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Solutions Engineer Networking/Security

Cisco · Montpelier, VT · 1 mo ago
$209k–$275k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We need to parse the posting. First, remove boilerplate: application window lines, "Job posting may be removed earlier..." etc. Also "Meet the Team" maybe part of About the role? The posting includes sections: "Meet the Team", "Your Impact", "Key Areas Of Responsibility Include", "Minimum Qualifications", "Preferred Qualifications", "Why Cisco?" plus salary and benefits details. We need to map to headings: About the role (maybe combine Meet the Team and Your Impact?), Responsibilities (Key Areas Of Responsibility Include), Requirements (Minimum Qualifications), Qualifications (Preferred Qualifications?), Skills (maybe from qualifications?), Benefits (benefits described), Pay (salary range), Schedule (maybe vacation/time off details). We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual content for Pay (salary ranges) and Benefits (benefits list). Schedule: there is vacation/time off details; that could be considered Schedule? The instruction says use Schedule heading for schedule info. The posting includes details about paid holidays, vacation, sick time etc. That's schedule/benefits but we can put under Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from posting, but we can format as lists. We need to use

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    for prose. We need to decide what goes where. Let's extract content: - About the role: Could be "Meet the Team" paragraph: "As a Solutions Engineer, you will partner primarily with an Account Executive. In addition, you will work with Portfolio Account Teams, Partners and other cross-functional teams to drive Cisco Networking brand preference with our customers. Working directly with customers, you will gather detailed knowledge of requirements and provide recommendations for the best products and solutions to achieve the desired business outcomes. As a Networking/Security SE Specialist, you will also collaborate with the various Business Entity teams to prioritize and influence features and capabilities roadmap to meet growing customer demands." Also "Your Impact" paragraph: "You will work with the Americas Networking Organization as a Solutions Engineer. You will form relationships with our customer’s key decision- makers, showcase Cisco products and solutions with a focus on Secure networking including Routing, Switching, Wireless, Security and Automation, lead RFP response(s), set up demonstrations, drive proof of values, explain features and benefits to customers, and design and configure products to meet specific customer requirements. The Solutions Engineer has a passion for technology and a zeal for customer interaction! This is a pre-sales, technical role passionate about architectural selling covering customers from all verticals and segments in the America’s. You should excel in communicating technical architectures, solutions and products to key decision- makers from Managers to Directors and above. They should be comfortable presenting to both small and large audiences. You will keep up to date on networking trends, competitive solutions products and services. You will work with a variety of technologies and will therefore need strong multi-functional collaboration and consultative skills. The capacity to demonstrate technical solutions and capabilities effectively and conduct multi-architectural Proof-of-Concept (PoC) tests is a must." We could combine these into About the role as prose (maybe multiple

    ). - Responsibilities: "Key Areas Of Responsibility Include" list bullet points: Partner with Account Executives to drive business and growth opportunities Driving demand generation activities Enable technology capabilities internally with Portfolio Account Teams and externally with our partners. Understanding customer requirements and mapping technical solutions to meet the needs Network design Deep product and solution knowledge: Product positioning, differentiation across solutions, operational characteristics Performing product demo and Proof of Concept (PoC) labs Maintaining competitive knowledge to strategically position Cisco’s products and services Following market transition and industry trends to anticipate customer needs Aligning cross-functionally to various business entities and teams across the company Challenger attitude willing to help customers with sophisticated/challenging digital transformation opportunities We need to output as

