Cisco EDGE Solutions Engineer at Cisco Nigeria

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We are recruiting to fill the position below: 

Job Title: Cisco EDGE Solutions Engineer

Job ID: 1439735
Location: Offsite, Lagos, Nigeria
Job Type: Professional
Technology Interest: None
Area of Interest: Business Development

Your Impact

• As a Cisco EDGE Solutions Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in promoting Cisco's incubation program to potential customers, partners, and key collaborators within the Nigerian SMME landscape. 
• You will lead the complete incubation program lifecycle, delivering both sales and technical knowledge to drive business growth and job creation. 
• This exciting role requires a blend of technical expertise, a business approach, and strong communication skills to optimally enable SMME's.

Responsibilities

• Design and Manage Incubation Lifecycle Program: Align with Cisco's goals, purpose, and enterprise development objectives to build and lead an effective incubation program.
• Revenue Generation: Drive revenue generation through the provisioning of efficient and effective enablement programs with SMMEs.
• Awareness Programs: Plan and implement awareness programs and campaigns to promote the Cisco EDGE program.
• Brand Monitoring: Monitor brand movement, pricing, and distribution penetration within the SMME market.
• Event Management: Coordinate industry events, handle invitations, and maintain attendance records.
• Relationship Management: Develop and maintain strong communication and business relationships with SMMEs, industry partners, and key collaborators.
• EDGE Center Utilization: Drive the utilization and occupancy of the Cisco EDGE center.
• Technical Demonstrations: Deliver demonstrations and technical proof of concepts to showcase the value of the Cisco portfolio.
• Solution Design: Build and review project work, including design recommendations (High Level Design, Low Level Design), implementation plans, and organizational change strategies.
• Software Skills: Apply software skills and tools to configure, deploy, and troubleshoot Cisco products and solutions.
• Technical Advisor: Build demonstration capabilities within the SMME's and serve as a trusted technical advisor.
• Architectural Solutions: Help SMME partner technical sales teams design innovative architectural solutions that drive strategic objectives.
• Business Reviews: Perform monthly and quarterly business reviews.
• Feedback Relay: Relay customer feedback to Cisco to improve products and services.
• General Office Admin: Lead general office tasks, including maintaining a clean and professional workspace and leading demo facilities.
• Center Management: Own the center's demo bookings and office utilization.
• Act as the Face of Cisco: Represent Cisco authoritatively at the EDGE center.

Minimum Qualifications

• BSc Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
• 1 - 3 years of relevant work experience in pre- and post-sales roles.
• CCDA or CCNP certification.
• Business architecture design and consulting.
• Effective written and verbal communication and social skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• CCIE or CCDE certification.
• Basic knowledge of software programmability, automation, orchestration, and virtualization.
• Developing presentation skills.
• Experience working independently and as part of a team.
• Self-learner and desire to expand Cisco knowledge.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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