Consulting Engineer (Cisco SDA, SDWAN, Cisco ISE | 8 to 12 Years)

Meet the Team: CX is a team of extraordinary technical guides whose #1 focus is to deliver premier customer experience. We help take on the toughest business challenges with network-centric solutions that accelerate customer and partner success and dedication. Our success is validated through extraordinary financial results, increasing customer satisfaction metrics, industry recognition, and employee satisfaction scores.

Validate technology design, software releases, new Cisco technology solutions for projects/accounts to accelerate customer outcomes  Build customer simulations in test labs to resolve/validate sophisticated problems& compatibility issues  Understanding of product level architecture. Ability to apply Cisco Networking Design standard methodologies in Validation Scenarios. Write effective test cases and /or scripts based on customer test environment and requirements. Raise defects, liaison with Dev engineers and drive issues resolution. Review test plans and design changes related to area of responsibility. Apply field concepts to system tests. Have a working knowledge of customer deployments and able to map it to the feature  Tackle complex, multi-functional issues that cross many technologies in Core and Edge networking Build traffic profiles with 3rd party test tools such as Ixia or Spirent. Build and deliver customer collateral, portals, documentation and knowledge transfer   Align with and support company policies and processes and apply relevant tools to efficiently implement the role and support Professional Services’ strategies and goals  Play the role of an individual contributor  Cisco SD-WAN & Cisco SDA Network Engineer What You'll do Validate technology designs, software releases, and new Cisco networking solutions for projects/accounts to accelerate customer outcomes. Deploy, configure, validate, and troubleshoot Cisco SD-WAN solutions, including vManage, vSmart, vBond, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Edge platforms, to optimize WAN performance, scalability, and reliability. Design, deploy, and support Cisco Software-Defined Access (SDA) fabric solutions using Cisco Catalyst Center (formerly DNA Center). Configure and manage Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) for policy-based segmentation, authentication, authorization, and network access control within SDA environments. Configure and troubleshoot Fabric Underlay and Overlay networks, including LISP, VXLAN, Anycast Gateway, and Control Plane Nodes. Implement and validate Macro and Micro Segmentation, Virtual Networks (VNs), and Scalable Group Tags (SGTs) to enforce end-to-end security policies. Configure and manage Cisco Wireless solutions, including Cisco Catalyst 9800 Wireless Controllers, Catalyst and Meraki Access Points, and wireless LANs integrated with SDA fabric. Perform software validation, feature testing, interoperability testing, and regression testing across SD-WAN, SDA, Wireless, and Campus Networking solutions. Monitor network performance, analyze telemetry, troubleshoot complex issues, and recommend performance improvements across SD-WAN, SDA, and Wireless infrastructures. Automate network validation and operational tasks using APIs (REST, gRPC, gNMI), Python, and Cisco automation frameworks where applicable. Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to validate new software releases, features, and customer deployments. Provide technical guidance, documentation, and knowledge transfer to internal engineering teams. Strong hands-on experience with Cisco SD-WAN including vManage, vSmart, vBond, Catalyst SD-WAN Edge Routers, Application-Aware Routing, Control/Data Policies, and VPN Segmentation. Hands-on experience with Cisco Software-Defined Access (SDA) including Cisco Catalyst Center (DNA Center), Cisco ISE, Fabric Edge Nodes, Border Nodes, Control Plane Nodes, Fabric Wireless, Host Onboarding, Virtual Networks (VN), Scalable Group Tags (SGT), TrustSec, LISP, and VXLAN. Hands-on experience with Cisco