Senior Data Center Network Architect (ACI & VXLAN)

Cisco Systems, Inc; Roma; Hybrid; EUR 59,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Italy and Southern Europe seeks a Senior Network Consulting Engineer to lead end-to-end data center design and deployment, focusing on ACI, VXLAN, and automation. The role requires hands-on engineering and strategic advisory work for top-tier clients.

You will mentor engineers, drive migrations, and collaborate with regional teams, balancing remote delivery with on-site engagements in Rome and Milan. Fluency in Italian and strong English are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications, Electronic Engineering (or equivalent)
• 8+ years of hands-on professional services or network consulting experience in enterprise/Data Center environments
• Active Cisco CCIE Data Center or CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure / Routing & Switching (or equivalent)
• Deep Cisco ACI architecture knowledge: Spine-Leaf, APIC, VRF, EPGs, etc.
• Nexus & VXLAN EVPN expertise: NX-OS, VXLAN with BGP EVPN
• Routing & Switching mastery: BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, SR, vPC, STP, QoS, PIM
• Fluency in Italian; professional English for customer engagements

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end planning, HLD/LLD design, staging, deployment, and Day-2 testing for large Cisco Data Center networks
• Design, configure, and troubleshoot ACI, VXLAN fabrics and multi-pod/multi-site deployments
• Develop migration architectures and MOPs for legacy environments to programmable ACI/VXLAN
• Act as trusted advisor to CTOs/IT Directors and NetOps teams
• Drive network automation with Python, Ansible, Terraform and REST APIs

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/Telecommunications/Engineering

Tools

APIC

Nexus 9000 NX-OS

VXLAN EVPN

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Italy and Southern Europe seeks a Senior Network Consulting Engineer to lead end-to-end data center design and deployment, focusing on ACI, VXLAN, and automation. The role requires hands-on engineering and strategic advisory work for top-tier clients.

You will mentor engineers, drive migrations, and collaborate with regional teams, balancing remote delivery with on-site engagements in Rome and Milan. Fluency in Italian and strong English are essential.