Cisco Security Consulting Engineer 

India, Maharashtra, Pune 

515923676

What You’ll Do

• Lead & drive technology design, implementation, execution, and/or optimization for projects/accounts to accelerate customer outcomes.
• Provide/assist customers with integration and implementation of tools, systems, and service assurance for Cisco technologies.
• Support presale activities and translate business requirements into solution design.
• Build customer simulations in test labs to resolve/validate issues.
• Build and deliver customer collateral, portals, documentation, and knowledge transfer.
• Drive customer technology transitions, influencing solution architectures and services.
• Align with and support company policies and processes and utilize relevant tools to efficiently execute the role and support Professional Services’ strategies and goals.
• Play the role of an individual contributor.

Decision Making / Impact

• Decisions impact the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of own team and other teams whose work activities are closely related, including multi-functional teams.
• Ability to understand and communicate project scope and map it to customer business goals and objectives.

Role and specific responsibilities

• Associate with customers along with appropriate internal and external resources (e.g. Cisco account teams, partners) on the strategy/deployment/optimization of Cisco services and solutions.
• Takes ownership of task/project implementation for assigned engagements.
• Implement new techniques and methodologies utilized in customer delivery and share lessons learned with the broader team.
• Builds and reviews project work e.g. Design recommendations, High-Level Design, Low-Level Design, Implementation/ Change Management Plans.
• Builds and/or use test environments as the need arises to resolve sophisticated problems & compatibility issues.
• Demonstrates software skills and tools to configure, deploy and/or tackle Cisco products and solutions.
• Gives in the development of digital intellectual capital (e.g. scripts, digital signatures).
• Acts as a focal point for problem resolution for assigned customer engagements. Assures accurate and quick resolution of major customer problems across an appropriate range of technologies.

Expertise

• Typically requires BE/BTech/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent plus 8-10 years of work experience. Advanced degree strongly preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills. Ability to function in ambiguous circumstances. Possesses customer consulting skills including the ability to establish relationships with customers, engineers, managers level & above.
• Demonstrates expertise on a broad range of technologies and delivery methods.
• Experienced in customer-facing roles including pre-sales and/or service delivery roles.
• Security related certifications (CCIE-Security, CCNP Security, etc.) and have a drive for continuous learning.
• Understanding of Security portfolio of an enterprise and service provider network.
• Good in Security Policies of organisations and create relevant solutions using Cisco technologies abiding to the same.
• Ability to showcase Security compliance regulatory guidelines controls applicable for respective industries
• Domain Specialist of one or more of Cisco Security Product/Solution like NGFW, AAA, Cisco ISE, Content Security, Cloud Security, Endpoint Security, SIEM, etc. As well as understanding of cloud computing involving multiple cloud providers like AWS, Azure, Google.
• Knowledge of software programmability, automation, orchestration, and/or virtualization is desired.

Leadership / Autonomy

• Receives limited supervision. Resolves methods and procedures on new assignments. Provides guidance and mentoring to other engineers. Translates worldwide team goals into own work assignments.
• Mentor / develop others. Involved in strategic projects with high clarity. The emphasis is on complexity, active participant/initiator, and leader.

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