    • each. - Requirements: Minimum Qualifications bullet list: 5+ years of validated experience sizing and crafting Routing, Wireless and Switching deployments both On-Prem and Cloud Based. 5+ years of developed skills and knowledge in networking protocols (TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, LISP) network segmentation technologies (VRF, MPLS, ZeroTrust, SDA, 802.1x, Adaptive Policy), and network management. Excellent communication and presentation skills Understanding of competitive networking products such as HPE/Aruba, Juniper, Arista, Fortinet We need to output as list. - Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications bullet list: Pre-sales experience Typically requires BS/BA (preferably EE/CS) or equivalent Can work under pressure with minimum supervision. Critical thinking to address customer concerns and to support customer business growth. Customer-focused attitude. Ability to handle multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment Cisco and non-Cisco Certifications a plus (CCIE, CCDE, CCNP, DevNet, AWS, Google, Terraform) API and programmability knowledge is a plus We need to output as list. - Skills: Could be derived from qualifications? But we already have qualifications. Perhaps we could treat "Skills" as separate from qualifications? The instruction says use sections only when posting has real specific content. We have qualifications (minimum and preferred). Could combine them under Requirements and Qualifications. Skills maybe not needed separately if content overlaps. But we could extract skills like "Excellent communication and presentation skills", "Strong multi-functional collaboration and consultative skills", "Capacity to demonstrate technical solutions", etc. However those are already in responsibilities or qualifications. To avoid duplication, maybe we skip Skills section if not distinct. But we need to decide: The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine Requirements and Qualifications into one? But they ask for separate headings: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We need to include only if posting has real specific content for it. We have content for Requirements (minimum qualifications) and Qualifications (preferred qualifications). For Skills, we could list skills like "communication", "presentation", "technical demonstration", "collaboration", etc. Those are present. So we can create Skills section with those. But we must avoid duplication? Not prohibited, but we should preserve all substantive information; duplication is okay if it's in posting. However we should not invent. We can extract skills from the text: "Excellent communication and presentation skills", "Strong multi-functional collaboration and consultative skills", "Capacity to demonstrate technical solutions and capabilities effectively and conduct multi-architectural Proof-of-Concept (PoC) tests", "Ability to handle multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment", "Critical thinking", "Customer-focused attitude". Those are already in qualifications but we can still list them under Skills. Might be okay. But to keep it simple, we could treat Skills as the combination of both minimum and preferred qualifications? However they'd be duplicated. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Duplication is not summarizing away; it's repeating. Might be acceptable but could be considered redundant. However better to follow typical structure: Requirements = minimum qualifications, Qualifications = preferred qualifications, Skills = maybe derived from responsibilities (like technical skills). But we can also omit Skills if not distinct. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So if Skills would be thin, better to omit. Let's see if we have enough distinct content for Skills beyond what's already in Requirements and Qualifications. The posting includes: "Excellent communication and presentation skills", "Strong multi-functional collaboration and consultative skills", "Capacity to demonstrate technical solutions and capabilities effectively and conduct multi-architectural Proof-of-Concept (PoC) tests", "Ability to handle multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment", "Critical thinking", "Customer-focused attitude". Those are already in qualifications (some). But we could still list them under Skills; it's not thin. However we already have Requirements and Qualifications sections; adding Skills may be okay. But we need to ensure we don't create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have real content. Now Benefits: The posting includes benefits description under "Why Cisco?" and later: "U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time. U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies: 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by CiscoNon-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employeesExempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the nextAdditional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family membersOptional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies. Employees On Sales Plans Earn Performance-based Incentive Pay On Top Of Their Base Salary, Which Is Split Between Quota And Non-quota Components, Subject To The Applicable Cisco Plan. 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%; andOnce 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 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid. The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below: New York City Metro Area $229,000.00 - $344,700.00 Non-Metro New York State & Washington State $218,600.00 - $329,000.00 For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined. Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements." We need Benefits section: list of benefits: medical, dental, vision insurance, 401(k) with match, paid parental leave, short/long-term disability, basic life insurance, Cisco restricted stock units, paid holidays (10 + floating), birthday day off, year-end holiday shutdown, 4 personal wellness days, vacation (16 days for non-exempt, flexible for exempt), sick time (80 hours per year, carryover), additional paid time for family emergencies, optional 10 volunteer days, annual bonuses (non-sales), performance

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