Senior Cisco CX Engineer — Enterprise SD-WAN & SDA Architect

Acuative Middle East; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

Acuative Middle East leads large-scale enterprise network transformations across Saudi Arabia, leveraging Cisco SDA, SD-WAN, Wireless, and Routing & Switching to design scalable architectures and deliver high-quality implementations that align with customer business goals.

The role requires strong technical leadership, stakeholder management, and hands-on experience in designing, deploying, and optimizing complex networks for enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunications, or related field.
• Strong hands-on experience with Cisco SDA, Catalyst Center, ISE, and campus fabric deployments.
• Deep expertise in Cisco SD-WAN (vManage, vBond, vSmart, WAN edge)
• Solid experience with Cisco Wireless (Catalyst Wireless Controllers, APs, RF optimization, WiFi troubleshooting)
• Strong knowledge of enterprise Routing & Switching (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, STP, HSRP, QoS, Multicast, network segmentation)
• Experience delivering enterprise network transformation projects independently.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and documentation skills.
• Excellent customer communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Plan, Design, and Implementation activities for enterprise networking projects.
• Design and deploy Cisco SDA, SD-WAN, Wireless, and Routing & Switching solutions in complex enterprise environments.
• Conduct workshops, discovery sessions, and technical assessments to define business and technical requirements.
• Develop high-level and low-level design documentation, implementation plans, migration strategies, and test plans.
• Perform installation, configuration, integration, migration, and optimization of Cisco enterprise networking solutions.
• Troubleshoot complex network issues during deployment and post-implementation phases.
• Coordinate with customer stakeholders, project managers, architects, and cross-functional technical teams to ensure successful project delivery.
• Ensure adherence to Cisco best practices, security standards, and operational excellence.
• Provide technical leadership during project execution and mentor junior engineers when required.
• Support customer acceptance testing and transition to operations teams.

Skills

Cisco SDA

Cisco SD-WAN

Cisco Wireless

Routing & Switching

BGP/OSPF/EIGRP

Campus fabric deployments

Troubleshooting

Customer engagement

Documentation

CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure

CCNP Enterprise

Automation / APIs

Security integration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunications, or related field

Tools

APIs and programmability

Job description

Acuative Middle East leads large-scale enterprise network transformations across Saudi Arabia, leveraging Cisco SDA, SD-WAN, Wireless, and Routing & Switching to design scalable architectures and deliver high-quality implementations that align with customer business goals.

The role requires strong technical leadership, stakeholder management, and hands-on experience in designing, deploying, and optimizing complex networks for enterprise environments.