Solutions Engineer KSA Communication Service Provider customers

Meet the Team

Are you looking to be part of an innovative and dynamic team? Why not join the Europe, Middle East & Africa Service Provider team at Cisco? There has never been a better time than now to be a part of the Service Provider (SP) industry. In recent years, we have witnessed the acceleration of the digital economy. The role of SPs has never been more important in keeping organizations and customers connected.

SPs have demonstrated resilience by quickly adapting to sudden shifts in demand and will continue to be the backbone of emerging societies, markets, and industries. Moving forward, they will evolve their strategies to meet shifting customer needs and expectations, providing secure, resilient, balanced, and reliably connected purpose-centric ecosystems. Join us and be part of an incredible team where you can help build the bridge to possible.

As a Solutions Engineer at Cisco, you will work closely with the Service Provider Sales team to identify customer needs, demonstrate Cisco solutions, and design tailored products that drive digital transformation. You will provide expert technical guidance focused on customer success and aligned outcomes, while enjoying the flexibility to manage your work in a way that delivers the best results for both customers and your team.

This role combines technical expertise with strong communication to connect customer business drivers to Cisco solutions effectively.

• Gain access to the broad range of Cisco technologies and applications across the Service Provider market.
• Direct account and partner responsibilities, staying informed about competitive solutions, products and services.
• Provide technical and sales support within your assigned territory, delivering compelling technical presentations to customers, partners and prospects.
• Assist in developing formal technical sales plans and proposals for key opportunities.
• Lead pre‑sale activities such as quoting, network design, technical and financial proposals, and pre‑sale testing, etc.
• Demonstrate expertise in cross‑architectural solutions spanning Service Provider Routing, Service Provider Mobility, Cloud Compute, Data Center Routing and Switching, Security, Automation and more.
• Alongside your technical skills, you will continuously learn and stay current on networking trends to drive customer success and innovation.

• Expertise in Service Provider Networking Solutions:
  Proficient in designing, presenting, and validating scalable network architectures using Cisco’s service provider portfolio, including edge routing, converged transport, Data Center Networking and Enterprise technologies to meet customer requirements.
• Cloud Infrastructure Design and Deployment:
  Demonstrated ability to design, architect, and deploy scalable cloud solutions using Cisco cloud technologies and hybrid cloud architectures, ensuring seamless integration with existing data center environments.
• Data Center Networking and Compute Solutions:
  Skilled in configuring and managing Cisco data center networking products such as Nexus 9000 Series switches, ACI, UCS compute platforms, Intersight (or equivalent competitor products) GPU, Storage to deliver high-performance, scalable, and secure data center environments.
• Network Automation and Software-Defined Networking (SDN):
  Ability to explain and showcase Cisco’s SDN control software and automation capabilities that drive operational efficiency and support scalable traffic engineering and network slicing in service provider environments.
• Have in-depth knowledge of Service Providers Transport Technologies, Architecture and Protocols including MPLS, SR-MPLS, SRv6 and thorough expert of protocols like VOQ, VDC, VPC, FABRIC PATH, VXLAN, OTV, SAN, VSA; FCIP, FCOE, N1000V, ROCv
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• Knowledge and understanding of Software Automation evolution, Micro-Services architecture, and Container networking.
• Technical Proposal Development and Customer Engagement:
  Proven capability to collaborate with sales and engineering teams to develop detailed technical proposals, conduct solution workshops, and deliver technical presentations that align Cisco’s service provider networking and…