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We tackle the toughest business challenges with network-centric solutions that accelerate customer success and loyalty. Our success is reflected in our outstanding financial results, industry recognition, and high employee satisfaction. As the face of Cisco, our CX teams are the primary drivers of digital transformation. Within CX, the Global CX Centers serve as the engine for this transformation, providing flexible, innovative, and highly technical resources to support customer engagements across all theaters. We act as a seamless delivery partner, ensuring our customers achieve their business goals through flawless execution.\nYour Impact\nAs a Data Center Senior Consulting Engineer, you will provide expert-level technical guidance and delivery for our most high-profile global customers. You will:\nDesign and implement cutting-edge Cisco technologies for the world’s largest and most complex networks.\nAnalyze, monitor, and optimize network performance while automating repeatable tasks.\nApply innovative technology to solve real-world business problems and deliver scalable, robust services.\nDevelop software and tools to automate manual processes and support infrastructure platforms.\nAct as a strategic partner to our customers, proactively preventing network incidents and providing expert-level troubleshooting for unique, complex environments.\nSupport global field teams and engineers, providing technical leadership and problem-resolution expertise.\nConduct internal and external systems/product training and contribute to the development of intellectual property.\nProvide critical feedback to Engineering and Product organizations to influence future product roadmaps.\nInnovate within our service strategy to create new service capabilities and lead service delivery models.\nMinimum Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree (BS/BE/BTech) or equivalent required; Master’s degree preferred, with 10+ years of experience in field consulting, technical support services, or a similar role.\nYou are a customer-obsessed problem solver who thrives in team environments.\n Technical Expertise: You possess comprehensive knowledge of Data Center technologies (SDN, SAN, Compute) and Cisco Nexus platforms (2K/5K/7K/9K), including Nexus Standalone and ACI.\nNetworking Proficiency: You have deep experience with L2/L3 protocols (vPC, Port Channels, STP, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP), VXLAN, and Nexus Dashboard.\nFabric Management: You demonstrate advanced knowledge of ACI fabric lifecycle management (bring-up, programmability, QoS, Multicast) and ACI Multi-Pod/Multi-Site architectures.\nAutomation: You are proficient in NDFC (Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller) and enjoy applying new thinking to automate manual processes.\nCommunication: You have strong verbal and written English communication skills, with the ability to influence and work effectively across internal and external organizations.\nShift Requirement\nMust be willing to work in a swing shift to support customers across the Americas (AMER) region\nPreferred Qualifications\nCCIE (Data Center/Routing & Switching) or CCNP certification is highly valued.\nExperience or knowledge of virtualization, container technologies such as Kubernetes, AWS, or VMware VCP is a plus.\nWhy Cisco?\nAt Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.\nFueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.\nWe are Cisco, and our power starts with you.\nDisclaimer\nTo ensure that we hire the best talent in the right way, we follow a strict hiring process and recently, Cisco has been made aware of fraudulent recruiters claiming to be from the company. Please be advised that any communication from Cisco about careers will:\nbe in direct response to an application you have submitted through the company career site\nbegin with screening or an interview\noriginate from a Cisco email address, and\nbe conducted across email, phone, or WebEx\nCisco will never make a job offer without conducting an interview process or ask you for money in any way. If you have been requested to apply for a role or have received an offer from a site other than https://careers.cisco.com or cisco.wd5.myworkday.com, do not provide any personal identifying information, including your Aadhaar or other personal identifying number, birth certificate, banking information, driver's license, or passport.\nIf you are the target of a recruiting scam, consider filing a report with your local law enforcement authorities. 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