Solutions Engineer - Bangalore
Meet the Team:
The Solutions Engineering Team, will be designing, implementing and empowering the strategy in building a Digital Resilience foundation for Organizations for the next generation of communications and application delivery for India’s leading companies. It offers exhilarating, inspiring, global, high impact, and uniquely broad opportunities for growth. Works closely with other functions to conceptualize, design and build Digital Resilience COE for Organizations and Partners.
Your Impact
Highly regarded technical leaders, both within the account team and the operation for which they work. Has a level of transparency inside and outside of Cisco and, therefore, provides influence and drives strategy & planning and investment at large around innovative architectural solutions with key partners. Provide business level mentorship to the Partner account team or Operation on technology trends and competitive threats, both at a business and technical level. Works closely with key partners to design and present business cases for innovative architectural solution development, investment and implementation. Manages Cisco technical resources and engages SMEs on behalf of the partner. Acts as primary owner of the partner technical relationship.
Qualifications
Minimum 10 years of relevant experience with CCNA, CCNP, CCIE certificates
Market Analysis and Planning
Provide strategic feedback regarding partner landscape, and technology and solution trends within a local market (strategic)
Business Development
Evaluate current partner's technical readiness relative to Cisco’s technical strategy (solutions, services, product, quality of service, reputation) and identify gaps in readiness
Work with and influence partner to develop new partner practices aligned with Cisco’s architectural plays
Coordinate with PAE, Partner SE Leader and Channels leaders in structuring new partnerships
Partner Enablement
Build the partner Technical Business Plan
Analyze and give recommendations on partner technical needs, goals, and objectives.
Ensure partner technical resources are provided appropriate products, solutions and architecture training. Assist in training partner sales teams
Provide positioning and use case development training (for partner to use with customer) to senior partner technical leadership. Focus training around architecturally positioning Cisco solutions and services
Participate in development, measurement and management of the partner’s Technical Readiness Plan
Sales Coordination
Adapt existing or develop new Cisco solutions that address a specific partner need
Cross communicate Cisco and partner value propositions, especially between partner and Cisco field SEs
Aggressively capture insight into strategic / high-value opportunities that the partner is pursuing and connect with Cisco field team
Partner Service and Support
Act as key contact and customer concern point for partner technical issues within Cisco
Educate partners and promote use of Cisco remote support model and effective use of partner and customer support tools (e.g. TAC)
Personal and Interpersonal Development
Provide feedback to Cisco business units (Products and Marketing) on features and solutions gaps in current products and coordinated solutions (Cisco / other vendors)
Research and build collateral positioning the technical trends of the internetworking industry
Qualify (Partner Led)
Assist partner in refining and researching technical requirements of an opportunity
Provide support in customer meetings and seminars
Responsibilities
Work with partner to develop Technical Account Plan
Work with partner in driving solution development (demos, POC and technical questions)
Assist partner in developing customer presentation materials
Assist partner with technical presentations of Cisco solution and services options to customer
Assist partner in demonstrating solution return on investment and impact of Cisco solution to customer's business
Post-Sales (Partner Led)
Participate with partner in addressing post-sales, deal-specific technical questions
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.
