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Our teams enjoy a culture focused on prioritizing a flexible work environment that empowers individual growth, well-being, and belonging. We’re a technology company that leads with our humanity-driving our business priorities alongside meaningful social, community, and societal impact.\nThis customer-facing sales engineering role partners with the Account Manager for India-West accounts in Mumbai to shape network solutions and build trusted technical relationships. The position translates customer planning, engineering, architecture, IT, and operations requirements into proposals, network designs, product configurations, and sales quotes. 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