Pre-Sales Solutions Engineer-Hyperscaler

The application window is expected to close on: 11/24/2026

Location:

Bay Area Meet the Team Join our best-in-class pre-sales engineering team dedicated to driving co-development engagements with one of the world's most influential hyper-scale cloud providers. You will collaborate closely with customer stakeholders and business unit leaders and architects to address the unique, challenging demands of a global-scale customer environment. Our team culture thrives on creativity, teamwork, and continuous improvement, focusing on advancing systems through innovative network architectures.

This role offers the exciting opportunity to influence Cisco’s next-generation Hardware and Software roadmaps and bridge the gap between complex customer requirements and cutting-edge engineering solutions.

Your Impact Partner with our Account Executives in a pre-sales technical role to meet Google Enterprise’s (and their subsidiaries') unique needs

Develop strong and lasting relationships with key technical stakeholders responsible for new platform introduction (NPI). Drive design alignment between customer and Cisco stakeholders with a view to expand and provide ongoing support of their global network infrastructure. Translate complex customer requirements into precise engineering-specific documents to drive feature planning and product development. Assist with the development of formal sales plans and proposals for assigned opportunities.

Keep up to date on relevant competitors' solutions, products, and services.

Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree with 4+ years of technical customer-facing experience, preferably pre-sales

Technical knowledge of enterprise networking technologies, industry trends, and market drivers2+ years experience supporting large and complex customer environments involving multiple stakeholders, geographies, and/or technology domains 2+ years of experience preparing technical presentations and conducting demonstrations for internal and external audiences

Preferred Qualifications Cisco portfolio knowledge, with the ability to bring the power of the entire portfolio to customer opportunities

Strong written and verbal communication, and interpersonal skills

Proven ability to work autonomously, taking ownership of tasks and work streams

Cisco certification such as CCNP, CCIE or an equivalent industry-recognized technical certification

Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and consultative skills

Passionate about learning new technologies

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. Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

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