What are the responsibilities and job description for the Solutions Engineer - Google Distributed Cloud position at Cisco?
The application window is expected to close on : February 21, 2025
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Must be in the Bay Area, CA, USA
Meet The Team
Cisco seeks a results-oriented and driven pre-sales Solutions Engineer to lead a co-development engineering engagement with a large hyper-scale customer in their Cloud environment. This is a highly technical position that supports the sales organization so you must run all the technical aspects of pre-sales activities including next-generation hardware and software. This position includes post-sales support, being responsible for presenting, demonstrating, crafting solutions, feature planning, and organization to pursue the specific needs of one of the most influential companies in the world.
Your Impact
You are a creative individual always looking for ways to improve a system. You are constantly finding patterns in-process and offering solutions to advance them. You are as comfortable in a spreadsheet as you are discussing the latest customer requirements and showcasing the solution in a POC. You are eager to boost customers' confidence by demonstrating network architectures that accomplish your customer's objectives. You will work with Cisco's latest hardware architectures, helping influence the direction of our software. You will be supported by proven pre-sales team members, business unit leaders, and service delivery teams all eager to address the challenging demands of your customer. To do this optimally, you should be highly accomplished with :
- Relevant network solutions, products and services
- Translating customer requests into engineering-specific documents
- Performing technical presentations / Demo for customers and internal audiences
- Coordinating and prioritizing detailed data for customer review
- Cisco Nexus operating system expertise
- Familiarity with modern Data Center Design concepts
- Routing Protocols, BGP / EVPN / VXLAN, ISIS / OSPF
- Familiar with AI backend network design
- Automation with Python and / or Golang
- Netconf / YANG / OpenConfig
- Linux / BSD Systems
- Firewall / Security a plus
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
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