Lead Solutions Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +4 more states.

📋 Description

• Lead and mentor a team of senior Systems Engineers.

• Coach and develop technical individual contributors.

• Attract and retain technical talent while fostering a culture of technical excellence.

• Establish the regional architectural perspective on routing, optical, automation, and assurance.

• Collaborate with the Americas I&MI sales leader on strategy, resource allocation, and execution.

• Direct the solution architecture for AI/ML fabrics, mass-scale routing, data center interconnect, and integrated IP+Optical networks.

• Represent the business in high-level customer engagements, proof of concepts, and competitive evaluations.

• Act as the technical liaison to the Business Unit and global sales technical leaders.

• Integrate customer and market needs into the product roadmap.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 7 years of experience in technical pre-sales, systems engineering, or network architecture.

• A minimum of 3 years in a leadership role.

• Extensive expertise in service provider or mass-scale/AI networking.

• Proficiency in large-scale BGP, IP/MPLS, and modern transport architectures.

• Capability to engage with senior executives, Principal Engineers, Chief Architects, and CTOs at complex customer organizations.

• Preferred experience with Webscale, Hyperscale, CSP, large financial enterprises, or U.S. Federal customers.

• Knowledge of Segment Routing (SR-MPLS/SRv6), coherent optics/DWDM, and Routed Optical Networking is preferred.

• Familiarity with AI/ML fabric design and large-scale GPU cluster networking is preferred.

• Understanding of disaggregated/open networking models and network automation is preferred.

• A Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.

• Paid parental leave.

• Short- and long-term disability coverage.

• Basic life insurance.

• Potential Cisco restricted stock unit grants.

• 10 paid holidays each full calendar year.

• 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees.

• 1 paid day off for the employee’s birthday.

• Paid year-end holiday shutdown.

• 4 paid personal wellness days.

• 16 days of paid vacation each full calendar year for non-exempt employees.

• Flexible vacation time off program with no defined limit for eligible exempt employees.

• 80 hours of sick time off granted upon hire and each January 1st.

• Up to 80 hours of unused sick time can be carried forward.

• Additional paid time off for critical or emergency family matters.

• Option for 10 paid volunteer days each full calendar year.

• Annual bonuses available for non-sales roles.

• Performance-based incentive pay for sales-plan employees.