Meet the Team
Join the Cisco West Africa Solutions Engineering team, where collaboration drives innovative solutions for our clients. We support and empower you to grow with our customers, fostering a culture of care, fun, and active involvement in local community initiatives.
Your Impact
As a Cisco Pre-sales Solutions Engineer, you will be a technical sales professional providing expert guidance to customers, delivering purposeful outcomes through Cisco's extensive product and services portfolio. Partnering with Enterprise and Public Sector clients, as well as Cisco team members like Account Managers, Business Development Managers, and Product Sales Executives, you will drive innovation and growth by solving customer challenges with cutting-edge technology.
Your responsibilities include:
Preparing and responding to RFPsConducting technical workshops for customers, partners, and internal teams, and staying informed about competitor offerings to provide strategic insights on product positioning and differentiation.You will represent Cisco at community forums and customer-facing events.Addressing post-sales concerns by coordinating with internal and external teams to resolve issues effectively.Additionally, you will leverage Cisco tools and programs to deliver high-quality demonstrations, showcasing solutions that enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness for designated accountsMinimum Qualifications:8+ years of relevant industry experience with Cisco or similar technology solutions.The candidate must be based in Nigeria and willing to travel to Ghana as needed.Extensive experience in designing, implementing, and selling Cisco products or similar vendor offerings in areas such as applications analytics, infrastructure automation, networking, collaboration, hybrid cloud, and security.Bachelor’s degree in engineering/computer science or equivalent education and industry-recognized technical certification.Demonstrated capacities to deliver impactful customer presentationProven experience with pre-sales activities (RFI, RFP, presentations, technical discussions, etc.)CCIE Cetrificationn
Preferred Qualifications:
Cisco certifications such as CCNP/CCIEAbility to work independently and remotely as well as with your team to accomplish objectives. Ability to train and coach others in our enterprise technologies. Knowledge of sales cycle. Great relationship building skills, tenacity, and resilience.#WeAreCisco
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