Solutions Engineer - UAE

Meet The Team

Your Impact

You Will

• Lead complex, cross-architecture solution strategies across networking, security, and cloud
• Define and drive multi-year account strategies aligned to business and financial outcomes
• Engage at executive level, translating technology into business value
• Deliver high-impact demos, workshops, and strategic engagements
• Drive value realization, adoption, and measurable customer outcomes
• Orchestrate collaboration across Sales, CX, Partners, and Engineering
• Contribute to thought leadership, market positioning, and demand generation

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of total experience, including 5+ years in pre-sales / solutions engineering
• Consistent track record handling large, complex, multi-year customer engagements
• Strong experience across UAE / GCC markets (Arabic is a strong plus)
• Ability to operate in multicultural and high-stakes environments
• Experience working within and demonstrating partner ecosystems
• Deep cross-architecture experience across networking, security, and cloud
• Strong understanding of:

+ Sd-Wan, Sase, Aci, Dna

• + Cloud-native platforms (Kubernetes, Docker)
• + CI/CD, automation, DevOps practices
• + AI Ops / ML Ops concepts
• Working knowledge of programming / scripting (e.g., Python)
• Broad expertise across public cloud and hybrid architectures
• Strong consultative selling approach
• Experience developing and executing account strategies
• Proven involvement in demand generation and opportunity shaping
• Ability to understand and articulate customer financial drivers and business models
• Focus on value realization, adoption, and measurable outcomes
• Ability to lead cross-architecture designs and engagements
• Strong executive communication and influencing skills
• Experience enabling customers, partners, and internal teams
• Proven collaboration with CX, partners, and engineering organizations
• Active contribution to thought leadership and market visibility
• Growth mindset with continuous learning
• High adaptability and ownership
• Strong collaborator in multicultural environments
• Outcome-driven, with focus on impact over activity

Preferred Qualifications

• Industry-recognized certifications (e.g., CCIE, CISSP, or equivalent).
• Experience leading multi-functional virtual teams in a global technology environment.
• Deep domain expertise in specific industry verticals (e.g., Finance, Government, Healthcare).
• Advanced understanding of competitive market tactics and strategic sales methodologies.
• Why Cisco?
• At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond.
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• 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.
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