Technical Marketing Engineer

The CSSTG Technical Marketing team is looking for an energetic, enthusiastic, technically savvy team member who is eager to learn and grow.

The following summarizes the requirements of an ideal candidate.

Technical skills:
- Solid understanding of LAN switching, routing and related protocols
- Understands and creates technical solutions and concepts, with focus on network design
- Thorough understanding of Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 4500/4900 architecture
- Ability in articulating benefits of modular switching and platform architecture
- Solid understanding of architectures across the Cisco Catalyst portfolio

Working experience in local theater:
- Has worked with the field (SEs, CSEs, AMs) and channel partners
- Ideally has had interaction with local customers
- Built large scale multi-protocol networks
- Will provide sales support for business critical accounts in respective geography/theater
- Will foster existing account relationships
- Will drive closing new opportunities
- Understands competitive landscape and identifies silver bullets against other vendors in the marketplace
- Identifies competitive disadvantages of product line and solutions and feed back requirements
- Understands market dynamics in respective geography/theater

Solution knowledge:
- Is very familiar with campus design concepts
- Good understanding of WAN design aspects
- Good understanding of Metro Ethernet networks is a plus
- Flags cross-BU issues, such as interoperability and solutions breakages due to missing features

General aspects:
- Understands and solves complex technical and solution problems
- Excellent presentation, communication and interpersonal skills
- Provides input to product marketing and engineering teams on markets trends, needs, issues
- Is flexible in traveling not only in the respective geography/theater but also for other opportunities
- Experienced in the area of customer interaction
- Experienced in writing and documenting technical aspects and solutions
- Ability to articulate complex problems in an easy to understand fashion
- Comfortable in providing training internal and external audiences
- Experience in tradeshow support
- Communicates and influences effectively
- Works with limited supervision in defining initial goals and addressing complex issues as they arise
- Work will be reviewed upon completion for accomplishment of objectives
- BSCS or BSEE or equivalent plus 7-10 years related experience

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