Cisco

Solutions Engineer

Cisco • $239K — $314K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of experience, Master's with 8+, or PhD with 5+
  • Strong ownership mindset with a focus on accountability for customers and results
  • Ability to negotiate collaboratively using a Win/Win approach
  • Proven channel proficiency in working with channel SEs
  • Demonstrated traits of passion, integrity, trust, leadership, rigor, and execution

Responsibilities

  • Lead multi-year strategic plans integrating Cisco's portfolio with the partner network
  • Leverage expertise to collaborate with engineering for future product development
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to C-suite, guiding their technical strategy
  • Develop cross-architecture solutions aligned with customer business visions
  • Create and execute demand generation strategies to unlock market potential
  • Drive customer demonstrations showcasing tailored Cisco solutions
  • Shape and unify SE and engineering teams for innovative knowledge-sharing

Benefits

  • Active contribution to a vibrant team culture in Mountain West region
  • High-visibility role with opportunities to influence major accounts
  • Ability to lead and shape transformative solutions across various architectures
  • Exposure to Cisco's comprehensive portfolio including AI, Networking, and Security
  • Engagement with C-suite executives, enhancing strategic advisory skills
Full Job Description
The application window is expected to close on: 10/01/2026
Location requirement is Denver, CO

Your Impact

As a Portfolio Solutions Engineer, you will own ~6 of our largest accounts. This is a high-visibility role covering the entire Cisco portfolio. You will act as a trusted technical advisor for your customers while maintaining the strategic savvy required to lead complex, long-term partnerships and sales opportunities.
  • Strategic Orchestration: Navigate a matrixed environment to deliver the full power of Cisco's portfolio (AI, Networking, Security, Digital Resilience, and Collaboration) to your customers.
  • Customer Advocacy: Serve as a trusted technical advisor and industry expert, leading with empathy and deep insight to ensure your customers' long-term success.
  • Channel Alignment: Leverage and lead our channel partner ecosystem to scale your impact and deliver seamless, end-to-end solutions.
  • Revenue Growth: Identify and pursue opportunities within a strategic account list, consistently exceeding growth targets.
  • Cultural Leadership: Actively contribute to the Mountain West team culture, sharing insights to elevate our collective performance.


What you will do
  • Lead multi-year strategic plans by integrating Cisco's portfolio with its ecosystem and partner network
  • Leverage deep expertise of Cisco's portfolio to create new knowledge and collaborate with engineering to shape future products
  • Lead organizations' technical strategy as a trusted technology and business advisor to C-suite executives
  • Unify customer's business vision with emerging industry trends to develop cross-architecture solutions
  • Lead disruptive cross-architecture roadmaps for customers
  • Conceive the overarching vision for demand generation and enablement imperatives
  • Unlock customer's untapped market potential through cross-architecture strategies
  • Steer demonstrations to showcase tailored solutions, driving transformation and meeting key business objectives
  • Utilize advanced competitive intelligence to drive sustainable market advantage for Cisco
  • Unify and integrate a diverse coalition of stakeholders to drive synergies and cultivate deep, enduring customer relationships
  • Shape SE teams, engineering teams and leadership to develop innovative knowledge-sharing frameworks, and steer cross-functional educational strategies
  • Drive organizational agility by developing GTM-wide market adaptation strategies
  • Provide active feedback to BEs and relevant sales teams on strategic customer needs and market opportunities, and competitive market tactics
  • Lead engagements with IT & decision makers at customer/partner and LOB interaction
  • Translate customer/partner business need into technical requirements

Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelors + 12 years of related experience, or Masters + 8 years of related experience, or PhD + 5 years of related experience
  • Shameless Ownership: You operate with extreme accountability for your customers, your territory, and your results. You demonstrate the necessary skills to negotiate issues with peers, partners and customers using a Win/Win philosophy.
  • Demonstrated Traits: passion, integrity, trust, leadership, rigor and execution.
  • Channel Proficiency: Proven experience working effectively with channel SEs to drive market penetration and customer satisfaction.
  • Location: Must be based in or willing to self-relocate to the Denver, CO area.


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Advanced Cisco certifications

About Cisco

Cisco Careers

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79,500 employees
Market Cap
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Industry
Net Income
$10.1 billion
Founded
2014
5 Year Trend
+1.4%
Revenue
$48 billion
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