Technical Marketing Engineering, Security Innovation

The application window is expected to close on: 08/14/2026 Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received .

This is an exciting opportunity to join an emerging new team within our Cisco Security Chief Technology Office (CTO) that is at the forefront of innovation in workload orchestration, building the next generation of infrastructure management tools that focus on ease of use and integrate identity, security, networking and management services across Cisco's entire portfolio.

In close collaboration with the Security CTO office, we are dedicated to delivering robust, scalable solutions that challenge the status quo and set new industry standards.

As a Technical Marketing Engineer, you will work on high-impact technology that redefines how enterprises deploy and manage their most critical workloads in a competitive global landscape. In this role you will:

- Engage with enterprise customers, effectively communicating the value of Cisco's workload mobility tooling during all phases of the sales process, including EBCs, sales calls, competitive analysis, and helping the customer to build an internal business case.

- Shape product strategy by providing field insights to product and marketing teams, ensuring alignment with customer needs and competitive positioning.

- Help to formulate and lead strategic initiatives that will drive the future direction of Cisco's strategy for mobility and management of datacenter workloads (legacy applications, modern applications, AI/ML) across all types of infrastructure (private and public clouds).

- Develop and strengthen key technology partnerships in the datacenter workload space, including public cloud providers (AWS, Microsoft, Google) and local virtual infrastructure including hypervisors and Kubernetes kubevirt and influencing product integrations and go-to-market strategies.

- Mentor and coach sales engineering teams to ensure alignment with Cisco's workload mobility and management product strategy and messaging during customer engagements.

- Bachelor's degree + 12 years of related experience, or Masters + 8 years of related experience, or PhD + 5 years of related experience or equivalent experience

- Experience in enterprise customer-facing roles with a strong emphasis on pre-sales engagement.

- Experience presenting to both technical architects and C-level executives, including leading executive briefings (EBCs) and/or presenting at industry conferences, and other customer events

- 3+years of experience with enterprise datacenter virtual infrastructure like hypervisors (VMware, Nutanix, KVM), Kubernetes, kubevirt/kvm, virtual and physical networking.

- Strong technical leadership experience in defining product strategy for networking and security in cloud-native environments.

- Demonstrated leadership in mentoring and coaching technical sales teams, including leading enablement programs or structured training initiatives.

- Consistent track record of working with product and marketing teams to integrate customer feedback into product strategy and messaging, with examples such as published whitepapers, product launches, or customer case studies.

- Ability to develop high-impact customer-facing content, including technical demos, presentations, and competitive analyses.

- Established presence in industry events, conferences, and thought leadership forums.

The starting salary range posted for this position is $194,600.00 to $285,700.00 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.