Solutions Engineer

Cisco
Tokyo
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 7+ yearsSkills: ["Customer focus","Stakeholder communication","Technical storytelling","Presentation","Collaboration"]

Partner with account executives and sales teams to understand customer priorities and shape technical strategies in data center networking, compute, and AI infrastructure. Act as a trusted technical advisor by leading solution design, architecture discussions, demos, and presentations. Translate customer business and technical requirements into scalable Cisco solutions and develop end-to-end architectures using the Cisco portfolio. Support workshops, partner engagements, and industry events, with travel as required.

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Solutions Engineer

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Job Summary

Partner with account executives and sales teams to understand customer priorities and shape technical strategies in data center networking, compute, and AI infrastructure. Act as a trusted technical advisor by leading solution design, architecture discussions, demos, and presentations. Translate customer business and technical requirements into scalable Cisco solutions and develop end-to-end architectures using the Cisco portfolio. Support workshops, partner engagements, and industry events, with travel as required.
Location: Tokyo
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Partner with account executives and sales teams to understand customer priorities, identify opportunities, and shape technical strategies.
  • •Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers and partners across data center networking, compute, and AI infrastructure.
  • •Lead technical discovery, solution design, architecture discussions, demonstrations, and presentations.
  • •Translate customer business and technical requirements into scalable, differentiated Cisco solutions and develop end-to-end architectures.
  • •Contribute technical insights to account planning, opportunity development, cross-sell/up-sell, competitive strategies, and support workshops and events with required travel.
Travel: Medium travel

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years of technical presales, solutions engineering, or hands-on infrastructure experience in data center networking, compute, and storage.
  • •Deep knowledge and practical experience with switching/routing protocols including Spanning Tree, OSPF, ISIS, BGP, VXLAN, EVPN, Multicast, QoS, and Network Segmentation.
  • •Solid understanding of data center networking design fundamentals across 3-tier, VXLAN EVPN, SDN, and DCI (data center interconnect).
  • •Clear understanding of data center network security, including multi-tenancy and implementation concepts like N-S/E-W firewalls and microsegmentation.
  • •Strong presentation skills for technical and non-technical audiences, including delivering demos, PoCs, and workshops.
Experience:7+ yearsTechnical presalesSolutions engineeringData center networkingAI infrastructureStorageCompute
Skills:Customer focusStakeholder communicationTechnical storytellingPresentationCollaboration
Certifications:CCNP/CCIE Data CenterVMware VCPCKA/CKAD
Tech Stack:Spanning TreeOSPFISISBGPVXLANEVPNMulticastQoSNetwork SegmentationThree-tier architectureSDNDCINexus/ACIUCSIntersightHyperFabricN-S/E-W firewallMicrosegmentationRoCEInfiniBand

Company Brief

Cisco
Global technology company that designs, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and high-technology services and products for enterprises, service providers, and governments worldwide.
Industry: Networking Equipment
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Jose, United States
Founded: 1984
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