Are you passionate about crafting next-generation network solutions for people, applications, and things? Do you want to be a part of driving innovative solutions to optimize and modernize the network through advanced observability capabilities, data science, and Artificial Intelligence to provide digital resiliency?

Cisco is seeking Networking Solutions Engineer role to be part of the Americas Organization, based out São Paulo, Brazil.

Meet the team

As a Networking Solutions Engineer, you will partner primarily with a Networking Account Executive. In addition, you will work with Portfolio Account Teams, Partners and other cross-functional teams to drive Cisco Networking brand preference with our customers.

As a Networking SE Specialist, you will also collaborate with the various Business Entity teams to prioritize and influence features and capabilities roadmap to meet growing customer demands.

Your impact

You will work with the Americas Networking Organization as a Solutions Engineer, covering the Enterprise Brazil territory. As part of the interactions with end customers and partners, you will lead RFP response(s), set up demonstrations, drive proof of values, explain features and benefits to customers, and design and configure products to meet specific customer requirements.

Key areas of responsibility include:

Partner with Account Executives to drive business and growth opportunities

Driving demand generation activities

Enable technology capabilities internally with Portfolio Account Teams and externally with our partners.

Understanding customer requirements and mapping technical solutions to meet the needs

Network designs oriented to solve customer needs and accelerate innovation

Performing product demo and Proof of Concept (PoC) labs

Aligning cross-functionally to various business entities and teams across the company

Challenger mindset willing to help customers with complex/challenging digital transformation opportunities

Minimum Qualifications

The Networking Solutions Engineer has a passion for technology and a zeal for customer interaction! This is a pre-sales, technical role passionate about architectural selling covering customers from all verticals and segments in the Enterprise Brazil territory. You should excel in communicating technical architectures, solutions and products to key decision- makers from Managers to Directors and above. They should be comfortable speaking publicly to both small and large audiences.

Pre-sales experience

Understanding of competitive networking products such as HPE/Aruba, Juniper, Arista, Fortinet

BS in Engineering (Computer systems, Electronics, Telecommunications or equivalent)

Can work under pressure with minimum supervision.

Critical thinking to address customer concerns and to support customer business growth.

Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment

Cisco and non-Cisco Certifications. CCNP or equivalent as a minimum, CCIE, CCDE, DevNet, AWS, Google, Terraform and others, desirable

Preferred Qualifications

5+ years of proven experience sizing and designing Routing, SD-WAN overlay, Wireless and Switching deployments both On-Prem and Cloud Based.

Extensive skills and knowledge in networking protocols (TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, LISP) network segmentation technologies (VRF, MPLS, ZeroTrust, SDA, 802.1x, Adaptive Policy), and network management.

Excellent communication and presentation skills

API and programmability knowledge is a plus

Willingness to travel to customer and partner sites as needed 40% of the time approximately. We offer a flexible work from home or office (where Cisco offices are available) option

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.