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Cisco Systems is the world''s leading networking technology company, designing and manufacturing networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and cybersecurity solutions for businesses and governments. Industry: Networking Technology & Cybersecurity
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Technical Marketing Engineer, Cisco Validated joins the Cisco Validated team to transform integrated technology strategies into field-credible, evidence-backed proof. This role involves leading cross-portfolio validation efforts for integrated solutions by building and testing complex lab environments that reflect real customer scenarios. The engineer will identify integration gaps, define success criteria, and translate technical findings into assets like reference architectures, case studies, and deployment guidance. Key responsibilities include mentoring other team members and establishing repeatable validation practices. The role requires broad technical fluency across networking, security, cloud, data center, AI infrastructure, and digital resilience. Candidates must possess expertise in routing, switching, wireless, threat detection, and high-performance fabrics to validate how technologies work together. The position solves the challenge of ensuring cross-portfolio outcomes are repeatable and ready for field deployment while navigating technical and organizational ambiguity.
Lead cross-portfolio validation efforts for integrated Cisco solutions aligned with strategic priorities.
Define validation scope, success criteria, and evidence requirements for ambiguous technical requests.
Build, configure, and troubleshoot complex lab environments that reflect real customer scenarios.
Identify integration gaps and product limitations to inform internal and field leadership decisions.
Produce technical artifacts including lab notes, configuration data, and documentation for validated outcomes.
Translate complex technical findings into usable assets for sales teams, partners, and customers.
Mentor developing TMEs by setting technical direction and reviewing evidence quality.
Establish repeatable validation practices to improve the overall team's technical standards.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
12+ years of hands-on experience designing, implementing, validating, troubleshooting, or supporting complex enterprise, service provider, cloud, security, collaboration, or data center technologies.
Experience in networking, security, cloud, collaboration, automation, or adjacent infrastructure technologies with depth in at least one major domain.
Experience leading technical work across cross-functional stakeholders including product, engineering, field, sales, or customer-facing teams.
Experience translating ambiguous technical or business objectives into scoped validation plans and field-ready outputs.
Deep knowledge of the Cisco portfolio and experience with multiple Cisco technologies and architectures.
Strong networking foundation in routing, switching, wireless, security, cloud connectivity, segmentation, policy, and observability.
Experience validating, designing, deploying, or supporting integrated solutions in lab, field, customer, partner, or systems engineering environments.