Solutions Engineer - Federal

The application window is expected to close on: 10/15/2026

The application window is expected to close no later than October 30, 2026.

NOTE:

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

US Citizenship is required and preferred location is the Washington DC, Maryland, or Northern Virginia area.

Meet the Team

A team of seven (7) hard charging, technically skilled engineers passionate about driving outcomes by blending business requirements with technology solutions and working hard on customer success.

Solution Engineers primarily focus is on driving sales and solutions to meet our customers’ most demanding challenges. Cisco has one of the most complete portfolios, where learning and challenging yourself in growth is just part of the job! If you like learning and being challenged – SE at Cisco is the right role!

While our team is passionate about driving value to a large number of Federal Civilian customers, each Solutions Engineer is tied to specific set of business and driven to meet or exceed the sales goals assigned to that customer. However, we know we have other teammates that may need help and we highly encourage team sharing and helping…no one left behind!

The team is seven Senior level engineers, 90% of them are certified in various technology domains from CCNP, CCIE’s, Cloud certs, and more. The team is seasoned with an average 15 years in role! Yes, 15 years and counting and signals the togetherness and respect each member has for each other. Route, Switch, Collab, Security, WAN, Data Center, Cloud and more, we have a wealth of knowledge on our team, and we are looking to add another great engineer!

Engineers on this team range in age and experience – some having their first child, and others having kids married with kids of their own – but the one thing we share is a good laugh, compassion for each other, excitement for each other successes, and overall just appreciate the vast talent of this team. We have serious folks, jokesters, Bit Coin Expert, Bee Keeper, AI Song writer, Kids Coaches, Soccer fans, football fans, baseball fans….well

you get it – a wide range of folks and Yes, a good balance of work and life.

Your Impact

The Solution Engineer (SE) at Cisco is not just a job, it is a role carrying a high degree of importance in the overall success of our customers. You are your own CTO, the leader of technical engagements and direction of the team covering your agencies.

At the end of the day, your role is to partner with a Sales Account Executive, and together, solve your customers’ most demanding and impactful challenges.

The AE is the CIO and the SE is the CTO. Partnered, you listen and learn, each having a job to do. As the SE, you partner, by helping propose technology solutions to meet customers’ needs and ultimately retiring quota to meet the demands of the business.

How is success measured for the SE? To be honest, there are many aspects and areas of success for an SE. While not a metric, each SE works hard to become a trusted advisor for their customer, to be their POC for all things technical. In this journey, one way of achieving this is by listening and partnering with your customer on their most challenging issues and ensuring what they procure is adopted and performs as expected.

The SE is responsible for keeping their technical skills sharp and if you have a specific love or infinity for a specific technology, by helping others and being a voice within Federal, you can get recognized as a top engineer giving you visibility to executives. Metrics may be customer success, meeting sales goals, and getting CERTs are just a few ways Engineers can be recognized for outstanding work.

At the end of the day…