Solutions Engineer

Cisco
Bengaluru, Gurugram, Mumbai
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringSkills: ["Customer-focused","Technical advisory","Presentation","Stakeholder management","Collaboration","Influencing","Architecture expertise","Translating requirements into business value"]

Partner with Account Executives to understand customer priorities and shape technical strategies for data center networking, compute, and AI infrastructure. Lead technical discovery, architecture discussions, and solution demonstrations, translating business and technical requirements into scalable Cisco solutions. Build end-to-end architectures, support account planning and competitive strategy, collaborate with specialists and partners, and help run workshops and industry events while staying current on infrastructure and AI trends.

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Solutions Engineer

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Job Summary

Partner with Account Executives to understand customer priorities and shape technical strategies for data center networking, compute, and AI infrastructure. Lead technical discovery, architecture discussions, and solution demonstrations, translating business and technical requirements into scalable Cisco solutions. Build end-to-end architectures, support account planning and competitive strategy, collaborate with specialists and partners, and help run workshops and industry events while staying current on infrastructure and AI trends.
Location: Bengaluru, Gurugram, Mumbai
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 across data center networking, compute, and AI infrastructure; lead discovery, solution design, and architecture discussions.
  • •Translate customer business and technical requirements into scalable, differentiated Cisco solutions and end-to-end architectures.
  • •Contribute technical insights to account planning, opportunity development, cross-sell/upsell, and competitive strategies.
  • •Stay current on emerging infrastructure and AI trends and support customer workshops, partner engagements, enablement sessions, and industry events.
Travel: Extensive travel

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years of technical presales, solutions engineering, or hands-on infrastructure experience in data center networking and compute/storage integration.
  • •Deep practical knowledge of switching/routing protocols and technologies such as Spanning Tree, OSPF, ISIS, BGP, VXLAN, EVPN, Multicast, QoS, and network segmentation.
  • •Strong data center networking design fundamentals across 3-tier architecture, VXLAN EVPN, Software Defined Network (SDN), and Data Center Interconnect (DCI).
  • •Knowledge of data center network security, including multi-tenancy, N-S/E-W firewalling, and microsegmentation design and implementation.
  • •Ability to deliver engaging presentations, demos, and Proof-of-Concept/workshops to technical and non-technical audiences.
Skills:Customer-focusedTechnical advisoryPresentationStakeholder managementCollaborationInfluencingArchitecture expertiseTranslating requirements into business value
Certifications:CCNP/CCIE Data CenterVMware VCPCKA/CKADMajor cloud associate/professional certs
Tech Stack:Spanning TreeOSPFISISBGPVXLANEVPNMulticastQoSNetwork SegmentationMulti-tenancyFirewallMicrosegmentation3-tier architectureSoftware Defined NetworkSDNData Center InterconnectNexus/ACIUCSIntersightHyperFabric

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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