Solutions Engineer

While this role is remote, candidate must be based in one of the listed locations and be onsite for Client meetings and visits.

Meet the Team

Our Global Enterprise Premier Segment desires to bring onboard a Solutions Engineer (SE), that will be working as a trusted advisor and partner to top Enterprise Organizations.. We partner with Security Sellers and Account teams to design and showcase solutions that protect customer applications, whether on-premises or in the cloud. By building strong relationships with decision-makers, we tailor security offerings to meet unique customer needs. Our mission is to modernize security—making it simple, effective, and accessible for everyone—while addressing today’s most critical global challenge: ensuring safe and secure information access.

Your Impact

In this role, you’ll be the trusted advisor to our customers, crafting tailored architectures and configuring solutions to meet their unique security needs. You’ll lead the technical aspects of pre-sales activities, positioning our solutions as the clear choice over alternative offerings. Your ability to build strong executive relationships, develop effective sales strategies, and articulate the value of security architectures will drive success. By serving as the subject matter expert, you’ll translate complex business needs into technical solutions, deliver impactful presentations, and create the demand that leads to meaningful customer partnerships. This is your chance to shape the future of security for some of the largest enterprise accounts.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years in Cloud/Network Security.

• Practical experience with one or more Cisco security solutions (or competitive equivalents) with a focus on Identity Security, SASE, Email Security, Incident Response, or ZTNA.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in the MEDDPICC sales qualification process, with demonstrated experience in documentation, accurate forecasting, and using CRM tools to drive sales effectiveness.

• Pre-sales experience or customer-facing experience

• Proven track record of achieving and exceeding sales quotas with year-over-year growth.

• Familiarity with SMB, Commercial, and Enterprise environments and the ability to navigate complex, interconnected user groups.

• Demonstrated experience demoing, conducting POVs, and leading whiteboard discussions to craft tailored solutions.

• Knowledge of public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI) and new technologies like AI and LLM security.

• Proficiency with APIs and scripting languages, paired with a passion for customer success, collaboration, and continuous learning as a self-starter.

Why Cisco? 

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. 

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

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.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

* 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.