Cisco Network Consultant Engineer 

Italy, Lazio, Rome 

663334523

What You’ll Do

• The CX Consulting Engineer (CE) role is a technical consulting specialist that engages with customers to accelerate their adoption of Cisco products & solutions that transform their business and drive business outcomes. The role resides within the Cisco Customer Experience (CX) organization, one of Cisco’s fastest growing teams
• Work with customers to plan, design, configure and / or diagnose Cisco’s suite of products, services and solutions to accelerate customer outcomes
• Assist customers with integration and implementation of tools, systems and service assurance
• Support presale activities and translate business requirements into solution design
• Build customer simulations in test labs to resolve/validate complex problems and compatibility issues
• Build and deliver customer collateral, portals, documentation and knowledge transfer
• Align technical work to customer business outcomes
• Drive customer technology transitions, influencing solution architectures and services
• Align with and support company policies and processes and use relevant tools to effectively implement the role and support Professional Services’ strategies and goals
• Individual contributor

Who you’ll work with

• The CX Consulting Engineer (CE) works with customers from varying industries along with appropriate internal and external resources (e.g. Cisco account teams, partners) on the strategy / deployment / optimization of Cisco services and solutions.
• Who You Are
• You will have shown experience and knowledge of Routing & Switching (OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, MPLS and VxLAN EVPN). Also you will have some demonstrable experience and knowledge of Data Centre migrations applying Cisco technologies (ACI, HyperFlex). You will have a solid ability to work independently as well as within a full team of multi-functional resources, with a customer obsessed mentality and a strong grasp of relevant success stories, customer metrics, and standard methodologies to drive outstanding outcomes.
• Expertise
• Typically requires BSc Computer Science or equivalent plus demonstrable years of relevant work experience. Degree strongly preferred
• CCNA, CCNP or equivalent relevant certification desired
• Demonstrable knowledge of software programmability, automation, orchestration and / or
  virtualization
• Excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal and presentation skills
• Ability to function in ambiguous circumstances. Possesses customer consulting skills including ability to establish relationships with customers, engineers, managers level & above
• Demonstrate understanding of broad range of technologies and delivery methods.

Preferred skills

• Typically requires BE/B.Tech/BSC Computer Science or equivalent 3 to 5 years of substantial work experience.
• CCNA R&S ( CCNP certification preferred)
• Knowledge of Cisco switching Platforms like Cat 6500, 6800, 4500, 3850, Nexus 7K, Nexus 6k, Nexus 5k, Nexus 3K and Nexus 9k.
• Should have solid Knowledge on Routing & switching Technologies like IGP, OSPF, EGP, BGP, STP, RSTP, VTP, VSS, vPC, vDC, MSTP, LACP, VLAN, VXLAN, EVPN
• Expert level knowledge in the areas of: IP internetworking, LAN Switching Protocols (MLS, CEF, Trunking (802.1Q), STP, HSRP, LACP/PAGP),
• Network automation skills (Python/ Ansible/ GoLang/ Splunk) preferred
• Knowledge of new technologies like SDA/ SDWAN will be a plus
• Knowledge on Data Center, Cloud and Virtualization industry, ACI, will be a plus
• Knowledge of Nexus Switches and UCS products, Python or other programming languages is helpful.
• Fluent in Italian language and passport to work with Italian defense and public sector is mandate.
• Candidate should be willing to work on customer premise at least twice a week if required.