Customer Delivery Architect

You will join Cisco Customer Experience (CX) Professional Services, partnering with leading enterprise organizations across the region to design resilient, transformative technology architectures.

As a Customer Delivery Architect, you will serve as the lead solution architect across complex customer engagements, translating strategic business priorities into scalable Data Center (VXLAN EVPN, Nexus) and Security (ISE, NGFW) architectural designs.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Architecting secure multi-tenant overlay networks, defining BGP EVPN control planes, multi-site fabrics, VRF segmentation, and micro-segmentation policies.
• Leading and mentoring cross-functional engineering teams, reviewing technical deliverables, ensuring delivery quality, and embedding network automation using Python, Ansible, and Terraform into customer environments.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience) with 10+ years of related network architecture and engineering experience.
• Active Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) certification in Data Center, Security, Enterprise, or Routing & Switching (or equivalent demonstrated industry expertise).
• Demonstrated architectural experience designing and deploying Data Center overlay networks (VXLAN EVPN, Nexus) OR Enterprise Routing & Switching architectures (BGP, OSPF, Multicast, DCI, SD-WAN, or SDA) OR Cisco Security solutions (such as Cisco ISE or Next-Generation Firewalls / FTD / ASA).

Preferred qualifications include:

• Experience designing hybrid environments using Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) and Software-Defined Access (SDA / SD-WAN).
• Hands-on expertise with Cisco Secure Network Analytics (Stealthwatch) and Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA).
• Proven track record leading multi-site data center migrations and establishing enterprise network segmentation frameworks.
• Experience integrating VXLAN EVPN networks with cloud-based platforms or SDN controllers.
• Strong background mentoring engineering peers, leading customer technical design workshops, and authoring technical documentation.
• Demonstrated experience developing and deploying network automation scripts using Python, Ansible, or Terraform.

Benefits of working at Cisco include being part of a team that is revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era.