Consulting Engineer

Overview

In this role you act as a senior technical authority in Cisco CX Professional Services across Italy and Southern Europe, leading design, deployment, and optimization of mission-critical data center networks. You work closely with client stakeholders to deliver end-to-end solutions using ACI, VXLAN, and Nexus fabrics, while driving automation and modern, AI-ready architectures. You balance hands-on engineering with strategic consulting, mentoring regional engineers and guiding large-scale transitions. This is a high-visibility, hybrid role offering impact across networks, security, and service delivery.

Responsabilità

Lead end-to-end architecture, design, staging, deployment, and Day-2 acceptance for large data center networks

Design, configure, and troubleshoot Cisco ACI (APIC) and VXLAN fabrics including multi-pod and multi-site deployments

Develop migration architectures and detailed MOPs to transition legacy environments to programmable ACI/VXLAN

Operate in a hybrid work model with onsite engagements in Rome and Milan as needed

Establish trusted advisory relationships with Chief Architects and IT leadership; translate business goals into robust architectures

Drive network automation and Ia

C using Python (ACI Cobra SDK), Ansible ACI modules, Terraform ACI Provider, and REST APIs

Architect L4–L7 service integration (firewalls, F5/Citrix load balancers) via ACI Service Graphs, L2Out, L3Out

Provide technical leadership, peer review, and mentorship across the regional delivery team

Secondary skills in DC will be considered a plus

Requisiti fondamentali

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/SP Data Center environments

Active Cisco CCIE Data Center or CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure / Routing & Switching (or equivalent expert-level mastery)

Deep knowledge of ACI fabric design, Spine-Leaf, APIC, VRFs, BDs, EPGs, Contracts, and Micro-segmentation; Multi-Pod and Multi-Site experiences

Extensive Nexus 9000/7000/5000 NX-OS experience; VXLAN EVPN with BGP, IRB, DCI

Experience with Nexus Dashboard, NDI, NDFC/DCNM, and Network Assurance Engine (NAE) for Day-2 operations

Fluency in Italian and professional English for customer-facing engagements

Strong routing & switching expertise (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, Segment Routing, v

PC, STP, Qo

S, multicast)

Client-facing communication and presentation skills

Analytical thinking and proven ability to convey complex SDN concepts to executives

Mentoring and coaching of junior engineers; strong teamwork orientation

Cisco ACI (APIC), EPGs, Contracts, Micro-segmentation, VRF, BD, ANP

VXLAN EVPN with BGP control plane, distributed anycast gateway

Nexus switches (9000/7000/5000), NX-OS