Responsibilities

• As a Technical Marketing Engineer, you will serve as the primary subject matter expert, translating advanced technologies like AI, security, and fabric networking into compelling business solutions.
• You will own the creation of high-impact technical content, including deployment guides and demos, to empower sales teams and influence key customer decisions.
• By partnering with Engineering to shape product roadmaps and validating features in lab environments, you ensure our offerings meet evolving market demands.
• You will act as the technical voice of the customer, driving product adoption and providing critical feedback that influences our long-term strategic direction.

Requirements

• Bachelors + 7 years of experience in Technical Marketing, Solutions Engineering or a related networking role, or Masters + 4 years of related experience.
• Proficiency in enterprise networking, including network security, campus switching, and routing.
• Experience with network operating systems (e.g., IOS XE, NXOS), automation tools (e.g., Python, Ansible), and network telemetry.
• Ability to produce technical collateral and deliver high-impact presentations
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into simplified, customer-centric narratives.

Preferred

• Experience in enterprise Technical Marketing or Sales Engineering roles with direct customer and field engagement
• Familiarity with campus deployments, Artificial Intelligence use cases in networking, network security technologies
• Experience with programmable network interfaces, and REST APIs.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Advanced technical certifications such as CCIE or CCNP.

Benefits

• For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.
• Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan.
• - 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
• - 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
• - Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
• - Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use
• - 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
• - Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
• - Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer