Pre-Sales Solutions Engineer

The application window is expected to close on: 11/08/2026

Application window expected to close: 10/31/26

Location: Pittsburgh, PA **Candidates must reside in the Greater Pittsburgh, PA area and be able to travel regionally as needed.** 

Meet the Team

Join a dynamic team of technical sales professionals dedicated to representing the Cisco brand across the Global Enterprise Segment in the Atlantic North Region.

We serve as trusted advisors to our customers and partners, bridging the gap between complex business challenges and innovative technical solutions. By collaborating closely with account teams, Business Entities, and extended technical resources, we ensure our customers achieve their strategic goals through Cisco’s comprehensive portfolio. Our team thrives on a culture of cross-functional partnership to drive market growth, expand technological footprints, and displace competition. This is an exciting opportunity to influence strategic customer priorities and lead high-impact architectural designs in a fast-paced environment.

Your Impact

Own the technical relationship and drive revenue growth across Global Enterprise accounts, primarily those based in Western Pennsylvania. You will translate complex customer business drivers into robust technical requirements, actionable roadmaps, and future-state architectures.

In this role, you will:

- Lead the technical sales process from initial discovery and solution design through deal closure, displacing competitors and expanding market share.

- Build deep consultative relationships with IT leadership, Line of Business (LOB) stakeholders, and partner ecosystems.

- Design, position, and present comprehensive technical solutions leveraging Cisco's product portfolio and cross-architectural reference architectures.

- Deliver high-impact technical demonstrations, architectural workshops, rapid prototyping, and proof-of-value engagements.

- Partner with Product Management, Technical Marketing, and Customer Experience (CX) teams to align Cisco's product roadmap with strategic customer requirements.

- Collaborate with Account Managers to develop multi-year strategic account plans and execute targeted demand generation campaigns.

- Mentor peers and extended sales teams, guiding structured knowledge-sharing initiatives to elevate regional technical excellence.

Minimum Qualifications

- 6+ years of experience in a technical sales, solutions engineering, or systems architecture role within the networking and IT industry.

- Proficiency in and experience with Cisco’s product portfolio and cross-architectural solution design.

- Demonstrated experience leading technical engagements with IT decision-makers and enterprise stakeholders.

- Experience conducting discovery, evaluating trade-offs, and utilizing reference architectures to design and present customer solutions.

- Must reside in the Greater Pittsburgh, PA area with ability to travel regionally as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

- CCNP, CCIE, or equivalent relevant industry certifications (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP, CISSP).

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or Business (or equivalent practical experience).

- Prior experience supporting large, complex enterprise, manufacturing, healthcare, or industrial accounts.

- Proven track record of managing complex opportunities and projects through a structured technical sales process.

- Strong competitive market insights with the ability to differentiate Cisco solutions and articulate business value to executive stakeholders.

- Experience delivering hands-on demonstrations, proof-of-value designs, and architectural workshops.

- Collaborative leadership skills with the ability to influence strategic priorities, guide virtual teams, and mentor peers.

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. 

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $192,300.00 to $248,100.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks.  Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

• Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next

• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

• .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and

• Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

$212,200.00 - $308,300.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$202,400.00 - $296,900.00

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.