Cisco

Solutions Designer- Canada Public Sector, Federal

Cisco$201K — $255K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in systems architecture, solution design, or technical consulting.
  • Experience with at least 3 large-scale solution implementations in enterprise or public sector.
  • Technical competency in networking, security, data centers, or collaboration.
  • History of delivering 5+ technical presentations to diverse audiences.
  • Proficient in creating technical documentation and architecture diagrams.
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or 14 years of combined education and experience.
  • Currently reside in the National Capital Region.

Responsibilities

  • Act as a trusted technical advisor to public sector customers.
  • Partner with teams during the pre-sales cycle as the technical lead.
  • Lead discovery sessions to identify customer challenges and technical needs.
  • Collaborate to develop and present technology roadmaps for customer success.
  • Stay updated on Cisco technologies and industry's emerging trends.
  • Architect practical solutions leveraging Cisco's resources.
  • Translate technical details into clear recommendations for stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work environment combining office and customer-site.
  • Opportunity to work with Canadian Federal public sector clients.
  • Engagement with cutting-edge technologies including AI.
  • Professional growth through continuous learning and collaboration.
Full Job Description
The application window is expected to close on: 09/29/2026
Location:Candidate must reside in the National Capital Region.

YOUR IMPACT

Cisco is seeking a Solutions Engineer based in the National Capital Region to work with customers across the Canadian Federal public sector.

As a Solutions Engineer, you will combine technical expertise, consultative engagement, and business acumen to help customers address complex operational and technology challenges. Working closely with Account Executives, specialists, partners, and customers, you will shape secure and scalable solutions and develop technology roadmaps that support customer mission, business, and operational outcomes.

RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Strategic Consultative Partnership: Act as a trusted technical advisor to Canadian public sector customers, applying architecture, delivery, and implementation expertise to align solutions with their mission, business, and operational objectives.
  • Technical Sales Leadership: Partner with Account Executives and cross-functional teams throughout the pre-sales cycle. Serve as the technical lead for discovery, solution design, customer presentations, proposal development, demonstrations, and high-impact proof-of-concept activities.
  • Discovery and Solution Alignment: Lead comprehensive discovery sessions to uncover mission-critical challenges, technical requirements, constraints, and desired outcomes. Translate these insights into architectures that address applicable regulatory, security, and operational requirements in Canadian Federal environments.
  • Strategic Roadmap Development: Collaborate across Cisco, customer, and partner teams to develop, document, and present clear technology roadmaps that guide customers from their current environments toward their desired future state.
  • Technology Leadership and Advocacy: Maintain current knowledge of Cisco technologies, industry trends, and emerging capabilities-including AI infrastructure-and communicate their relevance and business value to technical teams, business stakeholders, and executive leaders.
  • Complex Problem-Solving: Draw on Cisco's broad portfolio and partner ecosystem to architect secure, resilient, scalable, and operationally practical solutions for complex customer environments.
  • Customer Influence and Business Value: Translate complex technical considerations into clear recommendations, architectural trade-offs, and business value. Help stakeholders make informed technology decisions and build confidence in the proposed approach.

You are an enthusiastic, collaborative, and high-performing professional who enjoys working with colleagues, partners, and customers. You are curious, committed to continuous learning, and passionate about technology and its ability to solve meaningful customer challenges.

You may bring experience from pre-sales, architecture, consulting, delivery, or implementation. Regardless of your career path, you can apply your technical credibility and customer engagement skills to help Canadian Federal customers achieve their goals.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
• Minimum of 5+ years of professional experience in systems architecture, solution design, systems engineering, technical consulting, delivery, or implementation within enterprise environments.
• Completion of at least 3 large-scale, end-to-end solution architectures, implementations, or delivery leadership projects within enterprise, critical infrastructure, public sector, or regulated environments.
• Documented technical competency in at least two of the following domains: networking, security, data centre, collaboration, or observability, evidenced by past project work or technical portfolios.
• Experience delivering a minimum of 5 technical presentations or architecture reviews to audiences including technical teams, business stakeholders, and executive leadership.
• Experience producing written technical documentation, including customer requirements analyses, solution architecture diagrams, and actionable implementation roadmaps.
• A bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline, or a minimum of 14 years of combined education, formal certifications, technical training, and practical work experience.
• Current residency in the National Capital Region availability to fulfill hybrid office, customer-site, and travel requirements.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Minimum of 4 years of professional experience providing technical services, solution architecture, or sales engineering for Canadian Public Sector accounts, including Federal, Provincial, Defense, or National Security organizations.
• Possession of at least one active industry-recognized certification, such as Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE), Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), or Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
• Minimum of 3 years of hands-on configuration or architecture experience utilizing Cisco enterprise networking, security, or data centre portfolios, or equivalent enterprise-grade vendor technologies.
• Completion of at least 1 project involving the design or implementation of AI infrastructure, AI workloads, or solutions across secure on-premises, hybrid, or cloud-connected environments.
• Minimum of 2 years of direct pre-sales or technical advocacy experience resulting in approved technical architectures or technology adoption strategies.
• Experience authoring at least 2 formal technology roadmaps or strategic architectural decision documents submitted to senior organizational stakeholders.
• Active Government of Canada Level II (Secret) or Level III (Top Secret) security clearance.
• Verified bilingual proficiency in English and French (reading, writing, and speaking).

