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Consulting Engineer | 5+ Years, SP(NMS & Orchestration/virtualization technologies))

Role overview

Qualifications

  • BS/BE/BTech degree or equivalent
  • 5+ years of experience in a similar job role
  • Service Provider related certification (CCNA, CCNP - DevOps)
  • Expertise in handling Network Management (NMS) tools/applications

Responsibilities

  • Support the design and deployment of robust Service Provider solutions
  • Lead the execution of design, deployment, migration, and optimization of service provider solutions
  • Create customer-facing documentation, migration plans, and implementation plans
  • Engage in customer solution discussions linking solutions to business priorities

About the company

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Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enables people to make powerful connections--whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible--providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time. Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies. Today, with more than 71,000 employees worldwide, this tradition of innovation continues with industry-leading products and solutions in the company's core development areas of routing and switching, as well as in advanced technologies such as home networking, IP telephony, optical networking, security, storage area networking, and wireless technology. In addition to its products, Cisco provides a broad range of service offerings, including technical support and advanced services. Cisco sells its products and services, both directly through its own sales force as well as through its channel partners, to large enterprises, commercial businesses, service providers, and consumers.

Company details

Company typeXLarge
IndustryIT Services & IT Consulting
Company size10001

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Job description

Meet the Team

The Customer Experience (CX) team is a group of extraordinary technical experts whose focus is delivering a world-class customer experience by solving the toughest business challenges with network-centric solutions. We accelerate customer and partner success through groundbreaking technology design, implementation, and optimization across a broad range of Cisco technologies. Our team collaborates closely with Cisco account teams, partners, and multi-functional groups to drive meaningful technology transitions and deliver real business outcomes. We are a high-performing, globally connected team with a strong culture of continuous learning, mentorship, and knowledge sharing. Our impact is validated through strong financial results, industry recognition, and some of the highest customer and employee satisfaction scores at Cisco.

Your Impact 

As a Consulting Engineer, you will support the design and deployment of robust Service Provider solutions that drive key business outcomes, acting as a trusted technical advisor to customers. This role is exciting because you'll own complex engagements end-to-end, shape architectural direction for major enterprises, and drive innovation by integrating AI and automation into how Cisco delivers services — all while expanding your influence across teams.

  • Lead the execution of design, deployment, migration, and optimization of robust service provider for strategic customers.

  • Create customer-facing documentation, migration plans, and implementation plans aligned to CX standards; build complex test environments to validate designs.

  • Engage in customer solution discussions — connecting proposed solutions to business priorities

Minimum Qualifications:   

  • Requires BS/BE/BTech degree or equivalent with 5+ years of experience in a similar job role.

  • Any Service Provider related certification (CCNA, CCNP - DevOps) is helpful and you have a drive for continuous learning.

  • Expertise in handling Network Management (NMS) tools/applications

  • Advanced understanding/Experience with SQL databases and Postgres SQL

  • Knowledge of software programmability, automation (Python, YAML, JSON, GitHub, Ansible, Terraform and so on), orchestration, and/or virtualization technologies.

  • Advance level of Linux/Unix OS administration & troubleshooting

  • Understanding of Virtualisation technologies (VMware, Docker, Kubernetes);

  • Network Automation & Controllers: Crosswork, Cisco NSO and PCA

  • Knowledge and hands-on of Agentic AI Tools development and Industry Models

  • Knowledge on NCS540, NCS560, ASR9k NCS55xx and Cisco 8k platforms.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Understanding of relevant Cisco technologies and delivery methods and builds skills in articulating technical concepts.

  • Foundational consulting and collaboration skills 

  • Leverages AI and automation to enhance delivery efficiency, innovation and customer outcomes, while also increasing personal productivity and focus on high-impact work

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. 

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