Senior Manager, Solution Engineering – Customer Validation & Solution Readiness
Core
Lead a team of engineers to validate networking solutions and customer deployment use cases across multiple product portfolios, ensuring quality, scalability, and customer readiness.
Role type
Senior Manager, Solution Engineering (Networking)
Builds
Validated networking solutions and deployment readiness for enterprise and service provider customers
Domain
Networking, Telecommunications, Data Center
Required skills
Team leadership, Project planning, Risk management, Stakeholder management, Technical strategy, Automation methodologies, Customer requirement analysis, Resource allocation, Performance metrics, Innovation driving
Preferred skills
AI-assisted engineering, Network automation frameworks, Competitive platform experience, Industry certifications
Technologies
IP/MPLS Routing, EVPN-VXLAN, Data Center Networking, Service Provider Architectures, BGP, OSPF, ISIS, MPLS, Segment Routing, L2VPN, L3VPN, Multicast, NAT, GRE, IPSec, Layer 2 Technologies, CLOS, Spine-Leaf Architectures, High Availability, Python, API-driven Network Automation, Containerization, Kubernetes
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor a team of technical professionals; Execute solution validation strategies and roadmaps; Drive predictable delivery of committed releases; Partner with Product Management, Architecture, Development, Sales, and Field Engineering teams; Define and manage KPIs and operational metrics; Promote innovation through automation and cloud-native validation methodologies
Seniority
Manager, hands-on leadership