Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

Description

This is an onsite role, and you will mainly work from a company office.

The company is a global edge-to-cloud business that helps customers connect, protect, analyze and act on data and applications across edge and cloud environments.

The role sits in the networking division's technical marketing engineering group and leads that team as it shapes the direction of self-driving networks.

You will turn complex technology into clear value propositions that speed up adoption and show measurable business results.

This is a senior position for a network engineer who enjoys teaching others through many formats, and candidates are assessed on both deep technical skill and how well they explain hard topics.

The job family is Engineering and the job level is TCP04.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical marketing engineering team in the networking division.
• Shape market strategy and product positioning, and make sure technical content stays accurate and relevant at every customer touchpoint.
• Partner with engineering, marketing and sales to build differentiated messaging, enablement material and go-to-market plans that establish the company as a leader in next-generation networking.
• Develop deep knowledge in one solution area while staying broadly informed on all networking products.
• Support product definition and design, technical sales, and enablement for field and partner staff.
• Write technical content that shows how to assemble end-to-end solutions from networking products.
• Work with technical experts across wired, wireless, IoT integrations and other enterprise networking services.
• Build network topologies of differing complexity in the lab and compare competing vendor solutions against the company's products.
• Give competitive presentations at company events and webinars for field, partner and R&D engineers.
• Produce technical collateral, including testing and comparisons against industry vendors, competitive analysis reports, third-party test results, sales materials, and competitive updates when needed.
• Manage and maintain lab equipment and inventory.

Requirements

• Required: a BS or MS in computer science, information systems or a related field.
• Required: at least 6 years of relevant experience.
• Required: a strong grasp of network architectures and protocols.
• Required: the ability to present technical material well and deliver it to an audience.
• Required: excellent communication skills and comfort speaking in public.
• Required: the ability to explain complex technical concepts in terms that suit the listener.
• Preferred: well-recognized industry certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, or HPE Networking Certified Expert.
• Preferred: in-depth knowledge of several network operating systems, such as Cisco, Extreme and Arista.
• Preferred: an understanding of traffic generation tools and similar software.

Conditions

Onsite work, with most days spent at a company office.

The expected base salary in California is USD 124,000 to 251,000 per year, and the actual offer may differ based on location, experience, education and skill level.

Variable incentives may also be offered on top of base salary.

Location: United States.

The company is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes applicants with disabilities and considers all qualified people on merit, and it follows laws on criminal records.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, financial and emotional wellbeing benefits for employees and their families.
• US benefit details are available from the company.
• Development programs to help you reach career goals, whether that means becoming a subject expert or moving into another division.
• Flexibility to manage work and personal needs.