Senior Solutions Architect - Service Provider Networking

Cisco; North Sydney Council; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco is seeking a Senior Solutions Development Architect to lead transformation programs for Service Providers across APJ, with a focus on Australia and New Zealand. You will translate executive priorities into practical roadmaps and work with Cisco teams to deliver network modernization projects.

You will build senior-level relationships, shape solutions, and drive complex multi-vendor programmes across routing, optical transport, automation and observability.

Qualifications

• Significant experience designing or transforming large-scale service provider or telecommunications networks.
• Deep expertise in IP routing, optical transport or both.
• Experience engaging senior customer stakeholders and translating technical challenges into business outcomes.
• Strong consulting, architecture and solution-development skills.
• Experience working across complex, multi-vendor or multi-country environments.
• The ability to move comfortably between executive conversations, architecture discussions and technical delivery teams.
• A strong interest in automation, observability and the future of AI-enabled network operations.

Responsibilities

• Shape customer transformation (entire lifecycle)
• Engage senior technology and network leaders to understand their priorities, challenges and transformation objectives.
• Help customers develop practical roadmaps for modernising their transport networks.
• Connect technology decisions to business outcomes such as cost reduction, network scale, operational efficiency, reliability and faster service delivery.
• Build trusted relationships and become a strategic technology advisor to Service Provider customers.
• Lead solution strategy
• Shape CX Professional Services solutions across Service Provider Routing, Optical Transport, Routed Optical Networking, Automation and Observability.
• Apply industry best practices and Cisco architectures to solve complex customer challenges.
• Identify opportunities to simplify networks, improve capacity and reduce operational complexity.
• Work with Sales and customers to develop compelling solutions and support RFI/RFP activity.
• Identify opportunities to expand customer adoption and support longer-term transformation journeys.
• Bring deep technical expertise

Job description

Cisco is seeking a Senior Solutions Development Architect to lead transformation programs for Service Providers across APJ, with a focus on Australia and New Zealand. You will translate executive priorities into practical roadmaps and work with Cisco teams to deliver network modernization projects.

You will build senior-level relationships, shape solutions, and drive complex multi-vendor programmes across routing, optical transport, automation and observability.