CONCEPTRICE OU CONCEPTEUR DE SOLUTIONS

VOTRE IMPACT

Cisco est à la recherche d'une ingénieure ou d'un ingénieur de solutions, en poste dans la région de la capitale nationale, pour travailler avec des clients de l'ensemble du secteur public fédéral canadien.

En tant qu'ingénieure ou ingénieur de solutions, vous allierez expertise technique, approche consultative et sens des affaires pour aider les clients à relever des défis opérationnels et technologiques complexes. En travaillant en étroite collaboration avec les responsables de comptes, les spécialistes, les partenaires et les clients, vous concevrez des solutions sécurisées et évolutives et établirez des feuilles de route technologiques qui appuient la mission des clients ainsi que leurs résultats d'affaires et opérationnels.

RESPONSABILITÉS
  • Partenariat-conseil stratégique : Jouer le rôle de conseiller technique de confiance auprès des clients du secteur public canadien, en mettant à profit son expertise en matière d'architecture, de prestation de services et de mise en œuvre afin d'aligner les solutions sur leur mission et leurs objectifs d'affaires et opérationnels.
  • Leadership en vente technique : Collaborer avec les responsables de comptes et les équipes interfonctionnelles tout au long du cycle d'avant-vente. Assurer le rôle de responsable technique pour les phases de découverte, la conception de solutions, les présentations aux clients, l'élaboration de propositions, les démonstrations et les activités de validation de principe à forte incidence.
  • Découverte et harmonisation des solutions : Diriger des séances de découverte approfondies pour cerner les défis essentiels à la mission, les exigences techniques, les contraintes et les résultats souhaités. Traduire ces constats en architectures répondant aux exigences réglementaires, de sécurité et opérationnelles applicables dans les environnements fédéraux canadiens.
  • Élaboration de feuilles de route stratégiques : Collaborer avec les équipes de Cisco, des clients et des partenaires afin d'élaborer, de documenter et de présenter des feuilles de route technologiques claires, destinées à guider les clients depuis leurs environnements actuels vers l'état futur souhaité.
  • Leadership et promotion des technologies : Tenir à jour ses connaissances des technologies Cisco, des tendances du secteur et des capacités émergentes, y compris l'infrastructure d'IA, et communiquer leur pertinence et leur valeur d'affaires aux équipes techniques, aux intervenants des secteurs d'affaires et à la haute direction.
  • Résolution de problèmes complexes : Tirer parti du vaste portefeuille et de l'écosystème de partenaires de Cisco afin de concevoir des solutions sécurisées, résilientes, évolutives et pratiques sur le plan opérationnel pour des environnements clients complexes.
  • Influence auprès des clients et valeur d'affaires : Traduire les considérations techniques complexes en recommandations claires, en compromis architecturaux et en valeur d'affaires. Aider les parties prenantes à prendre des décisions technologiques éclairées et à renforcer la confiance dans l'approche proposée.

Vous êtes une personne enthousiaste, collaborative et très performante, qui aime travailler avec ses collègues, ses partenaires et ses clients. Vous êtes une personne curieuse, engagée dans un apprentissage continu et passionnée par la technologie et sa capacité à résoudre des problèmes importants pour les clients.

Vous pouvez apporter une expérience en avant-vente, en architecture, en conseil, en prestation de services ou en mise en œuvre. Quel que soit votre parcours professionnel, vous pouvez mettre à profit votre crédibilité technique et vos compétences en matière de relation client pour aider les clients du gouvernement fédéral canadien à atteindre leurs objectifs.

QUALIFICATIONS ESSENTIELLES
• Au moins 5 ans d'expérience professionnelle en architecture de systèmes, en conception de solutions, en ingénierie de systèmes, en conseil technique, en prestation de services ou en mise en œuvre dans des environnements d'entreprise.
• Avoir mené à bien au moins 3 projets de grande envergure portant sur la conception d'architectures de solutions de bout en bout, leur mise en œuvre ou la direction de leur prestation, dans des environnements d'entreprise, d'infrastructures critiques, du secteur public ou réglementés.
• Compétences techniques documentées dans au moins deux des domaines suivants : réseautique, sécurité, centre de données, collaboration ou observabilité, attestées par des projets antérieurs ou des portfolios techniques.
• Avoir donné au moins 5 présentations techniques ou examens d'architecture devant des publics comprenant des équipes techniques, des intervenants des secteurs d'affaires et des membres de la haute direction. • Expérience de la rédaction de documentation technique, notamment d'analyses des besoins des clients, de schémas d'architecture de solutions et de feuilles de route de mise en œuvre concrètes. • Un baccalauréat dans une discipline pertinente, ou au moins 14 ans d'études, de certifications officielles, de formation technique et d'expérience professionnelle combinées. • Résider actuellement dans la région de la capitale national

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