関連する業界資格（CCNP/CCIE Data Center、VMware VCP、CKA/CKAD、主要クラウド関連認定等）
What You'll Do
Partner with Account Executives and sales teams to understand customer priorities, identify opportunities, and shape technical strategies.
Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers and partners across data center networking, compute, and AI infrastructure.
Lead technical discovery, solution design, architecture discussions, demonstrations, and presentations.
Translate customer business and technical requirements into scalable, differentiated Cisco solutions.
Develop end-to-end architectures leveraging Cisco's portfolio and relevant technology ecosystems.
Contribute technical insights to account planning, opportunity development, cross-sell, up-sell, and competitive strategies.
Stay current on emerging trends across data center networking, compute, and AI infrastructure and translate insights into customer opportunities.
Collaborate with portfolio teams, technical specialists, partners, and sales stakeholders to drive customer outcomes.
Support customer workshops, partner engagements, enablement sessions, and industry events.
Travel as required for customer, partner, and Cisco engagements across India and internationally.
Who You'll Work With
You will be part of a global Cloud and AI Architecture organization, partnering with Account Executives, portfolio sellers, partners, and customers.
The primary focus will be Japan, with opportunities to support broader APJC engagements and collaborate with global teams.
Who You Are
You are a customer-focused technical sales professional with strong architecture expertise and a passion for data center networking, compute, and AI infrastructure.
You can engage confidently with both technical and business stakeholders, simplify complex technology concepts, and translate customer challenges into business value. You thrive in a collaborative, matrixed environment and are comfortable influencing across teams to deliver customer outcomes.
Minimum Qualifications
3–5+ years of technical pre-sales experience in at least one of the following domains: Data Center Networking, Computing/Servers, or Campus Networking
Experience leading technical proposals, discussions, and Proof of Concepts/Values in these areas
Strong communication and presentation skills to conduct in-depth technical discussions and solution demonstrations with commercial clients
Ability to quickly and proactively learn and specialize in emerging technologies such as data center, next-generation compute/servers, and AI infrastructure
Preferred Qualifications
Solid understanding of data center networking design fundamentals, including traditional 3-tier architecture, VXLAN EVPN, Software Defined Networking (SDN), and Data Center Interconnect (DCI)
Solid understanding of network security in data centers, including design and implementation of multi-tenancy, N-S/E-W firewalls, and microsegmentation
Excellent presentation skills with the ability to deliver engaging demos, Proof-of-Concepts, and workshops to both technical and non-technical audiences on infrastructure and modernization topics
Experience with the Cisco data center portfolio (Nexus/ACI, UCS, Intersight, HyperFabric) or comparable competitive platforms
Familiarity with AI-ready infrastructure: GPU compute, high-performance fabrics (RoCE/InfiniBand), AI/ML reference architectures (e.g., Cisco + NVIDIA), and storage for AI workloads
Relevant industry certifications (e.g., CCNP/CCIE Data Center, VMware VCP, CKA/CKAD, or major cloud associate/professional certifications)
Why Cisco?
At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.
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.
We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.
