Hiring: Senior Solutions Specialist - Cisco Networking Company: Connection Location: Merrimack, NH Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 13:05:51 Target Skills & Keywords : Embedded Systems, Product Management About the job Experience: •7+ years of experience in enterprise networking, technical product management, technical pre-sales, sales engineering, or partner-facing solution specialization. Required Skills: •Serve as the technical subject matter expert for Cisco’s networking portfolio, including switching, routing, wireless, campus, branch, and secure access use cases. •Explain how Cisco networking platforms interoperate across the broader architecture, including how switching, routing, wireless, policy, and secure access fit together in customer environments. •Equip account managers, sellers, and overlay resources with practical technical messaging that improves customer conversations and solution positioning. •Support field teams with technical education on where Cisco’s networking portfolio is differentiated, how solutions map to customer outcomes, and where products fit within the lifecycle of a refresh or modernization motion. •Provide sales-facing guidance on competitive positioning and displacement, including how to migrate customers from role holder or legacy environments to Cisco-based architectures. •Advise on end-of-sale and end-of-life transitions by helping sellers understand migration paths, successor products, and customer lifecycle options under Cisco policy. •Stay current on Cisco product announcements, roadmap themes, and market changes, and translate them into actionable guidance for the field. •Clarify where AI is embedded across Cisco networking operations and architecture, including AI-optimized operations, assurance, and AI-ready infrastructure messaging. Qualifications: •Deep knowledge of Cisco networking technologies, especially switching, routing, wireless, campus, and branch architectures. •In-depth knowledge of how networking components interoperate across enterprise environments and how to position architecture-level outcomes. •Demonstrated capacity to explain complex technical subjects in simple business language for sales and customer audiences. •Demonstrated experience supporting sellers through technical positioning, competitive strategy, refresh motions, or migration planning. •Operational familiarity with Cisco lifecycle concepts such as end-of-sale, end-of-life, support windows, and migration guidance. •Solid functional working knowledge of Cisco’s evolving AI and automation messaging in networking and operations. •Strong executive presence and facilitation skills, with the ability to educate without overwhelming non-technical audiences. •Demonstrated capacity to distinguish strategic technical advisory work from executional quoting and architecture handoff processes. •Because of the possibility for fraudulent job postings on many popular job boards, please be advised that Connection will never offer a position of employment without a complete interview process and communication with a “live person.” Compensation: •Competitive benefits and rewards package •Our compensation, 401k plans, medical insurance, and other benefits are progressive and competitive Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!