* Posting will be posted until 1/5/25. Successful candidate must live or plan to relocate within the Irvine, CA area. * What You'll Do * We are looking for a passionate technologist for this Cisco Solutions Engineer role, covering US Commercial customers in the Irvine, CA area. This role covers various verticals and the full scope of Cisco’s technology portfolio. As the technical lead on the portfolio team, you will be responsible for approximately 20 accounts. You will be paired with a sales counterpart, working hand in hand to drive strategic outcomes for your accounts. While you will represent the entire cisco portfolio, you will be aligned with technical specialists in each Architecture. This is a highly motivated team, with a track record of success and a strong team culture of support and fun! * * Be a trusted advisor and influence businesses in a key market for Cisco * Use Cisco’s extensive portfolio to solve customer business challenges * Be a technical consultant to our customers, helping them think past status quo and driving towards positive business outcomes * Deliver technical presentations, deliverables, and demos on cisco solutions * Collaborate with customers to build Architecture Roadmaps that will influence the long-term direction for your customers * Partner with your Account Manager and Specialists to drive customer outcomes * Learn new technologies and continuously build your skillset Who You Are * 2+ years of experience in one or more of our key technical pillars: Enterprise Networks, Data Center & Cloud, Collaboration, Artificial Intelligence, and Security. * You thrive on architecting solutions that resolve real world business problems. * You love competing and stay plugged into the industry learning new technologies * You are willing to be in the field, in-person with the team, partners, and customers (usually within driving distance) to customer sites 50% of the time * Bring a confidence to presenting and commanding the room * Are a collaborative, positive team player * Excellent written and oral presentation skills. * Network Automation skills desired * CCNP desired Our minimum requirements for this role: * 2+ years of presales customer-facing experience in relevant technologies or 4+ years in industry and deep technical expertise * Cisco Certification and/or industry certifications required CCNA certification or equivalent (eg. Cloud Provider certification) Our preferred qualifications for this role: * Previous Cisco experience preferred * Bachelor's degree preferred Why Cisco? #WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters - with people like you! Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We’re the Internet’s optimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it’s not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We’re helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges, and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We’re helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world - whether through 5G, or otherwise. We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other’s backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another - from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that). We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. Because without diversity and a dedication to equality, there is no moving forward. Our 30 Inclusive Communities, that bring people together around commonalities or passions, are leading the way. Together we’re committed to learning, listening, caring for our communities, whilst supporting the most vulnerable with a collective effort to make this world a better place either with technology, or through our actions. So, you have colorful hair? Don’t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That’s cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us! #WeAreCisco Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.