Federal Solutions Engineering Manager (Network Performance & Security)

<strong>Overview</strong><br><br><br><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="color: #e90029;"><a style="color: #e90029;" href="https://www.keysight.com/us/en/about.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Keysight</a></span> is at the forefront of technology innovation, delivering breakthroughs and trusted insights in electronic design, simulation, prototyping, test, manufacturing, and optimization. Our ~16,800 employees create world-class solutions in communications, 5G, automotive, energy, quantum, aerospace, defense, and semiconductor markets for customers in over 100 countries. Learn more <span style="color: #e90029;"><a style="color: #e90029;" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykxkSz5DlPo&t=16s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">about what we do.</a></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;">Our <span style="color: #e90029;"><a style="color: #e90029;" href="https://jobs.keysight.com/awards" target="_blank" rel="noopener">award-winning</a></span><span style="color: red;"> </span>culture embraces a bold vision of where technology can take us and a passion for tackling challenging problems with industry-first solutions. We believe that when people feel a sense of belonging, they can be more creative, innovative, and thrive at all points in their careers.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;">We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Federal Solutions Engineering Manager for the Network Performance & Security business unit.  You will focus on enabling customer success, driving market leadership and elevating our Solutions Engineering talent.  You will play a critical role in helping federal agencies modernize their networks, validate mission-critical systems and devices, improve cyber resilience, and optimize performance across cloud, hybrid, enterprise, mobile and tactical environments.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;">This role requires a strategic thinker capable of aligning customer mission requirements with Keysight's industry-leading portfolio of network visibility, cybersecurity validation, application and network testing, and performance monitoring solutions.  Your communication skills allow you to comfortably dialogue in private customer meetings as well as deliver compelling presentations in public speaking engagements.  Internally, you will report to the Director of Solutions Engineering while working closely with the Federal Solutions Engineers and Director of Federal Sales.  You will also regularly engage with Account Managers, Product Management, Business Development, and Executive Leadership to accelerate sales growth and expand Keysight's footprint across the federal market.  Externally, you will regularly engage with customers, channel partners, technology partners and FSIs.</span></p> <br><strong>Responsibilities</strong><br><br><br><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><strong>Technical Leadership & Team Management</strong></span></p><ul><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Lead, coach, and develop a team of Federal Solutions Engineers supporting strategic accounts across Federal Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence agencies.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability, collaboration, and customer success.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Manage territory alignment, resource prioritization, and technical engagement strategies.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Conduct regular performance reviews and mentoring sessions to ensure organizational success.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Recruit, hire, onboard, and retain top engineering talent.</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><strong>Pre-Sales and Customer Engagement</strong></span></p><ul><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Serve as a trusted advisor to customer executives, architects, cybersecurity leaders, and operational teams.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Support complex sales engagements through technical presentations, demonstrations, workshops, proof-of-concepts (POCs), and architecture discussions.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Collaborate with account teams to develop and execute account strategies that align technical capabilities with customer mission objectives.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Translate customer requirements into comprehensive technical solutions and business value propositions.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Represent Keysight during customer briefings, conferences, industry events, and executive engagements.</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><strong>Solution Development & Architecture</strong></span></p><ul><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Guide solution design efforts involving: </span></li><ul><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Network Visibility</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Security Validation</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Automated Performance/Load Testing</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Cloud and Hybrid Network Environments</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Zero Trust Architectures</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">TLS Decryption and Traffic Analysis</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">AI Performance Validation and Visibility</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Wi-Fi and 5G Mobile Networks</span></li></ul><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Provide technical oversight for architecture recommendations, Statements of Work (SOW), and solution proposals.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Assist Engineering in developing innovative solutions that address evolving federal mission requirements.</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><strong>Sales Strategy & Business Growth</strong></span></p><ul><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Partner with Federal Sales Management to identify growth opportunities and maximize pipeline development.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Support strategic capture efforts and competitive displacement opportunities.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Participate in account planning, opportunity qualification, and technical win strategy development.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Develop competitive positioning strategies against network monitoring, security, and testing competitors.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Drive consistency in technical messaging and value articulation across the federal sales organization.</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><strong>Cross-Functional Collaboration</strong></span></p><ul><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Provide federal market feedback to Product Management and Product Development teams.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Engage with Marketing to participate in campaigns, webinars, white paper authoring, and industry events.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Collaborate with other Keysight business units to create cohesive messaging for large government programs. </span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Foster relationships with channel partners, technology partners, systems integrators, and centers of excellence.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Work closely with customer success and professional services teams to ensure successful deployments and customer adoption.</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><strong>Operational Excellence</strong></span></p><ul><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Track team performance metrics, opportunity engagement, and technical success rates.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Standardize best practices, technical documentation, and engagement methodologies.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Maintain awareness of federal acquisition trends, cybersecurity mandates, compliance requirements, and emerging technologies.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Ensure the highest level of integrity in alignment with Keysight's Standards of Business Conduct.</span></li></ul> <br><strong>Qualifications</strong><br><br><br><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><strong>Required Qualifications</strong></span></p><ul><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">10+ years of experience in networking, cybersecurity, network testing, visibility technologies, or related enterprise technology fields.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">5+ years of experience leading technical pre-sales, systems engineering, or solutions engineering teams.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Demonstrated experience supporting U.S. Federal Government agencies, including Civilian, DoD, or Intelligence Community customers.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Proven ability to manage and develop high-performing technical teams.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Strong understanding of enterprise networking concepts including: </span></li><ul><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Routing and Switching</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Network Security Architectures</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Virtual/Cloud Networking</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Traffic Analysis</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Application Delivery</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Network Performance Monitoring</span></li></ul><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Experience delivering executive-level presentations and customer-facing technical engagements.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Strong communication, leadership, and relationship-building skills.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Ability to travel approximately 25%.</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><strong>Preferred Qualifications</strong></span></p><ul><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Experience supporting network visibility, packet broker, cybersecurity validation, network testing, or observability solutions.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Prior experience with Keysight, Ixia, Anue, NetOptics, Spirent, BreakingPoint, or competitive products.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Working knowledge of: </span></li><ul><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Zero Trust</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM)</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">NIST Cybersecurity Framework</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">CMMC</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">FedRAMP</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Executive Order 14028 Initiatives</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Product Certifications (FIPS, Common Criteria, USGv6, VPAT, SCRM)</span></li></ul><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Experience supporting large federal systems integrators and strategic channel partners.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Familiarity with federal procurement process</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Active Secret, Top Secret, or TS/SCI security clearance.</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="https://about.keysight.com/en/jobs/careers_privacy_statement.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Careers Privacy Statement</a></span><br><br><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;">Keysight Technologies Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other protected categories under all applicable laws.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;">The level of role and salary will be based on applicable experience, education and skills; Most offers will be between the minimum and the midpoint of the Salary Range listed below.</span></p><p> </p><p>District of Columbia Min: $199,290 Max: $332,150</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;">Note: For other locations, pay ranges will vary by region.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;">US Employees may be eligible for the following benefits:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;">- Medical, dental and vision</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;">- Health Savings Account</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;">- Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;">- Life, Accident, Disability insurance</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;">- Business Travel Accident and Business Travel Health</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;">- 401(k) Plan</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;">- Flexible Time Off, Paid Holidays</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;">- Paid Family Leave</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;">- Discounts, Perks</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;">- Tuition Reimbursement</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;">- Adoption Assistance</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;">- ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Plan)</span></p>

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