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Leader, Solutions Engineer

Manchester, United KingdomFull-time2026-11-06 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead a specialized engineering organization for Cisco's Hypershield & Isovalent teams, driving technical go-to-market strategy and recruiting elite Solution Engineers for EMEA & APJC.

Role type

Senior leadership, pre-sales engineering

Builds

Technical go-to-market strategy for AI-native distributed security architecture

Domain

Enterprise network security, cloud security, data center infrastructure

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

Technical pre-sales engineering, people leadership, micro-segmentation, container security, cloud platforms, data center networking, eBPF/DPDK

Preferred skills

Startup sales motion leadership, competitive expertise in workload security, global regulatory compliance, DevSecOps pipelines

Technologies

Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Azure, GCP, eBPF, DPDK

Responsibilities

Recruit and develop a high-performing team of Solution Engineers; Partner with Sales and Product leadership to define technical go-to-market strategy; Serve as executive technical sponsor for C-level partners; Champion the See-Try-Buy lifecycle; Act as strategic bridge to Engineering for product feedback.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership