CCaaS Pre-Sales Solutions Engineer at Cisco in Herndon, VA

CCaaS Pre-Sales Solutions Engineer Location: Herndon, Virginia, US The application window is expected to close on: 05/12/2026 Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received. Meet the Team Cisco is on a transformation journey from a historical infrastructure company to SaaS and recovering revenue Industry leader.  We are leaning into the future with innovations in Customer Engagement as one of the key architectures leading this transformation. In this role you will be an integral part of that transformation. Your Impact As a CCaaS/CPaaS Solutions Engineer your primary responsibility is to provide technical guidance and presales engineering support for Cisco Customer Engagement sales pursuits for customers in the Enterprise. Key Responsibilities • Key collaborator and technical contributor on a stellar team of Presales Architects. • Support a matrix of CCaaS Sales Specialists and General Account teams with direct opportunity support, business development, and partner mentoring and development. • Promote the business and technical value of CCaaS, CPaaS, AI, WFO, Platform and Journey as a Service, and the broader Cisco Contact Center and Collaboration suite of offerings. • Perform technical discovery, requirements gathering, and architectural and application solution design to show customers how Cisco technologies can automate and simplify complex business processes. • Design and present solutions and impactful demonstrations to customer stakeholders, focusing on the impact of the business outcome and not necessarily the underlying technologies. • Support proof of concept or trial motions in support of customer outcome and technical closure. Minimum Qualifications • You have at least 4 years of Consulting or Pre-Sales Engineering experience. • You have deep technical acumen and foundational knowledge of CCaaS, CPaaS and/or other cloud-based communication technologies in a presales capacity. • You have a deep technical understanding of the Contact Center field – on-prem and cloud. Preferred Qualifications • Experience consulting with customers through premise based to cloud migrations. • Experience with AI, CRM, WFO, Customer Journey as a Service. 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. Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada: The starting salary range posted for this position is $182,300.00 to $230,100.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process. 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 employees 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco Non-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 employees Exempt 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 next Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members Optional 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%; and Once 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: $189,600.00 - $275,200.00 Non-Metro New York state & Washington state: $182,300.00 - $264,600.00 * 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. Additional Locations: RTP, North Carolina, US, Fulton, Maryland, US, Maitland, Florida, US, Iselin, New Jersey, US, Washington, District of Columbia, US, Tampa, Florida, US, Durham, North Carolina, US