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What You'll Do

As we continue to uphold our standard of excellence in Global Enterprise Sales, we are embracing unprecedented innovation as tremendous opportunity for growth. We succeed because we listen to our customers and anticipate their needs as the market shifts and technology transitions accelerate. Our customer are versatile, agile and adopt technology fast to compete aggressively and grow their business. We are confident our model in Global Enterprise provides you with unlimited opportunities to succeed at Cisco. Our culture is one of support and empowerment.

Cisco is looking for a Systems Architect (SA) with a strong Enterprise Networking, Data Center, Collaboration, Security, Automation, and Cloud background. The SA role is a customer focused technical sales professional who ensures that technical information and guidance is provided to the customer, delivering meaningful outcomes based on Cisco’s product and services portfolio. The SA will partner with our Account Executives in a pre-sales technical function, showcasing Cisco solutions, providing customer presentations, performing technical demonstrations, creating BoM’s, and running proof of concept activities. The SA will partner, consult, influence and design solutions to allow the customer to meet their desired outcomes. In addition to technology aptitude and the ability to learn quickly and stay current; the ideal candidate's interpersonal, presentation and troubleshooting skills should evoke passion and confidence.

In addition to the above, the SA will perform the following functions:

• Technology solution consultant to the customer and the Cisco account team
• Leverage an array of Cisco technology, services and support specialists
• Collaborate closely with Account Sales Executives on account planning activities
• Educate the customer on Cisco differentiation, creating demand
• Set brand preference to Cisco
• Align Cisco’s product and services capabilities to customers business drivers
• Apply Business Architecture fundamentals to the technical selling process

Who You'll Work With

The candidate will consult with partner and internal resources for selected accounts in the assigned territory. Keep up-to-date on relevant competitive solutions, products and services. Assist with the development of formal sales plans and proposals for assigned opportunities. Actively participate as a specialist on assigned Virtual Team and provides consultative support in their area of specialization to other Systems Engineers.

Who You Are

• 8+ years of computing industry related experience.
• Cisco product experience or relevant experience in key competitor offerings in technology area of emphasis required.
• Pre-Sales experience required.
• Typically requires BS/BA (EE/CS) or equivalent.
• Minimum CCNP, CCDP, VCP or similar vendor certification required.
• Knowledge of Cisco's Solutions, networking fundamentals required.
• Customer intimacy skills
• Business Architecture awareness

Why Cisco

#WeAreCisco, where each person is unique, but we bring our talents to work as a team and make a difference powering an inclusive future for all.

We embrace digital, and help our customers implement change in their digital businesses. Some may think we’re “old” (36 years strong) and only about hardware, but we’re also a software company. And a security company. We even invented an intuitive network that adapts, predicts, learns and protects. No other company can do what we do – you can’t put us in a box!

But “Digital Transformation” is an empty buzz phrase without a culture that allows for innovation, creativity, and yes, even failure (if you learn from it.)

Day to day, we focus on the give and take. We give our best, give our egos a break, and give of ourselves (because giving back is built into our DNA.) We take accountability, bold steps, and take difference to heart. Because without diversity of thought and a dedication to equality for all, there is no moving forward.

So, you have colorful hair? Don’t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That’s cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us!

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings. Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday, plus a day off for their birthday. Employees accrue up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year and have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues without tapping into their PTO. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. Employees are also able to purchase company stock through our Employee Stock Purchase Program.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco pays at the standard rate of 1% of incentive target for each 1% revenue attainment against the quota up to 100%. Once performance exceeds 100% quota attainment, incentive rates may increase up to five times the standard rate with no cap on incentive compensation. For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.