SASE Solutions Engineer

Meet the Team The EMEA Cisco SASE team drives the adoption of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) architectures, helping enterprises rethink networking, security, and application access in the era of Cloud, SaaS, and AI. We are a highly collaborative and inclusive team that values customer focus, integrity, teamwork, and shared success. You will work at the forefront of enterprise transformation, helping shape the future of secure connectivity while collaborating closely with customers, partners, product teams, and engineering. Your Impact As a SASE Solutions Engineer, you will be a trusted technical advisor to EMEA customers, driving enterprise transformation across networking, security, cloud, and identity. You Will • Drive Strategic Architecture: Develop multi-year technical roadmaps that guide customers from legacy networking and security environments toward unified, cloud-delivered SASE architectures. • Lead Executive Alignment: Translate business priorities such as secure hybrid work, cloud and SaaS adoption, and multi-cloud transformation into actionable networking and security strategies for senior technology leaders. • Accelerate Solution Adoption: Lead technical demonstrations, architectural workshops, and proof-of-value engagements that demonstrate measurable improvements in security, user experience, operational efficiency, and total cost. • Build Cross-Domain Solutions: Architect solutions spanning Cisco SD-WAN, SSE, SASE, Zero Trust, networking, security, identity, and observability, aligning technology decisions with customer business outcomes. • Influence Innovation: Collaborate with product management and engineering to bring customer and market feedback into future product capabilities and architecture. • Enable the Ecosystem: Work with strategic partners through technical enablement, joint customer engagements, and sales cycles to expand adoption and market share. Minimum Qualifications • Demonstrated professional experience in the design, installation, and maintenance of Local Area Networks (LAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN) and security technology components and architectures. • Documented experience implementing security protocols as they apply to network infrastructure and enterprise security architectures. • Professional experience working with Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS) deployment models. Preferred Qualifications • 5+ years of experience as a Technical Sales Architect (TSA) or Solutions Engineer, successfully leading technical sales cycles. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical concepts to senior executives and diverse audiences. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to address technical and sales-related challenges in a timely, effective manner. 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. Show more Show less

Demonstrated professional experience in the design, installation, and maintenance of Local Area Networks (LAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN) and security technology components and architectures. Documented experience implementing security protocols as they apply to network infrastructure and enterprise security architectures. Professional experience working with Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS) deployment models.

Drive Strategic Architecture: Develop multi-year technical roadmaps that guide customers from legacy networking and security environments toward unified, cloud-delivered SASE architectures. Lead Executive Alignment: Translate business priorities such as secure hybrid work, cloud and SaaS adoption, and multi-cloud transformation into actionable networking and security strategies for senior technology leaders. Accelerate Solution Adoption: Lead technical demonstrations, architectural workshops, and proof-of-value engagements that demonstrate measurable improvements in security, user experience, operational efficiency, and total cost. Build Cross-Domain Solutions: Architect solutions spanning Cisco SD-WAN, SSE, SASE, Zero Trust, networking, security, identity, and observability, aligning technology decisions with customer business outcomes. Influence Innovation: Collaborate with product management and engineering to bring customer and market feedback into future product capabilities and architecture. Enable the Ecosystem: Work with strategic partners through technical enablement, joint customer engagements, and sales cycles to expand adoption and market share.