Cisco Consulting Engineer 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

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• 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.
• Create 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.

• 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 required to resolve sophisticated problems & compatibility issues.
• Demonstrates software skills and tools to configure, deploy and/or tackle Cisco products and solutions.
• Gives in developing 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

• Bachelor or Master's degree in a technical field, such as Computer Science, Computer Networking, Information Technology, Electrical/Computer Engineering or a similar field
• 8+ years of experience in technical consulting, design, deployment and troubleshooting
• Experienced in customer-facing roles including pre-sales and/or service delivery roles.
• Experience in Networking Protocols : detailed knowledge of OSPF, ISIS, BGP, LISP, VxLAN, CGNAT/ IP v6, IOS-XR/ NX-OS, SR, Multicast & BNG
• Experience working with Cisco Products: Variants of 7600, ASR/ ISR routers, Nexus 2K/5K/7k/9k, Catalyst And Variants of Cisco UCS
• CCIE desired (Routing & Switching / Service Provider) & related certification (OpenStack, DevNet, VMware, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, etc.) with a strong drive for continuous learning.
• Possess creative problem-solving and excellent troubleshooting/debugging skills.
• Lead team of junior engineers on specific projects
• Understanding of APIs and scripting skills (Python, Ansible)
• Analytically energetic with the ability to collect, organize, and analyze massive datasets
• Easily simplifies, communicates, and educates customers about complex data and processes

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