• You will be part of one of Cisco's fastest-growing, disruptive, and innovative sales teams and the talent engine for Cisco Sales
• You will significantly impact how customers are driving value from these solutions and technology offers
• The Solutions Engineer is a customer-focused technical sales professional who ensures that technical information and guidance is provided to the customer, delivering meaningful outcomes based on Cisco’s product and services portfolio

The SE will partner with our specialist Inside Account Executives (iAE) in a pre-sales technical function, showcasing Cisco solutions, providing customer presentations, performing technical demonstrations, creating BoMs, and running proof of concept activities

• The SE will partner, consult, influence, and design solutions to allow the customer to meet their desired outcomes
• Become a trusted technology advisor to the customer and the Cisco account team
• Leverage an array of Cisco technology, services, and support specialists when necessary
• Collaborate closely with iAEs in account planning activities
• Educate the customer on Cisco differentiation, creating demand
• Work with key partners to scale and set a brand preference to Cisco

Align Cisco’s product and services capabilities to customers business drivers

• Cisco is seeking a Solutions Engineer (SE) with a primary skillset in Enterprise Networking and secondary knowledge in one or more of the following areas: Cyber-Security, Cloud/AI, and Collaboration
• In addition to technology aptitude and the ability to learn quickly and stay current; the ideal candidate's interpersonal, presentation, and troubleshooting skills should evoke passion and confidence
• Translates customer and partner business needs into technical requirements
• Knowledge of Cisco's Solutions and networking fundamentals
• Passion for learning technology and applying knowledge to help customers be successful
• Collaborative team player that is flexible in adapting to rapid change
• Align Cisco’s product and services capabilities to customers business drivers
• Bachelor's degree in physical sciences, engineering, economics or mathematics or equivalent
• 1+ years of industry-related experience

Cisco product experience or relevant experience in key competitor offerings in technology area of emphasis is required

• You will discover an innovative, flexible, and award-winning working environment using the latest Cisco technologies to enable and empower you to perform to the very best of your abilities
• The starting salary range posted for this position is $153,000.00 to $198,900.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits
• Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training
• The full salary range for certain locations is listed below
• For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance

• Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks
• Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time
• U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:
• 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
• Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
• 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
• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
• For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies
• Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan

For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows: .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and
• Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation
• For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target
• Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid
• For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined

Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements