Lead Machine Learning Engineer Ops Mle jobs at Cisco in United States, Atlanta

Accepting applications until September 11, 2025

In this role, you will develop and demonstrate deep domain knowledge, product expertise, and an understanding of complex customer use cases and deployment models. You’ll deeply understand the needs of our customers, set the vision for the product grounded in those needs, and partner with cross-functional teams to build it iteratively.

• Drive early discovery work, using findings to craft roadmaps, leading and designing with a team to bring it to life.
• Identify the right problems to solve, run and synthesize research, sketch and prototype solutions, make hi-fi visuals.
• Earn trust with cross-function partners by seeking out their points of view, collaborating regularly and inviting them into research and co-creation with the team and customers. Advocate for prioritization of design-centered product enhancements grounded in research and analysis.
• Present persuasively. Be able to tell the story of a project and build prototypes that precisely articulate design rationale.
• Provide direction to and mentor other designers; guide team to focus on the most important customer needs, difficulties and opportunities
• Think beyond your team's goals and consider how your work affects others and how you can influence other teams’ work.
• Influence the strategic vision and guide design of large, complex initiatives for a product, program or strategic effort of considerable size and scope.
• Translate what may start as ambiguous business needs into clear customer-focused solutions.
• Facilitate workshops, sketching and prototyping sessions; build documentation and templates that enable others to consume and contribute.

• 8+ years of professional experience designing and delivering products in cross-functional teams from strategy to delivery.
• A portfolio full of great case studies and even better prototypes, including case studies leveraging AI research and design tools.
• Expertise and experience designing for AI products and/or features.
• Knowledge of the networking domain or experience in a related product or field is a plus.
• Experience working on technically complex B2B enterprise products.
• Aligned teams around customer-centered design decisions, using UX methodologies and tools (double-diamond, personas, journey mapping, dual agile, lean ux, prototypes), and influenced adoption by those who aren’t familiar with strategic UX engagements.
• A proven track record of shipping large scale enterprise products.
• Ability to see the bigger picture, while zooming in to rationalize and perfect the nuanced details.
• Made complex problems and workflows feel simple and approachable.
• Balanced strategic research and discovery with shipping often.
• Persuasive storytelling and influence.
• Lead and mentored junior UX designers, fostering a collaborative and innovative design culture within the team.

Please apply directly here to be considered for the role:

Lead with Architecture and Outcomes

• Architect and present solutions that span the Cisco portfolio—data center, enterprise networking, security, observability, and routed optical infrastructure
• Translate customer challenges into architectures that reduce operational risk, improve resilience, and accelerate digital transformation

• Engage with companies operating at global scale, supporting platforms that deliver real-time, low-latency, high-availability experiences to millions of users
• Design for agility, automation, and AI-ready infrastructure

• Lead technical workshops, whiteboards, and deep dives to help establish Cisco as the strategic technology partner
• Highlight the power of platforms like Cisco Silicon One, SONiC, SRv6, Nexus Dashboard, ACI, Meraki, UCS, Splunk, and Cisco Hypershield

• Partner with account managers, product teams, and specialists to align Cisco innovation with customer priorities
• Connect business goals with technical strategy for a full-stack, cross-domain impact

• Enterprise Networking (Catalyst, SDA, SD-WAN)
• Data Center (Nexus, ACI, NX-OS, UCS, Hyperconverged)
• Security (SASE, Zero Trust, XDR, Firepower, Duo, SecureX)
• Routed Optical Networking (NCS, Silicon One, Segment Routing)
• Observability & Analytics (Nexus Dashboard, ThousandEyes, Splunk)
• Open Networking (SONiC) and AI-Ready Infrastructure

• 6+ years of demonstrated ability in technical sales, architecture, or systems engineering
• Skilled in multi-domain network design across campus, data center, cloud, and edge
• Comfortable with executive storytelling and technical deep dives
• Understands how to align infrastructure design to customer business models
• Passionate about solving problems with elegant, scalable architecture—not just features
• Familiar with modern digital workloads (e.g., containerized apps, microservices, ML pipelines, real-time gaming backends)

• Experience working with or supporting:
• Esports ecosystems, media production workflows, or content delivery pipelines
• Streaming infrastructure, CDN strategy, or OTT architectures
• Multiplayer game networking, mobile-first platforms, or in-game telemetry
• Cloud-native platforms like AWS, GCP, Akamai, or Azure Media Services
• Background in gaming, digital art, media production, or a strong passion for the industries we support
• Community involvement, side projects, blogs, or open-source contributions in gaming/media/infrastructure

The application window is expected to close on: 8/15/2025

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

As a Networking Solutions Engineer, you will play a pivotal pre-sales technical role, working directly with key decision-makers and internal partners to showcase Cisco Networking products and solutions. You will help customers achieve their business outcomes by designing and configuring secure network architectures, leading demonstrations and Proof-of-Concept (PoC) labs, and providing expert guidance on advanced observability, automation, and AI-driven capabilities. This is an exciting opportunity to influence Cisco’s customer strategies and contribute to their digital transformation.

• Partner with Account Executives to drive business and growth opportunities
• Design and configure secure networking solutions (Routing, Switching, Wireless,
• Automation) to meet specific customer requirements
• Lead RFP responses, product demonstrations, and Proof-of-Concept labs
• Maintain deep product and solution knowledge, including competitive positioning
• Monitor market and industry trends to anticipate and address customer needs

• 5 years demonstrated ability in sizing and designing Routing, Wireless, and Switching deployments across Cloud, On-Prem, and Hybrid environments
• Extensive knowledge of networking protocols (e.g., TCP/IP , BGP , OSPF, EIGRP , LISP) and network segmentation technologies (e.g., VRF, MPLS, ZeroTrust, SDA, 802.1x, SGT, Adaptive Policy)
• Pre-sales technical experience supporting enterprise customers
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 35% as needed

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, comfortable with audiences of all sizes
• Familiarity with competitive networking products (e.g., HPE/Aruba, Juniper, Arista, Fortinet)
• Cisco and non-Cisco certifications (e.g., CCIE, CCDE, DevNet, AWS, Google, Terraform)
• Experience with API integration and network programmability
• Strong critical thinking skills and customer-focused attitude, with the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment