Partner Technical Solutions Architect, Security, Apo

We have an exciting Cybersecurity Technical Solutions Architect role open in our Americas Partner Organization You will be a highly motivated, entrepreneurial-minded sales professional who has a real passion for delivering elite technology and services that protect our customers from the network to the endpoint of the Cloud. As part of your DNA, you are a bold, self-starter with the ability to build executive relationships, develop and execute sales strategies and tactics that maximize Cisco’s opportunity within the customer environment, position and promote the partner and customer value proposition for Cisco’s Security Architecture, articulate Cisco’s product and business strategies, and build the demand that makes deals happen

Technical solutions architect

Roles/Responsibilities

Serve as the domain expert in Cisco Security Solutions.

Provide guidance and assist partners to build solutions within their security practice.

Work with partners to enable their pre and post-sales engineers to be successful throughout the sales process, including winning through product Proof of Value.

Provide specific solution/technology/product consulting, technical and sales support for opportunities.

Understand business requirements for partners and be able to translate them into technical requirements.

Understand and articulate Cisco's architectures and services within Security technologies.

Build, present, and document technical solutions.

Perform in-depth and high-level technical presentations; primarily for partners, with opportunities to work with customers and prospects.

Qualifications:
Prefer a minimum of 5-8 years of technical sales or pre-sales experience with 5+ years in Security specialization experience with IDS/IPS, AV, Firewall, and Advanced Malware Protection technologies.

BS/BA (EE/CS) or equivalent is highly preferred.

Pre-sales experience preferred.

Successful quota achievement is preferred.

Consistent record of leading and winning technical and high-value IT security projects preferred.

Experience in administering Unix/Linux systems, low-layer (packet-level) IP networking, and a thorough understanding of network security preferred.

Solid presentation and social skills.

Highly motivated self-starter that does not need day-to-day management.

Desirable experience includes delivering training courses, prior experience with Cisco/Sourcefire or competitive security technologies, and experience with programming languages such as UNIX shell, Perl, or C.

Why Cisco Security

Cisco delivers intelligent cybersecurity for the real world, providing one of the industry's most comprehensive advanced threat protection portfolios that is integrated, pervasive, continuous, and open. Cisco's threat-centric approach to security reduces complexity while providing unmatched visibility, continuous control, and advanced threat protection across the entire attack continuum - before, during, and after an attack. Americas Partner Organization (APO) - APO is taking big steps to position Cisco as the #1 IT Security provider in the industry. In addition to having the right market conditions, capabilities, products, and services, we need the right people to take us there.

**Why Cisco?**

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