$196,740 - $327,890 USD yearly
Originally posted 27 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The Solutions Engineer serves as the dedicated technical pre-sales resource for the Sales team supporting Keysight enterprise, cloud, visibility, and security solutions. In this role, you will partner with the Regional Sales Manager across Texas to provide technical leadership, create architectures, deliver product demonstrations, and run proofs of concept.
What you'll do
- Partner with the Regional Sales Manager to architect customer solutions, develop Bills of Materials, create Visio drawings, and align with client network and security architecture requirements. - Deliver technical presentations and product demonstrations both remotely and on-site for enterprise customers. - Manage and execute Proof of Concept (POC) and proof of value (PoV) engagements, including managing demo gear logistics and installation. - Respond to technical pre-sales inquiries, Requests for Information (RFI), Requests for Proposals (RFP), and Requests for Quotation (RFQ). - Provide training for ecosystem technology partners and channel partner engineers and architects. - Travel locally and overnight up to 30% to support customer and partner engagements.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience. - 5+ years of pre-sales experience working directly with customers and channel partners, preferably with networking or software companies. - Strong knowledge of switching and routing concepts, TCP/IP, and Layer 2-7 concepts and protocols. - Working knowledge of data communications concepts across on-premise, virtual, and public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google), as well as virtualization platforms such as VMware and OpenStack. - Experience with systems security, network security, or cloud security, along with familiarity with SSL encryption and decryption. - Familiarity with APM/NPM systems and network analyzers.
Nice to have
- Experience with enterprise data center networking and troubleshooting tools from Cisco, FireEye, VMware, Viavi, A10, NetScout, Wireshark, CA, ExtraHop, or Riverbed. - Enterprise security knowledge relating to IDS, IPS, NGFW, Proxy, threat hunting, cyber security, or threat intelligence. - Experience with network enterprise application performance testing tools such as Ixia, BreakingPoint, or Spirent. - API and/or scripting experience.
Skills: pre-sales, Proof of Concept, RFP, TCP/IP, network security