Technical Marketing Engineer, IoT Technical Marketing Engineer, Industrial Switching...

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Cisco's Internet of Things Business Unit transforms critical industries and improves lives by bringing IT to the physical world to increase business resiliency and employee safety. The technical marketing team consists of highly motivated and hardworking engineers with a gift for explaining Cisco's IoT technologies, increasing customer adoption, and driving product development. We get to see the entire product and solution lifecycle from inception through development and on to customer deployment. We have close contact with customers, partners, sales, marketing, product management, and engineering, so we often see more of the puzzle than other roles.

As a Technical Marketing Engineer, you'll drive our technical direction and customer understanding of industrial switching.

• Act as the expert for switching technologies in the fast-growing IoT industry.
• Work within the diverse IoT TME team to support the wider spectrum of connectivity options, including SDA and embedded security with Cyber Vision sensors.
• Serve as the regional expert for both industrial switching and the broader IoT portfolio within the APJC, AMER, EMEA, APJC
• Test new products/technologies in the lab. Lab coat optional.
• Develop and publish demo and training collateral for our various marketing publication platforms, including Cisco.com, dCloud, DevNet, and SalesConnect.
• Present at internal and external trade shows and conferences, such as Cisco Live!, SEVT, and Industry Events.
• Educate Cisco and partner sales teams so they can accurately and confidently represent our products.
• Work directly with partners and customers on deployment planning and proofs of concept in a pre-sales environment.
• Identify gaps in our product portfolio and training material and then work with the rest of the team to address those needs.
• Provide guidance to product management and engineering for required features and their use-cases. Use your experience to make this the best possible product.

• 3+ years of design and implementation experience with a deep understanding of Cisco switching technology and deployments, or extensive experience with industrial deployments.
• 3+ years Cisco switching concepts and configuration. Familiarity with the IE family is great, but if you know the Enterprise Catalyst family you'll be comfortable.
• 1+ years experience public speaking

• 1+ years of customer deployment challenges with Industrial IoT deployments in areas such as manufacturing, transportation, utilities, and connected communities.
• Ability to understand and solve complex technical and business challenges while working independently. You want to be the expert in the room for your area.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills at a variety of technical and business levels.
• Ability to work with engineering to dream up creative solutions to complex technical challenges to exceed customer expectations.
• You get excited about learning new things, including products, technologies, architectures, and customer problems.
• Enjoy working within a diverse Technical Marketing team with global responsibilities and a wide range of backgrounds.
• You don't mind sometimes working odd hours due to our IoT customers being spread around the globe.
• Ability to distill complex technical concepts into understandable language.
• Domestic and International Travel required up to ~25% of the time when travel is again permitted.

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