Associate Systems Engineer

The Associate Sales Representative (ASR) and Associate Systems Engineer (ASE) are part of a career path to becoming fully qualified Cisco Account Managers and Systems Engineers.

These are the lead client facing roles within the Cisco Sales teams who work together to qualify the needs of our clients, develop solutions and manage the relationships with the client organisation.

The ASRs and ASEs work as a close team in communicating new products and services, evaluating customer needs and developing solutions to enable growth and productivity.

Associate Systems Engineer

Our Opportunity

Associate Systems Engineers are the technical guru's working with our customers to ensure their technical needs are fully understood and met by our solutions.

The primary responsibilities as an ASR are to:

• Develop and maintain deep technical understanding of solution sets, architecture and full product line
• Maintain a good understanding of competitor solutions, products & services
• Support ASR with client meetings and presentations
• Consult with customers to identify solutions that are technically achievable and technically viable for Sales proposals
• Work closely with customer technical team on solutions development and proposals
• Set up and prepare equipment for customer demonstrations and evaluations
• Actively participate and consult with Virtual Teams to further technical projects and initiatives

The traits that make a high performing ASE are:

• A passion and desire to learn and understand technology
• The ability to communicate complexity and detail in a straight forward manner
• Self awareness and the ability to learn from feedback and reflection
• A methodical approach to problem solving & personal development and learning
• Resilience to overcome barriers and challenges
• A proactive mindset and 'can do' attitude
• Confidence to express yourself
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

So why should you join Cisco? A career with Cisco Systems can offer you:

• The opportunity to work in one of the most successful sales organization in the world
• Training, coaching and mentoring by a senior Systems Engineers team
• Access to the industry's leading training certifications
• Access to extensive resources for technical development of current and next generation's technology
• Working in a uniquely diverse environment

What next? Please read the candidate criteria and find out more about individual's experiences through the case studies.