Solutions Architect Presales (Cisco)

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Job Description:

PreSales & Solution Design

• Work closely with Sales Partners and Customers to understand business and technical requirements
• Design endtoend Cisco solutions including:
• Enterprise Networking (Switching Routing Wireless)
• Security (Firewalls Cisco ISE Duo Umbrella Secure Access)
• SDWAN Cloud and Data Center solutions
• Create High-Level Design (HLD) Low-Level Design (LLD) and BoQ / BoM

Cisco Technology Expertise

• Strong understanding of Cisco Networking and Cybersecurity products
• Experience with VLAN design segmentation interVLAN routing redundancy and high availability
• Cisco Meraki solutions (MX MS MR) deployment and dashboard management
• VPNs (Remote Access and SitetoSite) SDWAN network expansion and scaling
• Cisco DNA Center (DNAC) ISE Umbrella Duo Secure Service Connect (SSC)
• Network monitoring using SNMP ManageEngine and similar tools

Customer Engagement & Proposals

• Prepare and respond to RFPs RFIs and RFQs
• Create technocommercial proposals compliance matrices and scope documents
• Conduct solution presentations demos PoCs and technical walkthroughs
• Support deal qualification BOQ presentation and deal ID creation
• Act as a trusted technical advisor for customers and partners

Collaboration & Delivery Readiness

• Coordinate with Professional Services and delivery teams for deployment readiness
• Work with Cisco Account Teams TAC and OEM support for solution validation
• Maintain solution documentation and technical artifacts
• Mentor junior presales engineers as required

Mandatory Skills

• Strong networking fundamentals: TCP/IP DNS DHCP VLANs ICMP
• Solid understanding of network security: Firewalls VPNs content filtering
• Experience in virtualization enterprise management systems network monitoring
• Basic knowledge of Infra services: AD DNS DHCP NTP (preferred)

Qualifications & Experience

• BE / in a relevant discipline
• 4-8 years of experience as a PreSales / Solution Engineer
• Cisco certifications such as CCNA / CCNP preferred
• Strong presentation communication and documentation skills
• Ability to explain technical concepts to nontechnical stakeholders
• Customerfocused mindset with ability to work independently

Why Join Us

• Exposure to enterprise and largescale Cisco deployments
• Work with crossfunctional sales partner and delivery teams
• Opportunity to grow as a trusted technical advisor and architect