SASE Solutions Engineer

About the Role

Cisco is seeking a SASE Solutions Engineer to join the EMEA SASE team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role involves driving the adoption of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) architectures, assisting enterprises in re-evaluating networking, security, and application access in the context of Cloud, SaaS, and AI. The SASE Solutions Engineer will serve as a trusted technical advisor to EMEA customers, facilitating enterprise transformation across networking, security, cloud, and identity domains.

Team and Impact

The EMEA Cisco SASE team is a collaborative and inclusive group that prioritizes customer focus, integrity, teamwork, and shared success. The role operates at the forefront of enterprise transformation, contributing to the future of secure connectivity. This involves close collaboration with customers, partners, product teams, and engineering to shape secure access solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop multi-year technical roadmaps to guide customers from legacy networking and security environments toward unified, cloud-delivered SASE architectures.
• Translate business priorities, such as secure hybrid work, cloud and SaaS adoption, and multi-cloud transformation, into actionable networking and security strategies for senior technology leaders.
• Lead technical demonstrations, architectural workshops, and proof-of-value engagements to demonstrate measurable improvements in security, user experience, operational efficiency, and total cost.
• Architect solutions spanning Cisco SD-WAN, SSE, SASE, Zero Trust, networking, security, identity, and observability, aligning technology decisions with customer business outcomes.
• Collaborate with product management and engineering to integrate customer and market feedback into future product capabilities and architecture.
• Work with strategic partners through technical enablement, joint customer engagements, and sales cycles to expand adoption and market share.

Required Experience

• Candidates should possess 5-10 years of relevant experience.

About Cisco

Cisco focuses on connecting and protecting organizations in the AI era. With 40 years of innovation, the company develops solutions that facilitate the interaction between humans and technology across physical and digital environments. These solutions aim to provide customers with security, visibility, and insights across their digital footprint. Cisco emphasizes experimentation and the creation of meaningful solutions, supported by a global network of professionals. The company fosters a collaborative environment, working as a team to achieve large-scale impact.

Location

This position is based in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.