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Cisco Network Consultant Engineer 
Italy, Lazio, Rome 
663334523

03.07.2024

While reading our job description, please remember - we understand from experience that not ticking every box on the skills sections stops many from applying. You should apply if you feel you are the right person for the job and have the aptitude to learn and deliver results

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.

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