Cyber Security Solutions Engineer - GES

Location: New England – States: MA, NH, RI, ME, CT, VT, NJ, NY. Travel required; position is home‑office based.

You will provide guidance and assist Security Sellers and Account teams within the territory in a pre‑sales technical role, showcasing Cisco security product solutions, setting up demonstrations, explaining features and benefits to customers, and designing and configuring products to address specific customer security needs. You will form relationships with our customer’s key decision‑makers, positioning Cisco security solutions aligned accurately to their requirements.

As part of an outstanding technical pre‑sales team in our Global Security Sales Organization (GSSO), you will drive the success of Cisco’s Security Portfolio and focus on protecting Customer Application Environments no matter where they live (on‑prem / any cloud).

• Serve as the subject matter expert in Cisco security solutions.
• Provide guidance and assist account teams within the territory in building solutions to address specific customer security needs.
• Understand business requirements for a customer base and translate them into technical requirements.
• Understand and articulate Cisco’s architecture and services within security technologies.
• Create, present, and document technical solutions.
• Perform in‑depth and high‑level technical presentations for customers, partners, and prospects.
• Drive identified major account opportunities while allowing local account teams to maintain long‑term ownership.

You are passionate about the customer experience and excited about new technology. You are a true teammate and love to learn. As a self‑starter, you act as an industry domain authority and strive to help Cisco make customers for life.

• Minimum of 4 years of pre‑sales experience.
• Hands‑on experience with one or more of these Cisco Security Products (or their competitive equivalent):
• Experience with whiteboard discussions that transform customer requirements into security solutions.

• History of successful quota achievement.
• Ability to demo / POV any of these Cisco Security products (the more the better):
• Knowledge of public clouds AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI.
• Experience with incident response – a plus.
• Experience with administering security for a company (e.g., purchased and deployed Cisco security products as a customer) – a plus.
• Solid presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Highly motivated self‑starter who does not need day‑to‑day management.
• Experience with APIs and scripting languages.

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.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.