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Cisco

Makes networking gear and security software

Senior Solution Engineer

Pre-Sales Solution EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMinato City, Tokyo, JapanNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience.
  • At least 8 years of experience in technical presales engineering, systems engineering, or network architecture, with a proven track record in Service Provider or mass-scale infrastructure environments.
  • Deep technical expertise in Service Provider routing protocols and technologies, including BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, MPLS, Segment Routing, SRv6, SR-TE, EVPN, Multicast, QoS, and High Availability.
  • Strong architectural understanding of mass-scale routing platforms, including Cisco 8000, ASR 9000, NCS 5500/540/560/5700 series, and Cisco Silicon One.
  • Solid understanding of high-speed optics, including 400G/800G, coherent pluggables, ZR/ZR+, and IPoDWDM/Routed Optical Networking architectures.
  • Practical experience with network automation, telemetry, and programmability frameworks.
  • Native or business-level Japanese fluency for customer executive and engineering presentations, technical workshops, and partner discussions.
  • Business-level English fluency for direct collaboration with global Product Management and Engineering teams and technical documentation.
  • Self-directed work style, strong analytical problem-solving skills, consultative presentation ability, and willingness to travel as required for customer and partner meetings.

Responsibilities

  • Act as the lead Solution Engineer for Service Provider routing, optics, Routed Optical Networking, and network automation across the Japan Internet and Mass-Scale Infrastructure market.
  • Design scalable, resilient, and power-efficient next-generation network architectures for Tier-1 Service Providers, Cloud/Webscale, large enterprise, and public sector customers.
  • Lead technical customer engagements, architecture workshops, RFP/RFI technical responses, and executive presentations to secure technical closure and competitive differentiation.
  • Plan, design, and lead proofs of concept, customer lab evaluations, and solution demonstrations that showcase Cisco hardware, software, and automation capabilities.
  • Partner with Account Executives, Client Directors, Solution Architects, Customer Experience, channel partners, and Marketing to build pipeline and accelerate business growth.
  • Represent Japanese customers' technical perspectives to global Product Management and Engineering, influencing future product roadmaps, feature requirements, and hardware innovations.
  • Explain the business and operational impact of mass-scale technologies through ROI/total cost of ownership modeling and architecture comparisons.
  • Deliver technical enablement, whitepapers, and best-practice sharing to internal sales teams, partner engineers, and customer technical communities.
  • Provide technical mentorship, coaching, and peer reviews for engineering colleagues across the Japan Systems Engineering organization.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with Cisco Crosswork, YANG, NETCONF, RESTCONF, gNMI, Python, Linux, Ansible, and API integrations.
  • CCIE certification in Service Provider or Enterprise Infrastructure, or equivalent industry certification or expertise.

About the Company

Cisco

Makes networking gear and security software

Cisco makes the switches and routers that connect offices, data centers, and cloud services, and it also sells cybersecurity tools and Webex video meetings to businesses and governments. It was one of the first companies to sell routers that let different kinds of computer networks exchange data, and in 2000 it briefly became the world's most valuable company. Customers run its network gear, from Wi-Fi access points to AI data center systems, with Cisco software that sets up and secures the network, while its Splunk unit searches computer logs to catch outages and attacks. Cisco earns money from hardware sales, software subscriptions, and support contracts. It was founded in 1984 and is based in San Jose, California.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
San Jose, CA
Founded
1984

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