Cisco Consulting Engineer 

India, Maharashtra, Mumbai 

961348595

Support presale activities and translate business requirements into solution design.

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 applied 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 BSc Computer Science or equivalent plus 8-12 years of meaningful work experience. Advanced degree strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of software programmability, automation, orchestration, and/or virtualization is desired.
• Experienced in customer-facing roles including pre-sales and/or service delivery roles.
• Data Centre related certification (CCIE, CCNP VCP, etc.) and you have a drive for continuous learning.
• Deep knowledge o nL2 / L3 networking protocols and technologies (VPC, STP, HSRP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP).
• Strong Nexus 2K/5K/7K/9K platform knowledge and hands on experience.
• Experience in designing Data Center solutions from traditional DC standalone Nexus design to VXLAN Fabric-based SDN solutions demonstrating Single-Site Fabrics, ACI MultiPod & Multisite Fabric architectures.
• Familiar with virtualization and container environments (VMware, Microsoft, Kubernetes) and have technical exposure in integrating ACI with virtualization platforms through VMM integration.
• Technical understanding and experience on DC solutions involving network services appliances (Firewalls, IPS, load balancers, WAN optimizer appliances) from a network integration perspective.
• Technical knowledge and understandings of cloud computing involving multiple cloud providers like AWS, Azure, Google.
• Knowledge on Python, Ansible etc

Mentor and develop others. Involved in strategic projects with high transparency. The emphasis is on complexity, active participant/initiator, and leader.

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