About ThousandEyes (part of Cisco)

The name ThousandEyes was born from two big ideas: the power to see what’s not ordinarily possible, and the ability to collect intelligence from vantage points as diverse and global as the Internet. As organizations depend on cloud services, the Internet has become their defacto network connecting cloud applications to users. Our Internet and cloud intelligence platform is like a ‘Google maps of the Internet’, providing the only collectively powered view of digital experiences end-to-end. We enable our customers made up of the world’s largest and fastest-growing brands, to identify problems before they impact revenue, brand reputation, or employee productivity.

In August 2020, Cisco Systems completed the acquisition of ThousandEyes, which now forms the ThousandEyes Business Unit within Cisco’s Network Services Business Group, and is a foundational component of Cisco’s growing Observability business.

About the Role

We are looking for an exceptional Technical Solutions Architect to join our team of super heroes supporting the West Coast territory. You will have the opportunity to be the customer interface of an exciting new technology.  You will work closely with the Americas Service Provider sales team presenting ThousandEyes in prospective business opportunities; be instrumental in working with prospects during trials of ThousandEyes to highlight business value; educate prospects, customers and the sales team on ThousandEyes and how it applies to industry trends and business initiatives; and accelerate ThousandEyes growth through expanding market awareness of ThousandEyes and closing business.

Responsibilities

• Support the technical sales process
  • Assist sales in technical prospecting to help uncover opportunities
  • Demonstrate solution to showcase capabilities and use-cases
  • Build and maintain a technical and trusted advisor relationship with customers
  • Support customers during solution trials
  • Scope and architect solution deployments
  • Present to decision makers during trial wrap-up meetings
• Participate as a member of the Solutions Engineering teams
  • Participate on weekly team meetings
  • Participate in quarter business review sales meetings
  • Present technical topics and successful wins
  • Share technical challenges and ways to overcome
  • Interact with team to ask questions, share experiences, and exchange ideas
  • Help establish and enhance demonstration material showcasing the solution
  • Research technical topics impacting the industry to grow as an industry leader
• Interface with Marketing
  • Support trade shows and networking events
  • Support ThousandEyes Connect events
  • Contribute to blog and social media posts
  • Suggest and contribute to white-papers and case-studies
• Interface with Product Management and Engineering
  • Provide solution feedback from hands-on use and customer interaction
  • Provide solution suggestions and enhancements to drive solution strategy
  • Participate, drive and provide feedback on internal and external solution beta programs
• Interface with Customer Success
  • Coordinate with Customer Success in providing post-sales support (training, deployment, support, etc.)
  • Encourage and guide customers to utilize Customer Success as an extension of their NOC to help ensure success

Requirements

• 5+ years of Solutions Engineering Experience
• Excellent presentation, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Strong understanding of application and network protocols (e.g., HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, BGP)
• Knowledge of application and network infrastructures
• Knowledge of unified communications
• Experience with application and network performance analysis solutions
• Experience with packet analysis of network and application protocols
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Perl, Javascript)
• Experience with Apple, Linux and Microsoft operating systems

Compensation Range

175,200 USD - 225,400 USD

Message to applicants applying to work in the US: 

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be e