Consulting Engineer (Cisco SDA, SDWAN | 8 to 12 Years)

Cisco; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Customer Experience (CX) in Bengaluru seeks a Senior Consulting Engineer to lead strategy, design, and optimization of multi-domain engagements across SD-Access, SD-WAN, and Routing & Switching. You will influence roadmaps, mentor engineers, and embed AI capabilities into delivery practices, ensuring security by design and high availability.

You will collaborate with teams, participate in industry events, and drive customer outcomes through scalable, resilient network solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 9+ years of related experience or equivalent.
• Active CCNP certification with DevNet specialization is a plus.
• 7+ years hands-on experience in architecting and optimizing enterprise Cisco networks.
• Expertise across SD-Access, SD-WAN, and Routing & Switching (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS).
• Experience with software programmability, automation, and AIOps (Python, Ansible, Terraform, REST APIs).

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end strategy, design, and optimization of complex Cisco engagements.
• Review designs and deliverables, shaping hardware/software roadmaps.
• Integrate AI/AIOps into delivery practices and maintain reusable IP.
• Mentor engineers and represent Cisco at industry events and forums.
• Act as senior escalation point for the most complex technical issues.

Skills

CCNP certification

DevNet specialization

Hands-on network design

Automation & AIOps

Python

Ansible

Terraform

REST APIs

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

CI/CD

NETCONF/YANG

Job description

Meet the Team

Cisco Customer Experience (CX) is a team of extraordinary technical experts whose #1 focus is to deliver a premier customer experience. We help our customers take on their toughest business challenges with network-centric solutions that accelerate adoption, expansion, and renewals. Our Consulting Engineering partners with some of the largest enterprises in the world to design, deploy, and optimize next-generation networks built on Cisco SD-Access, SD-WAN, and Routing & Switching — turning customer outcomes into measurable business value.

Meet the Team

Cisco Customer Experience (CX) is a team of extraordinary technical experts whose #1 focus is to deliver a premier customer experience. We help our customers take on their toughest business challenges with network-centric solutions that accelerate adoption, expansion, and renewals. Our Consulting Engineering partners with some of the largest enterprises in the world to design, deploy, and optimize next-generation networks built on Cisco SD-Access, SD-WAN, and Routing & Switching — turning customer outcomes into measurable business value.

Your Impact

As a Senior Consulting Engineer, you will lead the strategy, design, and optimization of Cisco's most complex SD-Access, SD-WAN, and Routing & Switching engagements. This role is exciting because you'll shape customer hardware and software roadmaps, integrate emerging AI and AIOps capabilities into our delivery practice, mentor the next generation of engineers, and build influence across the theatre and beyond — through industry forums, intellectual capital, and strategic customer advisory.

• Lead end-to-end strategy, deployment, and optimization of complex multi-domain solutions across SD-Access, SD-WAN, and Routing & Switching for strategic customers.
• Review and approve designs and deliverables, including input to customer hardware/software roadmaps, embedding Resilience and Security by Design.
• Integrate AI, automation, and AIOps into delivery practices; manage the team's knowledge repository, playbooks, and reusable IP.
• Act as the senior escalation point for the most complex technical issues; build advanced customer simulations and lead resolution across vendors and partners.
• Mentor junior Consulting Engineers, build leadership presence through industry events (e.g., Cisco Live, IETF), and use competitive insights to differentiate Cisco solutions.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's + 9 years, Master's + 7 years of related experience, or equivalent relevant work experience.
• Active CCNP certification with DevNet (DevOps) specialization as a plus
• 7+ years of hands‑on experience architecting, deploying, and optimizing enterprise‑scale Cisco networks.
• Recognized expertise across Cisco SD-Access or Cisco SD-WAN/Meraki and enterprise Routing & Switching (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS/Segment Routing, VXLAN/LISP, multicast, segmentation).
• Experience with software programmability, automation, orchestration, and AIOps (Python, Ansible, Terraform, CI/CD, NETCONF/YANG, REST APIs).
• Candidate might be expected to support PST timezone depending on customer needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• CCIE certification (Enterprise Infrastructure or equivalent).
• Specialized domain expertise (e.g., Healthcare, BFSI, Public Sector, Service Provider).
• Proven track record of leading multi‑million‑dollar engagements and complex transformation programs.
• Strong executive communication, mentorship, and thought‑leadership skills; experience contributing to industry forums or technical publications.
• Strategic mindset with business and financial acumen to articulate solution value to executive technical buyers.

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.