Consulting Engineer | 5+ Years, SP(NMS & Orchestration/virtualization technologies))

Cisco; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco is looking for a Consulting Engineer to design and deploy robust service provider solutions, acting as a trusted technical advisor. You will own engagements end-to-end, shape architectural direction, and drive innovation by integrating AI and automation into Cisco services, collaborating across teams.

You will lead design, deployment, migration, and optimization for strategic customers, and develop migration plans and test environments to validate designs, while communicating effectively

Qualifications

• BS/BE/BTech degree or equivalent with 5+ years of experience in a similar role.
• Service Provider certification (CCNA, CCNP - DevOps) beneficial and a drive for continuous learning.
• Experience with Network Management (NMS) tools and applications.
• Advanced SQL knowledge and experience with PostgreSQL.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, YAML, JSON, GitHub, Ansible, Terraform).
• Linux/Unix administration and troubleshooting expertise.
• Experience with virtualization (VMware), containers (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of Network Automation & Controllers (Crosswork, Cisco NSO, PCA).
• Familiarity with Cisco platforms (NCS540/560, ASR9k NCS55xx, 8k).
• Interest in Agentic AI Tools development and Industry Models.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, deployment, migration, and optimization for service provider customers.
• Create customer-facing docs, migration and implementation plans aligned to CX standards.
• Engage in customer solution discussions, aligning designs to business priorities.

Skills

SQL databases

PostgreSQL

Python

YAML

JSON

GitHub

Ansible

Terraform

Linux/Unix

Docker

Kubernetes

Network Management (NMS)

Virtualization

Automation

AI/Automation in delivery

Education

BS/BE/BTech degree or equivalent

Tools

NCS540

NCS560

ASR9k NCS55xx

Cisco 8k platforms

VMware

Job description

Meet the Team

The Customer Experience (CX) team is a group of extraordinary technical experts whose focus is delivering a world-class customer experience by solving the toughest business challenges with network-centric solutions. We accelerate customer and partner success through groundbreaking technology design, implementation, and optimization across a broad range of Cisco technologies. Our team collaborates closely with Cisco account teams, partners, and multi-functional groups to drive meaningful technology transitions and deliver real business outcomes. We are a high-performing, globally connected team with a strong culture of continuous learning, mentorship, and knowledge sharing. Our impact is validated through strong financial results, industry recognition, and some of the highest customer and employee satisfaction scores at Cisco.

Meet the Team

The Customer Experience (CX) team is a group of extraordinary technical experts whose focus is delivering a world-class customer experience by solving the toughest business challenges with network-centric solutions. We accelerate customer and partner success through groundbreaking technology design, implementation, and optimization across a broad range of Cisco technologies. Our team collaborates closely with Cisco account teams, partners, and multi-functional groups to drive meaningful technology transitions and deliver real business outcomes. We are a high-performing, globally connected team with a strong culture of continuous learning, mentorship, and knowledge sharing. Our impact is validated through strong financial results, industry recognition, and some of the highest customer and employee satisfaction scores at Cisco.

Your Impact

As a Consulting Engineer, you will support the design and deployment of robust Service Provider solutions that drive key business outcomes, acting as a trusted technical advisor to customers. This role is exciting because you'll own complex engagements end-to-end, shape architectural direction for major enterprises, and drive innovation by integrating AI and automation into how Cisco delivers services — all while expanding your influence across teams.

• Lead the execution of design, deployment, migration, and optimization of robust service provider for strategic customers.
• Create customer-facing documentation, migration plans, and implementation plans aligned to CX standards; build complex test environments to validate designs.
• Engage in customer solution discussions — connecting proposed solutions to business priorities

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires BS/BE/BTech degree or equivalent with 5+ years of experience in a similar job role.
• Any Service Provider related certification (CCNA, CCNP - DevOps) is helpful and you have a drive for continuous learning.
• Expertise in handling Network Management (NMS) tools/applications
• Advanced understanding/Experience with SQL databases and Postgres SQL
• Knowledge of software programmability, automation (Python, YAML, JSON, GitHub, Ansible, Terraform and so on), orchestration, and/or virtualization technologies.
• Advance level of Linux/Unix OS administration & troubleshooting
• Understanding of Virtualisation technologies (VMware, Docker, Kubernetes);
• Network Automation & Controllers: Crosswork, Cisco NSO and PCA
• Knowledge and hands-on of Agentic AI Tools development and Industry Models
• Knowledge on NCS540, NCS560, ASR9k NCS55xx and Cisco 8k platforms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of relevant Cisco technologies and delivery methods and builds skills in articulating technical concepts.
• Foundational consulting and collaboration skills
• Leverages AI and automation to enhance delivery efficiency, innovation and customer outcomes, while also increasing personal productivity and focus on high-impact work

Why Cisco?

At 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. Fueled 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. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.