Overview 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.

Responsabilità 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 IaC 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, L2Out, L3Out Provide technical leadership, peer review,



and mentorship across the regional delivery team Secondary skills in DC will be considered a plus Requisiti fondamentali ~ 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 9000/7000/5000 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, vPC, STP, QoS, 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 ~ Cisco ACI (APIC), EPGs, Contracts, Micro-segmentation, VRF, BD, ANP ~ VXLAN EVPN with BGP control plane, distributed anycast gateway ~ Nexus switches (9000/7000/5000), NX-OS

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