Technical Marketing Engineer - SASE
As the leader in cloud-managed IT, Cisco Meraki connects passionate people to their mission by simplifying the digital workplace. Our impact is driven by the innovative, purposeful, and vibrant people who make up our inclusive community. When technology is intuitive, our customers can focus on what matters.
Our employees fuel the magic of the Meraki community. They have fostered an environment that empowers Merakians to challenge limits, embrace risks, and assist our customers in pursuing their missions.
Our guiding principles are rooted in our four core values: 'care deeply,' 'everybody in,' 'simplify everything,' and 'be brave.' These pillars have propelled us to the forefront of cloud-managed IT leadership and have played a pivotal role in shaping a more inclusive future for all.
The Cisco Meraki team seeks a driven Technical Marketing Engineer to support product management activities for Cisco Secure Connect, Cisco’s Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) offering. Meraki is changing how the industry thinks about networking, and you will support the charge to continue driving this change. You will collaborate with forward-thinking engineers and customers to help ensure that we make the best product with consistently new and improved features.
What you’ll do
- Collaborate across teams through the design, testing, and product launch phases of new and updated Cisco Secure Connect features and functionality, including running beta and/or pilot programs.
- Produce technical guides, standard methodology documents, application notes, and configuration and installation content for internal and external use
- Work with Product Marketing to raise technical awareness of our products among our sales and channel teams.
- Create and maintain enablement content to efficiently demonstrate how to position the product and features.
- Support field teams as the Subject Matter Expert for Unified SASE, providing insights and information for the product and its capabilities.
- Prepare and present content to partners, customers, and executives.
- Investigate technology trends and understand the market direction to evangelize adopting new features that solve customer problems.
- Tracking post-sales product feedback and quality by liaising with Support and Escalations teams
What you bring:
- 8+ years of experience in technical marketing, pre-sales engineering/architecture, or technical enablement, preferably focused on SD-WAN or cloud security technologies.
- Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- Experience with MEDDPPIC sales processes and common partner Go-To-Market methods.
- Experience with understanding technology at a deep level and ability to translate business needs concisely.
- Experience developing presentations to customers, sales teams, and partners.
- A storyteller who can easily communicate complicated concepts to non-technical audiences.
- Comfortable working across multiple teams to deliver strategic outcomes.
- Passion for learning about networking, cloud, and emerging disruptive technologies.
- Strong user empathy with a deep desire to understand top customer problems.
- Ambitious, can-do attitude with a strong sense of product quality.
- Love of solving technical problems in creative ways.
At Cisco Meraki, we’re challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. When we connect different perspectives, we can imagine new possibilities, encourage innovation, and release the full potential of our people. We’re building an employee experience that includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone.
Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment on a case-by-case basis.
At Cisco Meraki, we’re challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. When we connect different perspectives, we can imagine new possibilities, inspire innovation, and release the full potential of our people. We’re building an employee experience that includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone.
Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Compensation Range:
$160,300—$232,900 USD
Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:
When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings. Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday, plus a day off for their birthday. Employees accrue up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year and have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues without tapping into their PTO. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. Employees are also able to purchase company stock through our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco pays at the standard rate of 1% of incentive target for each 1% revenue attainment against the quota up to 100%. Once performance exceeds 100% quota attainment, incentive rates may increase up to five times the standard rate with no cap on incentive compensation. For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
