Consulting Engineer
Cisco is hiring a Consulting Engineer for a remote role open to applicants in France. Level rates it ; you can apply on Cisco.
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Design and automate enterprise network infrastructures using NetDevOps practices and AI-driven telemetry.
Meet the Team
As a Consulting Engineer specializing in Enterprise Networking within Cisco Customer Experience (CX), you will lead the technical delivery and lifecycle optimization of next-generation digital campus and wide-area network infrastructures. Our team partners closely with global enterprise customers to architect, deploy, migrate, and troubleshoot high-impact solutions across Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Catalyst Center (formerly DNA Center), Software-Defined Access (SDA / Fabric), and advanced Routing & Switching (Catalyst 9000 & IOS-XE). We combine deep protocol mastery with modern NetDevOps automation (Python, Ansible, pyATS, REST APIs) and AI-driven telemetry to guarantee network resilience, zero-trust security, and seamless user experiences. Collaborating proactively across Customer Success, Sales, Support, and Product Engineering, you will serve as a premier technical focal point, drive customer self-sufficiency, and develop reusable intellectual capital that accelerates delivery excellence.
Your Impact
Deliver Advanced Enterprise Networks: Lead the end-to-end planning, design, migration, and optimization of complex enterprise network solutions, focusing on Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Catalyst Center, and SD-Access (SDA) campus fabrics across Catalyst 9000 and Cisco IOS-XE platforms.
Architect SDA & SD-WAN Fabrics: Drive the design and deployment of secure, automated campus fabrics (LISP, VXLAN, Cisco ISE / TrustSec SGT integration, Anycast Gateways) and software-defined WAN architectures (vManage / SD-WAN Manager, vSmart, vBond, C8000V/Catalyst 8000 edge routers) aligned to Cisco Validated Designs (CVDs).
NetDevOps & AI-Driven Assurance: Leverage network programmability, infrastructure-as-code (CI/CD pipelines), and automated testing (Python, Ansible, Terraform, pyATS, REST APIs) along with AI-driven analytics (Catalyst Center Assurance, ThousandEyes, Cisco IQ) to automate changes, detect anomalies, and streamline deployments.
Proactive Resolution & Simulation Testing: Serve as the primary technical authority for complex routing, switching, and fabric escalations; build high-fidelity customer simulations to reproduce complex issues, validate software release upgrades, and execute risk-free change windows.
Intellectual Capital & Automation Assets: Author and contribute to reusable digital intellectual capital, including SD-WAN policy templates, SDA migration playbooks, Catalyst Center SWIM automation workflows, and best-practice deployment guides.
Cross-Functional Alignment & Technical Mentorship: Collaborate with Sales and Customer Success to translate customer business objectives into technical architectures, drive subscription adoption and renewals, and actively mentor emerging consulting engineers.
Minimum Qualifications
Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field with 7+ years of related experience; or Master’s degree with 4+ years of related experience; or equivalent practical experience.
Enterprise Networking & Fabric Expertise: 5+ years of hands-on experience designing, deploying, configuring, and troubleshooting enterprise networks, with deep expertise in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Catalyst Center (DNA Center), and Cisco Software-Defined Access (SDA / Campus VXLAN-LISP).
Routing & Switching Protocol Mastery: 5+ years of demonstrated mastery in advanced enterprise Routing & Switching protocols and architectures (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, VRF/MPLS, QoS, Multicast, EVPN, STP, and Cisco IOS-XE on Catalyst 9200/9300/9400/9500/9600 series).
Automation & Programmability: 2+ years of practical experience with network automation, programmability, and scripting using Python, REST APIs / RESTCONF, Ansible, Terraform, or pyATS test automation frameworks.
Professional Certification: Cisco CCNP Enterprise certification (or equivalent) and demonstrated certification or equivalent proficiency in Network Programmability / DevOps (e.g., Cisco DevNet Associate/Professional).
Preferred Qualifications
Zero-Trust & Identity Integration: Hands-on experience integrating Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) with SDA / Catalyst Center for dynamic endpoint profiling, 802.1X authentication, and TrustSec / SGT micro-segmentation.
Advanced & Expert Certifications: Cisco CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure (or CCIE Routing & Switching), Cisco Certified DevNet Professional, or equivalent industry certifications.
Cloud & SaaS On-Ramp: Experience configuring SD-WAN Cloud OnRamp for IaaS/SaaS (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Microsoft 365) and integrating ThousandEyes telemetry for end-to-end hop-by-hop visibility.
Intellectual Capital & Template Creation: Demonstrated record of developing standardized YAML data models, Jinja2 configuration templates, or CI/CD pipelines for Catalyst SD-WAN and Catalyst Center deployments.
Consultative Leadership & Mentorship: Strong consultative presentation skills with a history of mentoring technical peers and delivering technical workshops to customer architects.
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.
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Consulting Engineer at Cisco rates 30 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
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