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,

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