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Meet the Team

Join Cisco’s Customer Experience (CX) web delivery team as a Senior High Touch Engineering Technical Leader specializing in routing, switching, and IOS-XR technologies. Our Technical Leaders are an integral part of the Customer Experience (CX) team delivering expert level consulting and technical support to our customers. We are the customer’s trusted advisor and expert, helping the customer understand their network, reduce risks, and take advantage of the technology.

Your Impact

You will support a major web customer using Cisco 8000 architecture running IOS-XR and disaggregated open-source software platforms. Your role includes providing technical leadership, remote and onsite consultation, and driving timely resolution of high-severity issues in both pre-production and production environments.

Key Responsibilities:As a Senior High Touch Engineering Technical Leader, you will help drive the effort to transform current and future network architecture for our customers.Serve as the primary contact for troubleshooting and resolving high-severity technical issues. Lead and provide oversight for High Touch Technical Support (HTTS) Customer Support Engineers (CSEs). Produce detailed Root Cause Analysis (RCA) documents. Drive incubation of new support capabilities aligned with Cisco services value proposition.Collaborate with SDE, HTOM, NCEs, Solution Engineers (SE) and Engineering teams associated with the engagementBuild and maintain trusted advisor relationships with customer network operations and other important stakeholders. Deliver systems and product training. Minimum Qualifications:10-15 years' in hyperscaler data center architecture and Cisco IOS-XR/8000 routing/switching, with a CS/EE background.10-15 years' expertise in hardware platform architecture and core networking protocols (BGP, ISIS, MPLS, Segment Routing, IPv6).10-15 years' proven analytical, problem-solving, and independent troubleshooting skills in complex technical settings.10-15 years' demonstrating adaptability, self-starting capability, and a strong drive to learn ASIC architecture, open-source NOS, and SDK layers.Preferred Qualifications:CCIE Routing & Switching, Data Center, or Service Provider preferred. Excellent communication, leadership, and presentation skills. Experience with scripting languages such as Python and Linux environments. Strong technical account management experience in professional or consulting services.

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