Technical Leader – Marketing Engineering

Cisco

Technical Marketing Engineer focusing on Data Center Networking architectures, AI, and Nexus portfolio at Cisco. Delivering technical enablement and developing marketing collateral for innovative solutions.

Posted 6/30/2026full-timeRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Deliver technical enablement sessions to broad audiences of customers, partners or internal Cisco employees, in person and remotely, around Cisco’s DC Networking portfolio.
Articulate Cisco’s DC Networking messaging and strategy, with a focus on the solutions that the portfolio enables.
Develop technical marketing collateral, including white papers, solution briefs, case studies, and technical presentations.
Develop and validate customer-facing demos, lab experiences, and video content using beta and EFT code, in close collaboration with engineering and product teams.
Write and present thought leadership content, such as blog posts, webinars, and conference presentations.
Collaborate with the product and marketing teams to define messaging and positioning for DC networking solutions.
Partner with engineering, product management and technical marketing to refine product requirements and solutions, ensuring cross-portfolio consistency.
Develop persona-based solution narratives tailored to relevant buying centers, including NetOps, SecOps, platform engineering, and AI infrastructure teams.
Actively participate in roadmap discussions, feature reviews, and internal meetings to shape future product direction.
Collaborate with product management and technical marketing to track customer and partner feedback and product enhancements, from initial testing through to final external enablement.
Represent Cisco’s DC Networking business unit at industry events, trade shows, and conferences as a technical evangelist.
Represent Cisco's DCN business unit in analyst engagements, including Tech Field Days and industry analyst briefings, to validate market leadership and technical strategy.
Engage with key stakeholders to build relationships and promote the company’s solutions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Network Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field with 10+ years of experience in Technical Marketing, Network Engineering, Technical Pre-Sales or a related technical role.
Strong understanding of networking concepts, protocols, and hardware (e.g., switches, NICs, DPUs).
Strong understanding of industry-standard protocols such as BGP, OSPF, ISIS, VXLAN, RDMA, etc.
Experience in working with various software defined network controllers and other automation technologies.
Expertise in Cisco’s DC networking technologies, including Cisco ACI, VXLAN EVPN, NX-OS, Nexus Hyperfabric.
Familiarity with network security concepts, segmentation, policy enforcement, and workload protection as applied to data center and hybrid environments.
Knowledge of scripting languages, automation tools, and Infrastructure as Code practices
Good verbal and writing skills.
Strong public speaking and presentation delivery skills.
Strong collaboration skills, teamwork, conflict resolution and objection handling.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
Flexible working hours
Professional development budget
Home office setup allowance
Global team events

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Hard Skills & Tools

Network EngineeringTechnical Pre-SalesScripting LanguagesAutomation ToolsInfrastructure as CodeBGP ProtocolOSPF ProtocolVXLANCisco DC Networking TechnologiesNetwork Security Concepts

Soft Skills

Verbal CommunicationWriting SkillsPresentation DeliveryConflict ResolutionObjection Handling