Candidate must reside in the National Capital Region. La vision de Cisco est de changer la façon dont le monde travaille, vit, se divertit et apprend. Cisco construit l’infrastructure essentielle qui alimente les réseaux intelligents, sécurisés et à haute performance nécessaires à la transformation axée sur l’intelligence artificielle.

Cela implique notamment de relier les personnes, les processus, les données et les objets au moyen de réseaux qui constituent un fondement essentiel pour un avenir propulsé par l’intelligence artificielle.

Location: Candidate must reside in the National Capital Region. Cisco’s vision is to change the way the world works, lives, plays, and learns. In the Agentic AI era, our vision is more relevant than ever.

Cisco is building the critical infrastructure that powers the intelligent, secure, and high-performance networks required for AI-driven transformation. This includes connecting people, processes, data, and things through networks that form an essential foundation for an AI-powered future. You will join a team of Cisco pre‑sales Solutions Engineers supporting the Canadian Federal public sector, including Defence and National Security.

Our technically skilled and solutions-focused team members build trusted relationships, understand customer needs, and deliver innovative and effective outcomes. You will work with a team-oriented group of forward-thinking technical professionals who turn complex challenges into practical solutions for Canadian Federal customers. Cisco is seeking a Solutions Engineer based in the National Capital Region to work with customers across the Canadian Federal public sector.

As a Solutions Engineer, you will combine technical expertise, consultative engagement, and business acumen to help customers address complex operational and technology challenges. Working closely with Account Executives, specialists, partners, and customers, you will shape secure and scalable solutions and develop technology roadmaps that support customer mission, business, and operational outcomes.

Strategic Consultative Partnership: Act as a trusted technical advisor to Canadian public sector customers, applying architecture, delivery, and implementation expertise to align solutions with their mission, business, and operational objectives.

Technical Sales Leadership: Partner with Account Executives and cross-functional teams throughout the pre‑sales cycle. Serve as the technical lead for discovery, solution design, customer presentations, proposal development, demonstrations, and high‑impact proof‑of‑concept activities.

Discovery and Solution Alignment: Lead comprehensive discovery sessions to uncover mission‑critical challenges, technical requirements, constraints, and desired outcomes. Translate these insights into architectures that address applicable regulatory, security, and operational requirements in Canadian Federal environments.

Strategic Roadmap Development: Collaborate across Cisco, customer, and partner teams to develop, document, and present clear technology roadmaps that guide customers from their current environments toward their desired future state.

Technology Leadership and Advocacy: Maintain current knowledge of Cisco technologies, industry trends, and emerging capabilities—including AI infrastructure—and communicate their relevance and business value to technical teams, business stakeholders, and executive leaders.

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Problem‑Solving: Draw on Cisco’s broad portfolio and partner ecosystem to architect secure, resilient, scalable, and operationally practical solutions for complex customer environments.

Customer Influence and Business Value: Translate complex technical considerations into clear recommendations,



architectural trade‑offs, and business value. Help stakeholders make informed technology decisions and build confidence in the proposed approach. You are curious, committed to continuous learning, and passionate about technology and its ability to solve meaningful customer challenges.

You may bring experience from pre‑sales, architecture, consulting, delivery, or implementation. Regardless of your career path, you can apply your technical credibility and customer engagement skills to help Canadian Federal customers achieve their goals. Minimum of 5+ years of professional experience in systems architecture, solution design, systems engineering, technical consulting, delivery, or implementation within enterprise environments.

Completion of at least 3 large‑scale, end-to‑end solution architectures, implementations, or delivery leadership projects within enterprise, critical infrastructure, public sector, or regulated environments. Documented technical competency in at least two of the following domains: networking, security, data centre, collaboration, or observability, evidenced by past project work or technical portfolios.

Experience delivering a minimum of 5 technical presentations or architecture reviews to audiences including technical teams, business stakeholders, and executive leadership.

Experience producing written technical documentation, including customer requirements analyses, solution architecture diagrams, and actionable implementation roadmaps. A bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline, or a minimum of 14 years of combined education, formal certifications, technical training, and practical work experience. Current residency in the National Capital Region availability to fulfill hybrid office, customer‑site, and travel requirements.

