Principal Technical Marketing Engineer

The application window is expected to close on: 10/18/2026

This role is hybrid to the San Jose/San Francisco area (approximately 2-3 days/week).Meet the Team We are growing the AI Canvas Technical Marketing Engineer (TME) team to support the maturation of our AI Platform products. This team plays a critical role in integrating Cisco’s diverse estates into a unified Agentic Ops platform. The team is collaborative, innovative, and focused on delivering next-generation AI-first network and security solutions that drive Cisco’s leadership in the market.

Your Impact We are seeking a visionary Principal Technical Marketing Engineer to lead the technical strategy and market adoption of our AI Platform, with a focus on AI Canvas and AI Studio evolution. This senior role bridges network and security infrastructure with Agentic AI, ensuring a seamless unified services layer supporting identity, topology, inventory, and licensing for AI-first operations.

Drive implementation of advanced agentic workflows, including agentic skill development, MCP server creation and augmentation, and agentic harness development.

Translate complex platform innovations into compelling technical collateral for internal teams and strategic enterprise customers.

Serve as a technical advocate shaping the vision for scalable AI-driven network operations.

Align AI capabilities with existing infrastructure to deliver competitive, market-leading solutions.

Collaborate across engineering, sales, and product marketing to ensure platform success and customer satisfaction.

Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field plus 15 years of related experience, or Master’s degree plus 12 years, or PhD plus 8 years.

Broad and deep technical expertise in enterprise-grade networking and security protocols.

Experience with AI technologies, particularly Agentic AI and AI platform development.

Proven ability to develop technical marketing materials and communicate complex concepts effectively.

Demonstrated leadership in driving technical strategy and influencing cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with agentic workflow development and AI platform architecture.

Strong collaboration skills with engineering, sales, and product marketing teams.

Ability to engage with strategic enterprise customers and represent Cisco externally.

Familiarity with Cisco’s Agentic Ops platform or similar AI-first operational frameworks.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

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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