Company: Confidential - IT Services

Job Title: Pre-Sales Network Engineer

Location: Hybrid – Jericho, NY (Long Island) with travel throughout Long Island and NYC (5 boroughs)

Compensation: $115,000 – $130,000 base salary + commissions on territory sales + full benefits

Job Overview

Our client, a well-established IT Services provider headquartered in Jericho, NY, is seeking a Pre-Sales Network Engineer with strong Cisco and Meraki expertise. This role is approximately 80% pre-sales and 20% post-sales and is ideal for an engineer who enjoys influencing technical direction, partnering closely with sales teams, and helping customers design secure, scalable network solutions.

They have built a strong reputation over nearly 40 years in business and maintain a stable, employee-friendly culture with many long-term employees. Strong performance is consistently recognized and rewarded. This is an opportunity to join a respected organization where technical expertise directly drives revenue growth and customer success.

The Pre-Sales Network Engineer will work closely with account executives throughout Long Island and the five boroughs of NYC. They will lead technical discovery conversations, design Cisco and Meraki-centric solutions, contribute to proposals and statements of work, and remain engaged through implementation and escalation support.

This is a hybrid role with several days per week expected in their Jericho office, along with travel to client sites within the territory.

Responsibilities

• Partner with sales teams to lead technical discovery meetings and assess client networking requirements
• Design Cisco and Meraki-based network solutions including routing, switching, wireless, security, and SD-WAN
• Develop scopes of work, bills of materials, and technical proposals
• Present and articulate solution designs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Support post-sales implementation, cutover activities, and high-level escalation troubleshooting
• Collaborate with internal engineering teams to ensure smooth transition from design to deployment

Qualifications

• 4–8+ years of hands-on Cisco and Meraki networking experience
• Prior experience working for an IT Services provider, MSP, VAR, or similar consulting environment (strongly preferred)
• Proven customer-facing experience in pre-sales engineering or solution design
• Familiarity with VMware, server operating systems, storage concepts, and basic cloud networking (Azure/AWS)
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills
• Cisco certifications such as CCNP or equivalent are strongly preferred

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary between $115,000 and $130,000
• Commission opportunities based on sales performance in the territory
• Comprehensive health benefits
• 401(k) plan
• Paid time off
• Professional development support

Why Join Our Client?

• Nearly 40 years of experience as a stable and respected IT Services provider
• Employee-friendly culture with long tenure across the organization
• Performance is recognized and rewarded consistently
• Exposure to diverse, complex client environments
• Strong collaboration between engineering and sales teams
• Opportunity to directly influence revenue and technical strategy

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Our client is an equal opportunity employer. They are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.