Consulting Engineer
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.
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, L2 Out, L3 Out
Provide technical leadership, peer review,
and mentorship across the regional delivery team
Secondary skills in DC will be considered a plus
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 ************** 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
VXLAN EVPN with BGP control plane, distributed anycast gateway
Nexus switches ***************), NX-OS
Consulting Engineer pavia, lombardia, it
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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.
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, L2 Out, L3 Out
Provide technical leadership, peer review,
and mentorship across the regional delivery team
Secondary skills in DC will be considered a plus
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 ************** 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
VXLAN EVPN with BGP control plane, distributed anycast gateway
Nexus switches ***************), NX-OS
Consulting Engineer pavia, lombardia, it
#J-*****-Ljbffr