Cisco Careers

Who we are

Cisco Managed Services (CMS) organization seeks a customer support engineer to join a team of very talented engineers supporting strategic accounts. This is a superb opportunity for someone with perseverance and an insightful view of the customer to hone their skills and advance their career providing value to customers while working with an industry leader in technology. The successful candidate will have a track record and desire to excel at both technical issue resolution and customer management.

Whom we are

As part of the Cisco CMS organization, you will be part of a dynamic, fast paced and supportive team that will build you up as you own the technical support for some of Cisco's biggest customers. You will be given the opportunity to work alongside many of Cisco's Technical and Sophisticated Service organizations and will receive unique insight into the IT services industry all the way from pre-sales to day 2 support as an engineer focused on some of Cisco’s key customers.

Who you are

• Ensure 24/7 availability of the production environment and supporting critical customer operations
• Participate in Change Advisory Board Review Meetings internal and with customer
• Supporting the root cause analysis process, and ensure remediation of major issues
• Ability to provide assistance in a support capacity with problem and incident resolution and assume major incident and problem ownership and accountability
• A solid understanding of the ITIL framework and its application in a production environment.
• Tackle & resolve the incidents and problem tickets within SLA/SLO
• Develop and maintain a working knowledge of existing and new technologies and be able to tie the design and implementation of infrastructure to the led components
• Performs Troubleshooting and Diagnosis of Sophisticated Issues
• Provide input to continuous improvement and process change suggestions
• Provide phone/email consultation to independently debug sophisticated network problems
• Provide systems/product training to peers within the team
• Take ownership and accountability expectations in leading cases and customer situations

Attributes of a Successful Candidate

We are looking for new talent with the following qualities and skills:

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-pressured, multi-functional, cross country, territory and theatre environment
• Demonstrate high-level of maturity and confidentiality
• Attention to detail and stellar interpersonal skills
• Possess strong presentation and communications skills
• Have strong time leadership skills

Required Skills

• In-depth knowledge of the following areas: Data Centre Networking and Data Centre Products. You should have good experience in Networking industry experience and knowledge of products and protocols.
• Proficiency in the following technologies: TCP/IP, Routing Protocols (OSPF, RIP, EIGRP, BGP), QoS, Multicast, MPLS.
• Data Centre – Nexus Routing & Switching, SDN, ACI,
• Troubleshooting experience using Wireshark, or other Protocol Analyzer.
• CCNP/CCIE Certification (R&S or DC
• Experience in the following products / solutions: Cisco Nexus 2000, 3000, 5000, 7000, 9000, ACI, APIC, VXLAN
• Should have good exposure in troubleshooting ACI devices.
• Working knowledge of L4-L7 Load Balancing NetScaler, Firewall/Security Products desirable.
• Knowledge of Python, API’s and/or other programming languages is beneficial.
• Knowledge of virtualization products like VMware, OpenStack etc.
• Good to have knowledge of security firewall products.
• Should be a great teammate.
• Ability to Assertively communicate and demonstrate Technical Leadership on Troubleshooting scenarios, especially over WebEx / telephonic customer conversations.
• In addition to the technical qualifications outlined above, candidates with proficiency or experience in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are highly desirable.
• The ideal candidate should possess knowledge of AI principles, algorithms, and applications, enabling them to contribute to AI-driven solutions within our organization

Education & Experience:

• Typically requires Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent 3-6 years related Data Centre and Network related experience
• Preferred CCNA/CCNP/CCIE Certification (R&S or DC)
• 8-12 years of experience in Data Centre technology at a Network Operations Center or Technical Assistance Center
• Deep technical experience to include ACI, Data Center, Cloud & Virtualization technologies
• Ability to work with internal and external executive level customers with confidence while providing an exceptional experience
• ITIL

Why Cisco

#WeAreCisco, where each person is unique, but we bring our talents to work as a team and make a difference powering an inclusive future for all.

We embrace digital, and help our customers implement change in their digital businesses. Some may think we’re “old” (36 years strong) and only about hardware, but we’re also a software company. And a security company. We even invented an intuitive network that adapts, predicts, learns and protects. No other company can do what we do – you can’t put us in a box!

But “Digital Transformation” is an empty buzz phrase without a culture that allows for innovation, creativity, and yes, even failure (if you learn from it.)

Day to day, we focus on the give and take. We give our best, give our egos a break, and give of ourselves (because giving back is built into our DNA.) We take accountability, bold steps, and take difference to heart. Because without diversity of thought and a dedication to equality for all, there is no moving forward.

So, you have colorful hair? Don’t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That’s cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us!