CyberSecurity Solutions Engineer - US Commercial Apply (https://jobs.cisco.com/jobs/Login?projectId=1447523) + Location:Offsite, Tampa, Florida, US + Alternate LocationOrlando or Jacksonville + Area of InterestEngineer - Pre Sales and Product Management + Compensation Range184900 USD - 232900 USD + Job TypeProfessional + Technology InterestSecurity + Job Id1447523 New The application window is expected to close on: August 5th, 2025 Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received. Location: Orlando, Jacksonville or Tampa, FL (North FL) Travel is required and this position is home office based. **Meet the Team** You will be a part of an outstanding technical pre-sales team in our Global Security Sales Organization (GSSO), responsible for driving the success of Cisco’s Security Portfolio and focusing on protecting Customer Application Environments no matter where they live (on-prem / any cloud). **Your Impact** You will provide guidance and assist Security Sellers and Account teams within the territory in a pre-sales technical role, showcasing Cisco security product solutions, setting up demonstrations, explaining features and benefits to customers, and designing and configuring products to address specific customer security needs. You will form relationships with our customer’s key decision-makers, positioning Cisco security solutions aligned accurately to their requirements. As an advisor to the customer, you’ll be working with technology experts to craft architectures and configure products to meet customer-specific needs, are prepared to lead all technical aspects of pre-sales activities, and position security solutions effectively against competing offerings. You are an aggressive starter, self-starter with the ability to build executive relationships, develop and execute sales strategies and tactics that maximize Cisco’s opportunity with a customer environment, position and promote the partner and customer value proposition for Cisco security architecture, articulate Cisco’s product and business strategies, and create the demand that makes deals happen! You will: Serve as the subject matter expert in Cisco security solutions Provide guidance and assist account teams within the territory in building solutions to address specific customer security needs Understand business requirements for a customer base and be able to translate them into technical requirements Understand and articulate Cisco’s architecture and services within security technologies **Create, present and document technical solutions** Perform in-depth and high-level technical presentations for customers partners and prospects Drive identified major account opportunities (i.e. technical consulting, upper-level management presentations, and Cisco technology solutions) while allowing local account teams to maintain long-term ownership **Who You Are:** You are passionate about the customer experience and excited about new technology. You are a true teammate and love to learn. Being a self-starter, our SEs act as an industry domain authority, and strive to help Cisco make customers for life **Minimum Qualifications:** + Minimum of 4 years of technical sales or pre-sales experience with 2+ years of Security specialization experience with Firewalls, XDR, SIEM, SSE, VPN, MFA, Identity technologies + Experienced in a pre-sales SE role successfully building and running a territory + Successful history of quota achievement + Experience running successful technical POVs + Experience with low-layer (packet-level) IP networking and thorough understanding of network security **Preferred Qualifications** + Solid presentation and interpersonal skills + Excellent communication skills and ability to uncover customer needs and align the proper Cisco solution - own the room and establish a trusted advisor relationship at levels up to CxO + Proven track record or managing and winning technical and high value IT security projects + BS/BA (EE/CS) or equivalent highly preferred + Commercial account experience + Highly motivated self-starter that does not need day-to-day management + Desirable experience with Cisco security technologies + Desirable experience with Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) and/or AI Application/Modeling technologies + Industry Certifications (CISSP, GIAC, Etc.) + Public cloud experience - practitioner and architecture + Competitive solutions experience + Relationship building - Success will require proactively building relationships with customers, partners and portfolio. 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. Simply put – we power the future. 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:** When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process. U.S. employees haveaccess (https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/careers/we-are-cisco/benefits-and-perks.html) to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings. Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. 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 up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid. Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.