Pre Sales Solutions Engineer - UK Financial Services

We are seeking a passionate and energetic individual who's looking to take the next step in their career at Cisco. The ideal candidate will have excellent knowledge of secure networking and a flair for other platform pillars such as App Modernisation, Hybrid Cloud, Observability, and Security technologies. In this role, you will build strong customer relationships, influence strategy, and help drive key deals in global accounts as an advocate for the customer within Cisco and contribute to the team which spans all continents. What you'll do

• You will bring new Cisco technologies to market.
• You will collaborate closely with the Business Units and Technical Marketing to understand our products, technologies and Services.
• You will continuously help develop our solutions by providing feedback from the field.
• You will prepare responses to customer RFP's.
• You will conduct training and technical workshops for customers and internal teams.
• You will understand competitor offerings and provide guidance to the sales team on product positioning and differentiation.
• You will represent Cisco on community forums and customer-facing events.
The network touches everything: come and define it with us Who You'll Work With Solutions Engineers and Architects within Cisco are the technical authorities that advise and support sales teams with pre-sales and deep technical knowledge. You'll get to work across our vast portfolio of technologies including routing/switching, orchestration, hybrid cloud, collaboration, IoT, software-defined/programmability, and security. This opportunity will touch a variety of Cisco technology solutions, and focus on the Americas Global Enterprise business sector.


• You have a solid understanding of technologies such as campus and DC secure networking, SDx & programmability, hybrid cloud, collaboration, and security.
• You have demonstrable experience in a pre-sales engineering or technical customer-facing environment.
• You can demonstrate a good understanding of some or all of the following technologies, Cisco Control points, SDx, SD-WAN, Nexus 9k & ACI, Webex, Security Suites, and UCS
• You are adept at using initiative, discretion and judgment to apply technical solutions to complex sales opportunities.
• Ability to work independently and remotely as well as with your team to accomplish objectives.
• You have experience and knowledge of the sales lifecycle.
• You preferably hold at least one of the following CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, DevNet certifications.
• Most of all, you are a great teammate with a passion for technology and the impact it can make on our customers' businesses, someone who helps others, loves to get involved, and has fun.
  
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