Cisco Principal Architect 

Australia, Victoria, Melbourne 

286201802

• Strategic Leadership:The individual is expected to lead the strategic direction of theCisco's& CX ServiceProvider solutions, ensuring that the solutions are aligned with both the cisco's goals and customer needs.
• Solution Design and Integration:The role involves designing and integratingCXsolutions that address the end-to-end needs of the service provider initiatives, possibly requiring a mix of hardware, software, and services.Deep knowledge of the SP related HW/SW technology ( preferred deep Cisco solution knowledge) including the AI and cloud related technologies. In combination with this deep understanding of the SP business trends ( includes managed services)Deep understanding of service delivery including Managed Services and software lifecycle practices.Deep Knowledge in SPIP Transport technologiesDeep Knowledge in SP Automation technologies and solutions
• Cross-Functional Work:The leader must work across different functions withinCX and Cisco, leveraging multiple technologies and bringing together diverse teams to create innovative solutions.
• Advisory Role:As an advisor, the leader proactively identifies and solves complex architectural challenges faced by service provider customers, requiring a deep understanding of variousSParchitectures, frameworks, andSPindustry solutions.
• Technical Expertise:Translating complex requirements into functional architectures suggests a high level of technical expertise in creating secure, reliable, and serviceable solutions.
• Engineering Excellence:The individual is responsible for ensuring that theCX's engineering practices meet high standards in quality and efficiency and that the solutions are repeatable and scalable.
• Communication and Relationship Building:Being a trusted advisor requires excellent communication skills and the ability to build lasting relationships, both within the company and with customers and partners.
• Industry Presence:The role calls for a visible presence in the industry, which could be demonstrated through patents, contributions to industry standards, blogs, whitepapers, speaking at industry events, etc.
• Mentorship and Learning:The leader is expected to be a role model who actively mentors and supports the professional development of others while also participating in knowledge sharing within their role communities.
• Problem-Solving and Decision-Making:The ability to drive problem-solving, resolve open issues, engage senior leadership to drive progress, communicate recommendations effectively, and align stakeholders is crucial for this role.
• Automation & Orchestration:Provide technology leadership onSPnetwork services automation & Orchestration solutions and drive the technical architecture/design alignment with CX automation/orchestration offers
• Innovation :Incubate/innovate on new capabilities and core assets/Intellectual Property working with CX Product Management and Delivery teams
• Competitive Leadership :Maintains a detailed understanding of the competitive landscape including new players, acquisition activities, new product and services launches, etc; ensures this knowledge is packaged for consumption by delivery leadership and any recommended portfolio adjustments are clearly outlined
• Observability and QOE –Provides Technical leadership around SP observability platforms and associated innovations.

Who You Are

• B.Tech/ME/M.Tech/MS/PhDin Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Software Systems with 15+years of relevantService Providerexperience
• A deep technologist with deep expertise inSPtechnologies
• In-depth hands-on experience in few selected SP technologies – Transport, Core, Mobility. Etc
• Strong credentials and ability of being a technology enthusiast in public and industry forums on technology vision, industry trends and roadmap etc.
• Strong customer consulting abilities on pre-sales and delivery for sophisticated customer solutions in the service orchestration space
• Experience in driving large/sophisticated solutions delivery with deep practitioner knowledge on Agile & CI/CD methodologies
• Experience in automation of Device/Service Provisioning, Cross Domain Orchestration, Closed Loop Automation and Telemetry is a big plus
• Contribution to Open Source projects& Pattens
• Ability to conduct Well Architect Reviews of SP Networks– Focus on Resiliency, Sustainability, and Efficiency

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