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 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, 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 (9000/7000/5000), NX-OS Consulting Engineer pavia, lombardia, it

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