Solutions Engineering Leader - US Commercial Networking -West

The application window is expected to close on: July 25, 2025

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

At Cisco, you'll join a team of passionate innovators dedicated to transforming industries through cutting-edge Networking solutions. We collaborate across diverse fields, combining expertise in technology, strategy, and customer success to drive impactful change. Our culture is rooted in trust, inclusivity, and a shared commitment to solving real-world challenges. If you're ready to make a difference and grow alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry, we'd love to have you on board.

Your Impact

As the Solutions Engineering Leader, you will be responsible for setting the technical vision and strategy for the Networking Solution Engineering team in the US Commercial segment.

This includes, but is not limited to, identifying expertise to grow the team and facilitating key partnerships between customers and internal organizations. This is an ideal position for someone who has a consistent record of building and scaling high-performance sales engineering teams and provides an opportunity to join a diverse team of highly engaged critical thinkers.

• Technology leadership: Technical vision and strategy for customer CTO priorities and industry direction
• Team leadership: Define and drive a culture that will attract and retain the best system engineering talent in the industry. Coaching, mentoring, career pathing/development within and outside the direct team.
• Partnership with sales leadership both inside the Specialists Organization and the direct/portfolio teams (Networking Specialist Architecture Leadership, AVP, SED/SSEM, RM/SEM, AM/SE, etc.)

• Establish and execute lightweight processes to drive efficiency and effectiveness to SE team.
• Optimize organizational structure in partnership with Sales Leadership and align to business priorities to improve bookings and minimize operational expenses.
• Ensure execution of all engineering programs including technical sales process/closure, demand generation, and pipeline development.

• Clearly articulate and navigate issues, challenges and gaps both technically from a business perspective and regarding people resources.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS/BA (EE/CS) or equivalent
• 
  
• In-depth knowledge in the relevant technology areas including IP Core/Edge Routing/Switching; Wireless; Software Defined Networking; Cloud; and Security.

Pre-sales solution engineering experience

1+ years of prior experience leading high-performing teams

Travel is required: Approximately 50%

Preferred Qualifications:

MBA highly desirable

Cisco experience highly desired.

• Knowledge of relevant solutions sets, product line specifications, performance criteria, and applications.
• In-depth understanding and experience in management of all aspects of sales support processes. Thorough understanding of organizational structures, management practices, staff development, and retention.

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. Simply put - we power the future.

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.