Senior Data Center Architect & AI Fabric Leader

505 Cisco Systems France SARL; Paris; On-site; EUR 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco seeks a Consulting Engineering Technical Leader specializing in Data Center architectures within Cisco CX. You will provide senior technical leadership, strategic architectural vision, and innovation across mission-critical data center infrastructures at regional and global scale.

You will act as the premier trusted advisor to senior customer executives, guiding large-scale cloud-scale data center transformations, shaping multi-year technology roadmaps, and ensuring investments deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• 6+ years of data center architecture consulting experience for Enterprise clients.
• 6+ years in Cisco ACI & Nexus Fabric with NX-OS knowledge.
• 6+ years in EVPN-VXLAN, BGP EVPN, VXLAN, DCI, and related DC protocols.
• Cisco CCIE Data Center or equivalent expert-level credential.
• IaC/Automation with Terraform, Ansible, Python, and GitOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide domain-wide architectural leadership for large-scale data-center transformations.
• Lead design and deployment of ACI and Nexus fabrics across multi-site deployments.
• Develop and scale Services-as-Code / NetDevOps pipelines for deterministic fabric provisioning.
• Serve as escalation authority for critical fabric outages and complex routing issues.
• Influence product direction and roadmaps with CX Product Management and Engineering.
• Mentor engineers and author architectural references and designs.

Skills

Data Center Architecture

Consulting Leadership

Cisco ACI & Nexus Fabric

EVPN-VXLAN

Infrastructure-as-Code

GitOps / CI/CD

AI/ML Fabric Networks

Executive Advisory

Multi-Site/Global Projects

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, EE, or related field

Master’s degree (preferred)

CCIE Data Center (or CCDE/CCIE Routing & Switching)

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Python

GitOps (GitLab/GitHub Actions)

Job description

Cisco seeks a Consulting Engineering Technical Leader specializing in Data Center architectures within Cisco CX. You will provide senior technical leadership, strategic architectural vision, and innovation across mission-critical data center infrastructures at regional and global scale.

You will act as the premier trusted advisor to senior customer executives, guiding large-scale cloud-scale data center transformations, shaping multi-year technology roadmaps, and ensuring investments deliver