Solutions Engineer – Cloud & AI Infrastructure
What You'll Do
• Partner with Account Executives and sales teams to understand customer priorities, identify opportunities, and shape technical strategies.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers and partners across data center networking, compute, and AI infrastructure.
• Lead technical discovery, solution design, architecture discussions, demonstrations, and presentations.
• Translate customer business and technical requirements into scalable, differentiated Cisco solutions.
• Develop end-to-end architectures leveraging Cisco's portfolio and relevant technology ecosystems.
• Contribute technical insights to account planning, opportunity development, cross-sell, up-sell, and competitive strategies.
• Stay current on emerging trends across data center networking, compute, and AI infrastructure and translate insights into customer opportunities.
• Collaborate with portfolio teams, technical specialists, partners, and sales stakeholders to drive customer outcomes.
• Support customer workshops, partner engagements, enablement sessions, and industry events.
• Travel as required for customer, partner, and Cisco engagements across India and internationally.
Who You'll Work With
You will be part of a global Cloud and AI Architecture organization, partnering with Account Executives, portfolio sellers, partners, and customers.
The primary focus will be India, with opportunities to support broader APJC engagements and collaborate with global teams.
Who You Are
You are a customer-focused technical sales professional with strong architecture expertise and a passion for data center networking, compute, and AI infrastructure.
You can engage confidently with both technical and business stakeholders, simplify complex technology concepts, and translate customer challenges into business value. You thrive in a collaborative, matrixed environment and are comfortable influencing across teams to deliver customer outcomes.
Minimum Qualifications:
7+ years of technical presales, solutions engineering, or relevant hands-on infrastructure experience data center networking, compute, storage and how compute, storage, and network integrate.
Deep knowledge and practical experience with the relevant switching and routing protocols and technologies (e.g.,Spanning Tree, OSPF, ISIS, BGP, VXLAN, EVPN, Multicast, QoS, Network Segmentation, etc).
Solid understanding of data center networking design fundamentals across traditional 3-tier architecture, VXLAN EVPN, Software Defined Network and Data Center Interconnect.
Solid understanding of network security in data center including design and implementation of multi-tenancy, N-S/E-W firewall and microsegmentation.
Excellent presentation skills with the ability to deliver engaging demos, Proof-of-Concept, workshops to both technical and non-technical audiences on infrastructure and modernization topics.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with the Cisco data center portfolio (Nexus/ACI, UCS, Intersight, HyperFabric) or comparable competitive platforms.
Familiarity with AI-ready infrastructure: GPU compute, high-performance fabrics (RoCE/InfiniBand), AI/ML reference architectures (e.g., Cisco + NVIDIA), and storage for AI workloads.
Relevant industry certifications (e.g., CCNP/CCIE Data Center, VMware VCP, CKA/CKAD, or major cloud associate/professional certs)
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.
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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Skills Required
- 7+ years of technical presales, solutions engineering, or relevant hands-on infrastructure experience
- Experience with data center networking, compute, storage, and integration of compute, storage, and networks
- Deep knowledge and practical experience with switching and routing protocols including Spanning Tree, OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, VXLAN, EVPN, Multicast, QoS, and network segmentation
- Understanding of data center networking design, including three-tier architecture, VXLAN EVPN, software-defined networking, and data center interconnect
- Understanding of data center network security, including multi-tenancy, north-south and east-west firewalls, and microsegmentation
- Excellent presentation skills and ability to deliver demonstrations, proofs of concept, and workshops to technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience with Cisco data center portfolios such as Nexus, ACI, UCS, Intersight, and HyperFabric, or comparable platforms
- Familiarity with GPU compute, RoCE, InfiniBand, AI/ML reference architectures, NVIDIA infrastructure, and storage for AI workloads
- Relevant certifications such as CCNP or CCIE Data Center, VMware VCP, CKA, CKAD, or major cloud certifications
Cisco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cisco and has not been reviewed or approved by Cisco.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad, with medical options including PPOs, high-deductible plans, and regional HMOs. Feedback suggests robust wellness and mental-health resources, with some locations offering on-site support and second medical opinions.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is highlighted through paid holidays, paid time off, and additional recharge days such as “Days for Me,” with generous volunteer time also mentioned. Feedback suggests these programs help support rest, volunteering, and critical life events.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental and family support appears extensive, including paid child-bonding leave, family medical leave, and caregiving resources. Observations also point to family-planning assistance and adoption or surrogacy support in some regions.
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