> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # FDE jobs at Cisco Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cisco 5 open forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs at Cisco across 10 US metros. Median posted base pay $321,000. 4 new in the last 30 days. Provides networking, security, observability, collaboration and AI infrastructure software and hardware that connect and protect enterprises and service providers. Public · About 5,000+ people **5 postings, 4 new in the last 30 days** 10 metros median posted base $321,000 [Careers at Cisco ↗](https://cisco.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/Cisco_Careers) read Nov 6, 2026 Published Oct 16, 2026 ## 5 open FDE roles at Cisco ### [Senior Solutions Engineer - FDSE Public Sector - Splunk (Remote)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/881e6a41c1c715b4) Reston, VA · Austin, TX · +3 more Remote 8d ago $218,600–$344,700 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/881e6a41c1c715b4) ### [Staff Solutions Engineer - FDSE Public Sector - Splunk (Remote)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5f665de6bff21392) Reston, VA · Boulder, CO · +6 more Remote 8d ago $246,800–$394,300 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5f665de6bff21392) ### [Staff Solutions Engineer - FDSE - Splunk (Remote)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e1cb0caf02412898) US Remote 2w ago $246,800–$394,300 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e1cb0caf02412898) Leads the deployment team ### [Director, Solutions Engineer Forward Deployed - Splunk (Remote)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/42f94fc86921f66e) New York, NY Remote 3w ago $307,600–$468,200 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/42f94fc86921f66e) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Operations Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/549acbc1bfe7d7ca) Raleigh, NC Hybrid 7w ago $169,800–$297,400 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/549acbc1bfe7d7ca) 3 of 5 postings are hands-on engineering in the customer’s own systems. Rows that do other work name it. Compare these roles with [pay ranges at other US FDE employers](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary). - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fcompanies%2Fcisco&placement=top) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## How Cisco describes FDE work Mention travel How often postings mention travel Mention travel: 40% against the US average of 42%. About average. Cisco: 2 of 5 postings · all postings: 1,380 of 3,286 **40%** of postings · US 42% About average Senior or staff level Senior-level responsibility or above Senior or staff level: 100% against the US average of 94%. Above average. Cisco: 5 of 5 postings · all postings: 3,005 of 3,212 **100%** of postings · US 94% Above average Require production code Postings that involve writing production code Require production code: 20% against the US average of 80%. Well below average. Cisco: 1 of 5 postings · all postings: 2,554 of 3,183 **20%** of postings · US 80% Well below average Remote allowed Postings that allow remote work Remote allowed: 80% against the US average of 30%. Well above average. Cisco: 4 of 5 postings · all postings: 696 of 2,331 **80%** of postings · US 30% Well above average Work for external customers Work done for people outside the company Work for external customers: 80% against the US average of 86%. Below average. Cisco: 4 of 5 postings · all postings: 2,808 of 3,276 **80%** of postings · US 86% Below average Include pre-sales work Evaluation or proposal work before a deal Include pre-sales work: 60% against the US average of 24%. Well above average. Cisco: 3 of 5 postings · all postings: 783 of 3,273 **60%** of postings · US 24% Well above average 0% 50% 100% Cisco’s postings describe production code far less often than the US average (20% vs 80%) and allow remote work far more often (80% vs 30%). Shares leave out postings that say nothing about a measure. Travel counts silence as no mention. [Compare with all US FDE postings and read the method →](https://nextmove.md/fde/research) ## Pay at Cisco Median posted base **$321,000** · US staff-level FDE median **$225,000** From 5 posted base ranges, each read at its middle. Bonus and equity are not counted. [See how posted pay differs by level, location and travel →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary#pay-level) ## Compare with similar employers Employers whose postings describe the most similar work. ### [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) Remote (US) $157,000 5 postings ### [Stripe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/stripe) New York, NY · Remote (US) · Seattle, WA · +2 · $238,000 10 postings ### [Fundamental Research Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fundamental-research-labs) Remote (US) · Houston, TX 6 postings Other FDE employers in Austin, Washington, DC area and Denver–Boulder - [FDE and deployment jobs in Austin](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=austin) · 2 Cisco postings · 65 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=dmv) · 2 Cisco postings · 130 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in Denver–Boulder](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=front-range) · 2 Cisco postings · 39 companies Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) - [Hiring FDEs like Cisco? 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