Datacenter Virtualization Cisco Jobs - Senior Benchmarking Architect - x86 servers

Description:
In this role, you will have the opportunity to work in the Technical Marketing team of Server Access and Virtualization Business Unit (SAVBU) at Cisco. We are looking for a technical, dynamic, success driven and entrepreneurial TME to play a leadership role on Server performance analysis and benchmarking activities. We are looking for candidates with strong server architecture, application and Virtualization background. You will be part of a dedicated team. Open communications, empowerment, innovation, teamwork and customer success are the foundations of the team.

Job responsibilities:
Senior technical marketing engineer responsible for Performance analysis, benchmarking and solutions development in the Enterprise space.

Expertise in server performance analysis, benchmarking of Enterprise applications such as Database, Application Servers, Virtualization.

Expertise in industry standard benchmarks such as TPC, SPEC etc including hands on publication experience.

Strong understanding of x86 based Server platform architecture with hands on Performance analysis and tuning experience.

Hands-on experience on Datacenter Solution, develop technical and marketing content involving Server platform, access layer, virtualization and applications.
Proven ability in taking used case scenarios and architecting compelling solution studies for our platform with differentiation where applicable.
Creating and updating marketing collateral, including data sheets, presentations, whitepapers, ROI calculators and case studies.
Will act as the technical interface on customer sales calls, when required, and assist in preparing responses to RFP's, RFI's, and RFC's.
Participate in proof of concept, product demonstrations and presentations.
Working in the lab with client partners for product tear downs, feature comparisons, benchmarking and demonstration set up development.
Works independently without much supervision.

Skills and Requirements:
10+ years experience with server platform, blade server or rack mount server ( x86 ) in performance analysis and benchmarking.

Expertise in industry standard benchmarking for Servers.

Five plus years of Technical Marketing experience with focus on Field support
Experience engaging with Enterprise Software vendors with a strong focus on performance aspects

Ability to propose and implement solution studies based on enterprise applications.
Adept at developing solution guides, proof-of-concept studies, best practices studies.
Strong understanding of enterprise applications, database, and messaging solutions.
Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
Capable of delivering training to field sales and support staff
Partner and customer relations management
Network and Storage knowledge is a plus
Requires B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or other technical field.