Description
Cisco seeks a Senior Enterprise Networks Systems Engineer with excellent Enterprise routing and Campus Switching specialist skills, responsible for providing product, solution, design and competitive expertise on high value or strategically important opportunities. Account ownership remains with the account team, with the EN focused SE collaborating to create winning innovative solutions and proposals by developing an understanding of the Customers business objectives and or issues, then applying a technical response.
Proactive technology leadership of Routing and Switching core skills within the aligned operation and across Africa Sales organization with a future outlook towards SDN and Internet of Things and how network technologies will come together to support these. Be a thought leader and technical strategist in areas of Routing Campus and Networking.
Role & Responsibilities - Support the Operation in driving Enterprise Networks understanding both internally and with Customers.
- Support and develop the Cisco Internal Virtual Teams and Transfer of Information for LAN, WAN
- Proactively work with account teams on strategic and/or cross sell opportunities as well as focus accounts.
- Proactively work with Business Units to understand new and emerging products and technologies, and create a technical strategy to bring these to the African market.
- Have a forward looking view to emerging technologies such as SDN and Internet of Things and create thought leadership describing how Cisco Enterprise Networking will adapt to support these new areas.
- Work with the account SE and Partners as required to have a good understanding of the Customers current architectures to help position new Enterprise Networks technologies.
- Provide technical qualification for opportunity and understand range of Cisco Validated designs.
- Understand and have input into the account strategy and planning with particular ownership of the EN technical plan, focus on Vision and Strategy, not just the Execution.
- Serve as a Customer interface with product business units and compile feedback into solutions.
- Where a qualified opportunity exists, proactively build relationships, including the arranging of meetings with regular Customer contacts.
- Provide leadership and guidance in technical responses to customer RFP's, Proof of concepts, and demonstrations.
- Focus on the overall EN message, solutions and benefits and also on specific technology specialization of Switching.
- Knowledge of and experience with a broad range of core Cisco Network technologies, including but not limited to Core Routing and Switching, Campus Clusters and high availability design.
- In depth knowledge about competitive solutions.
Desired Skills
The ideal candidate will also have a level of comfort communicating across all functions within Cisco, as well as with clients and partners. This is a good opportunity for someone to work as a leader in the technology field with today's most innovative teams in demanding and growing industry environment-enabling career advancement in technical or management roles
About Cisco
The Internet of Everything is a phenomenon driving new opportunities for Cisco and it's transforming our customers' businesses worldwide. We are pioneers and have been since the early days of connectivity. Today, we are building teams that are expanding our technology solutions in the mobile, cloud, security, IT, and big data spaces, including software and consulting services. As Cisco delivers the network that powers the Internet, we are connecting the unconnected. Imagine creating unprecedented disruption. Your revolutionary ideas will impact everything from retail, healthcare, and entertainment, to public and private sectors, and far beyond. Collaborate with like-minded innovators in a fun and flexible culture that has earned Cisco global recognition as a Great Place To Work. With roughly 10 billion connected things in the world now and over 50 billion estimated in the future, your career has exponential possibilities at Cisco.
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