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This exact role may not be open today but could open in the near future. When you apply, a Cisco representative may contact you directly if a relevant position opens.\nApplications are accepted until further notice.\nMeet the Team\nYou will train alongside a diverse cohort of high-calibre individuals from across the AMER Region, building a rich professional network and long-lasting friendships. This hub-based environment provides a \"safe-to-fail\" setting where you can master your craft through AI customer simulations and mentored on-the-job activities.\nThroughout the Cisco Sales Associate Program (CSAP), you will collaborate with Cisco Associate Sales Representatives to provide technical solutions that drive business outcomes. You will expand your expertise across Collaboration, Security, Networking, and Cloud to bridge the gap between technical requirements and business value. You will learn from industry experts and dedicated coaches using our own leading-edge technology.\nTo support your growth, you will be paired with a mentor -a CSAP alumnus who has successfully navigated the program. Supported by a team committed to your success, you will earn industry-standard certifications and gain the expertise required to thrive in elite technical sales opportunities across our global organization.\nYour Impact\nThe CSAP Graduate Program is a 12-month global accelerator designed to develop high-potential individuals into Technical Sales Champions. Built on a model of Education, Exposure, and Experience, the program offers a clear progression:\nMonth 1-3: Participate in immersive Bootcamp training and foundational technical skill-building.\nMonth 3-12: Complete three rotational assignments for real-world technical sales experience\nBeyond 12 months: Transition into a Solutions Engineer role to discover, demonstrate, and design solutions for complex customer challenges.\nOur learning philosophy prioritises experiential growth, with the majority of your development occurring through coached, real-world practice within a hub-based cohort of peers. This immersive approach ensures you grow and learn through direct application rather than in isolation.\nA key part of this Program is our AI-First Mandate. As an Associate Solutions Engineer (ASE) in our Global Sales Enablement & Acceleration team, you will build strong AI skills by using advanced learning platforms and artificial intelligence to design technical solutions and improve strategic decision-making. This trajectory is designed for those looking to outpace the traditional career curve! Through quarterly competency checkpoints, high-performers can validate their skills and fast-track into further technical roles before the program concludes.\nUpon completion of the 12-month Early In Career (EIC) program, as a Solutions Engineer (SE), you will join our Global Virtual Engineering (GVE) team. GVE is a best-in-class technical presales organization that provides software and Solutions Engineering services to customers, partners, and internal sales teams. You will discover, demonstrate, and design solutions to address complex customer challenges.\nMinimum Qualifications\nYou hold a technical degree (Engineering, CS, STEAM) or come from a non-traditional background with real-world proof of technical curiosity-like a home lab, certification, or side project-and possess the skills to turn complexity into clarity.\nFluent in English and the primary language of the country for which you are applying.\nLegally authorized to work in the country of hire without company sponsorship.\nPreferred Qualifications\nAI-native mindset with a high degree of learning agility; you are passionate about networking and software (Java/Python) and eager to use AI to automate and innovate the engineering process.\nHigh emotional intelligence with the ability to navigate a matrix-based organization, influencing stakeholders and collaborating within a hub-based cohort to drive team success.\nAnalytical resilience, capable of maintaining focus and creativity when solving sophisticated technical hurdles or translating complex requirements into tangible business value.\nConfident communicator who can deconstruct \"black box\" technologies into simple, persuasive narratives for diverse audiences.\nWhy Cisco?\nAt 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.\nFueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.\nWe are Cisco, and our power starts with you.\nMessage to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:\nIndividual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.\nU.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.\nU.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:\n10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees\n\n1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco\n\nNon-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees\n\nExempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)\n\n80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next\n\nAdditional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members\n\nOptional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer\n\nFor non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.\nEmployees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. 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