offer

At Cisco, we offer:

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
• Paid parental leave
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Basic life insurance
• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
• 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year for non-exempt employees
• Flexible vacation time off program for exempt employees
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

About the Company

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.

Apply Now

Join a team of Cisco Solutions Engineers. These technically skilled, solutions-focused individuals build positive relationships, understand customer needs and deliver innovative, effective outcomes. Groundbreaking ideas impact everything; here that means we take creative ideas from the drawing board to dynamic solutions that have real world impact. Seize the opportunity to work with a close-knit group of forward-thinkers and technical problem-solvers, delivering impactful results.

Apply now to be part of our team and help us shape the future of technology.