Cisco
Solutions Engineer
$209K–$345K
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US +7 · Remote · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Location
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Strongsville, Ohio, US
Knoxville, Tennessee, US
Frankfort, Kentucky, US
Nashville, Tennessee, US
Memphis, Tennessee, US
Richfield, Ohio, US - Experience
- 5+ years for each of the two stated minimum qualifications.
About the job
Serves as Cisco’s technical authority for Splunk solutions, leading customer-facing technical sales, solution design, proofs-of-value, and strategic technical guidance.
What you'll do
- Lead technical sales activities, including breakdown sessions, competitive bake-offs, and proofs-of-value.
- Architect and validate solutions for complex customer requirements; communicate product vision and technical details to varied audiences.
- Partner with account teams, mentor other engineers, and provide customer feedback to Cisco engineering and business units.
What they ask for
- 5+ years in pre-sales engineering or a similar deep technical role (e.g., professional services, security analyst, SRE).
- 5+ years of broad and deep technical knowledge in security, observability, event, or network management.
Nice to have
- Customer and partner relationship-building; 5+ years of communication and presentation skills; observability or security pre-sales experience.
- Experience with RFXs, competitive analysis and bake-offs; relevant certifications (e.g., CISSP); automation, APIs and programmability; or thought leadership.
Pay
$209,100.00 to $275,100.00 USD base salary; $229,000.00 - $344,700.00 USD base salary and sales target incentive compensation combined (New York City Metro Area); $218,600.00 - $329,000.00 USD base salary and sales target incentive compensation combined (Non-Metro New York state & Washington state)
Tools
Splunk, APIs
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