Minimum of 4 years of professional experience providing technical services, solution architecture, or sales engineering for Canadian Public Sector accounts, including Federal, Provincial, Defense, or National Security organizations. Possession of at least one active industry‑recognized certification, such as Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE), Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), or Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). Minimum of 3 years of hands‑on configuration or architecture experience utilizing Cisco enterprise networking, security, or data centre portfolios, or equivalent enterprise‑grade vendor technologies.

Completion of at least 1 project involving the design or implementation of AI infrastructure, AI workloads, or solutions across secure on‑premises, hybrid, or cloud‑connected environments. Minimum of 2 years of direct pre‑sales or technical advocacy experience resulting in approved technical architectures or technology adoption strategies.

Experience authoring at least 2 formal technology roadmaps or strategic architectural decision documents submitted to senior organizational stakeholders.

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Government of Canada Level II (Secret) or Level III (Top Secret) security clearance. Verified bilingual proficiency in English and French (reading, writing, and speaking). At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era—and beyond.





We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless.

Cisco construit l’infrastructure essentielle qui alimente les réseaux intelligents, sécurisés et à haute performance nécessaires à la transformation axée sur l’intelligence artificielle. Cela implique notamment de relier les personnes, les processus, les données et les objets au moyen de réseaux qui constituent un fondement essentiel pour un avenir propulsé par l’intelligence artificielle. Vous vous joindrez à une équipe d’ingénieures et d’ingénieurs de solutions avant‑vente de Cisco au service du secteur public fédéral canadien, y compris la défense et la sécurité nationale.

Les membres de notre équipe, dotés de solides compétences techniques et axés sur les solutions, tissent des relations de confiance, comprennent les besoins des clients et obtiennent des résultats novateurs et efficaces. Vos idées peuvent avoir des retombées concrètes et importantes. Vous travaillerez au sein d’une équipe collaborative de professionnels techniques avant‑garde qui transforment des défis complexes en solutions pratiques pour les clients fédéraux canadiens.

Cisco est à la recherche d’une ingénieure ou d’un ingénieur de solutions, en poste dans la région de la capitale nationale, pour travailler avec des clients de l’ensemble du secteur public fédéral canadien. En tant qu’ingénieure ou ingénieur de solutions, vous allierez expertise technique, approche consultative et sens des affaires pour aider les clients à relever des défis opérationnels et technologiques complexes. Partenariat‑conseil stratégique : Jouer le rôle de conseiller technique de confiance auprès des clients du secteur public canadien, en mettant à profit son expertise en matière d’architecture, de prestation de services et de mise en œuvre afin d’aligner les solutions sur leur mission et leurs objectifs d’affaires et opérationnels.

Leadership en vente technique : Collaborer avec les responsables de comptes et les équipes interfonctionnelles tout au long du cycle d’avant‑vente. Assurer le rôle de responsable technique pour les phases de découverte, la conception de solutions, les présentations aux clients, l’élaboration de propositions, les démonstrations et les activités de validation de principe à forte incidence.

Découverte et harmonisation des solutions : Diriger des séances de découverte approfondies pour cerner les défis essentiels à la mission, les exigences techniques, les contraintes et les résultats souhaités. Traduire ces constats en architectures répondant aux exigences réglementaires, de sécurité et opérationnelles applicables dans les environnements fédéraux canadiens.

Leadership et promotion des technologies : Tenir à jour ses connaissances des technologies Cisco, des tendances du secteur et des capacités émergentes, y compris l’infrastructure d’IA, et communiquer leur pertinence et leur valeur d’affaires aux équipes techniques, aux intervenants des secteurs d’affaires et à la haute direction. Influence auprès des clients et valeur d’affaires : Traduire les considérations techniques complexes en recommandations claires, en compromis architecturaux et en valeur d’affaires. Vous êtes une personne curieuse, engagée dans un apprentissage continu et passionnée par la technologie et sa capacité à résoudre des problèmes importants pour les clients. #

📌 Solutions Designer- Canada Public Sector, Federal (Ottawa)
🏢 CISCO
📍 Ottawa