Inside Account Executive - Secure Networking at Cisco

The application window is expected to close on: 05/11/2026

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

Join our dynamic Secure Networking architecture team, where we drive integrated enterprise opportunities across specialized pods. We play a critical role in delivering the "One Cisco Story," ensuring our partners and customers have the advanced security and networking solutions they need to thrive. You will work alongside your peers to run pipeline health and influence strategic buying decisions for premier accounts. This is an exciting opportunity to employ AI-driven insights and market data to redefine how Cisco engages with the secure networking market.

Your Impact

Drive demand generation and qualification activities for Cisco’s secure networking architecture to grow new and existing accounts. Manage complex sales opportunities through the proposal stage, ensuring technical designs align perfectly with nuanced customer requirements. Cultivate strong relationships with internal account teams and partners to maximize cross-architecture initiatives and strategic pod coordination. Empower partners with strategic market analysis and AI-driven tools to build a robust, high-quality sales pipeline. Lead the end-to-end sales process for deals typically ranging from $75K to $350K, delivering accurate legal forecasts and achieving consistent goal targets.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of related experience, Master’s degree with 3+ years of related experience, or a PhD.
• Experience in sales, account management, or technical consulting specifically within secure networking or related architectures.
• Experience managing medium-to-high complexity sales cycles with durations of 3 to 6 months.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in analyzing market trends and submitting formal legal sales forecasts.
• Experience using data-driven tools, such as RAD data or AI-based platforms, for customer acquisition and retention.
• Proven ability to influence partner strategies and shape complex customer buying decisions.
• Strong collaborative skills to foster knowledge sharing and innovation within a virtual pod environment.
• Experience delivering comprehensive product portfolio presentations to educate partners and stakeholders.
• Ability to mentor partners on selling strategies and advanced technical solution design.

Why Cisco?

At 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.

Fueled 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.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $142,500.00 to $183,200.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation, equity, or benefits.

Individual 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.

U.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.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

• Non-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

• Exempt 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)

• 80 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

• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees 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. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

• .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and

• Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

$154,700.00 - $226,500.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$151,100.00 - $223,400.00

• For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.