Role summary
Join Cisco's Solutions Engineering team in Saudi Arabia, focused on Public Sector—where innovation and impact meet national transformation. You'll collaborate with leading technology minds, partnering with Account Managers and cross-functional experts to design solutions driving the Kingdom's digital vision and mega projects. Work in a culture of trust, collaboration, and technical excellence, delivering meaningful outcomes for customers and communities. As a Solutions Architect in pre-sales, you'll shape technology strategies for Public Sector clients, developing tailored business-driven solutions and articulating Cisco's portfolio value.
Responsibilities
- Develop tailored business-driven solutions in partnership with Account Managers
- Articulate the financial and strategic value of Cisco's portfolio
- Deliver technical presentations and lead proof-of-concepts
- Design architectures demonstrating Cisco's innovation in networking, security, cloud, and automation
- Translate business needs into technology outcomes
- Position Cisco as a trusted advisor to Saudi Arabia's government and enterprise stakeholders
Qualifications
- 10+ years of relevant experience in pre-sales, solution design, or systems engineering
- Deep expertise in Cisco technologies or equivalent competitor solutions
- Strong understanding of networking, security, data center, and cloud domains
- Proven experience engaging with enterprise or public-sector clients
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
Requirements
- CCIE certification preferred
- Advanced knowledge in SD-WAN, ACI, DNA, SASE, AI, Cloud, Automation, and Digital Transformation
- Experience with AI/ML, Cloud-Native applications, Kubernetes, and Docker preferred
- Familiarity with MLOps, AIOps, and programming/scripting capabilities
- Strong understanding of Cisco technologies and architecture with proven cross-architecture experience to translate client objectives into comprehensive solutions
- Ability to simplify complex technical concepts for technical and non-technical audiences with strong executive-level communication skills
- Solid experience engaging directly with customers, applying consultative selling techniques, understanding financial pain points, and aligning solutions with customer business models
- Fluent in English; Arabic proficiency is a plus
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
Experience
10+ years of relevant experience in pre-sales, solution design, or systems engineering
Skills
- Cisco technologies
- Solution design
- Systems engineering
- SD-WAN
- ACI
- DNA
- SASE
- AI
- Cloud
- Automation
- Digital Transformation
- AI/ML
- Cloud-Native applications
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- MLOps
- AIOps
- Programming and scripting
- Networking
- Security
- Data center
- Consultative selling
- Executive communication