Security Pre-Sales Solutions Engineer-Global Enterprise Segment- West Job at Cisco, Irvine, CA

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  • Cisco
  • Irvine, CA

Job Description

The application window is expected to close on: 9/4/25 Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received. Location: Anywhere from Northern Los Angeles south to San Diego Travel is required and this position is home office based. What You'll Do You will provide guidance and assist Security Sellers and Account teams within the territory in a pre-sales technical role, showcasing Cisco security product solutions, setting up demonstrations, explaining features and benefits to customers, and designing and configuring products to address specific customer security needs. You will form relationships with our customer’s key decision-makers, positioning Cisco security solutions aligned accurately to their requirements. As an advisor to the customer, you’ll be working with technology experts to craft architectures and configure products to meet customer-specific needs, are prepared to lead all technical aspects of pre-sales activities, and position security solutions effectively against competing offerings. You are an aggressive starter, self-starter with the ability to build executive relationships, develop and execute sales strategies and tactics that improve Cisco’s opportunity with a customer environment, position and promote the partner and customer value proposition for Cisco security architecture, articulate Cisco’s product and business strategies, and create the demand that makes deals happen! You will:

  • Serve as the subject matter expert in Cisco security solutions
  • Provide guidance and assist account teams within the territory in building solutions to address specific customer security needs
  • Understand business requirements for a customer base and be able to translate them into technical requirements
  • Understand and articulate Cisco’s architecture and services within security technologies
  • Create, present, and document technical solutions
  • Perform in-depth and high-level technical presentations for customers partners and prospects
  • Drive identified major account opportunities (i.e. technical consulting, upper-level management presentations, and Cisco technology solutions) while allowing local account teams to maintain long-term ownership

Who You'll Work With You will be a part of an outstanding technical pre-sales team in our Global Security Sales Organization (GSSO), responsible for driving the success of Cisco’s Security Portfolio and focusing on protecting Customer Application Environments no matter where they live (on-prem / any cloud). Our mission is simple: democratize security by making it easy and effective for everyone. We’re transforming security from the ground up by solving the world’s most pressing geopolitical challenge — safe, secure information access. We engineer our business to enable our customers to easily address their ever-evolving security challenges. We believe that impactful work is rewarding work and that our team is at its best when everyone feels empowered to bring their whole self to work. We learn together by hiring for cultural contribution, not cultural fit, and recognize that diversity in background and thought are essential to building high-impact teams. We invest in growth and learning opportunities and encourage our people to never stop learning. We foster collaboration and believe in being recognized (and rewarded!) for hard work. We champion a healthy work-life balance. We’re kinder than necessary. Together we build for the future by designing simple solutions for complex problems. And that’s why we’re the most loved and trusted name in security. Who You Are You are passionate about the customer experience and excited about new technology. You are a true teammate and love to learn. Being a self-starter, our SEs act as an industry domain authority, and strive to help Cisco make customers for life. Minimum qualifications:

  • Minimum of 4 years of technical sales, pre-sales or customer facing experience with 1+ years in Security specialization experience with Email Security, IDS/IPS, AV, Firewall, Advanced Malware Protection technologies
  • Proven track record of managing and winning technical and high-value IT security projects
  • Experience in administering low-layer (packet-level) IP networking, and a thorough understanding of network security

Preferred qualifications: 

Successful quota achievement in a Sales role

  • BS/BA (EE/CS) or equivalent is highly preferred
  • Solid presentation and interpersonal skills
  • Commercial awareness and strong communication skills
  • Highly motivated self-starter who does not need day-to-day management
  • Desirable experience with Cisco security technologies, experience with programming languages such as UNIX shell, Perl, or C

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.

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