Consulting Engineer

Role overview

This opportunity is for a Consulting Engineer role within Cisco Customer Experience (CX) in Mulshi, Maharashtra. The position is being shared in advance for a possible future opening, so the exact role may become available later. If a suitable vacancy opens up, a Cisco team member may reach out directly after you apply.

About the team

Cisco CX is focused on delivering an outstanding customer experience through deep technical expertise. The team supports enterprise customers with network-centric solutions that help them solve complex business problems, speed up adoption, expand deployments, and renew their Cisco investments. Consulting Engineering works with major organizations to design, implement, and fine-tune modern networks based on Cisco SD-Access, SD-WAN, and Routing & Switching, with the goal of translating technical outcomes into measurable business results.

What you will do

• Join customer discussions to understand business and technical needs, then translate those needs into project scope and outcomes.
• Assist with the rollout, setup, and migration of Cisco SD-Access, SD-WAN, and Routing & Switching environments, including work during approved change windows.
• Create and use lab setups to investigate issues, confirm designs, and ensure delivery quality.
• Help prepare project deliverables, migration plans, and customer documentation, while using AI-based tools for analysis, narrative support, and timeline planning and verifying their results.
• Contribute reusable templates, lessons learned, and knowledge-sharing material to strengthen team know-how.

Minimum qualifications

You should have a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline, along with 2+ years of relevant networking experience, or an equivalent mix of education and experience totaling up to 3 years. An active CCNA certification is required. Practical experience with Cisco Routing & Switching technologies such as Catalyst switches, ISR/ASR routers, and IOS-XE is also needed, along with familiarity with routing protocols including BGP, OSPF, and EIGRP, plus core LAN/WAN concepts. You must also have experience troubleshooting production networks and exposure to at least one of Cisco SD-Access or Cisco SD-WAN/Meraki.

Preferred qualifications

Preference will be given to candidates progressing toward CCNP Enterprise certification, with basic scripting and automation capability in Python, Ansible, or REST APIs. Comfort with AI-assisted productivity tools, along with the habit of checking AI-generated output, will be helpful. Strong written and verbal communication skills are important, as is a cooperative, customer-focused mindset and willingness to learn from feedback.

Why Cisco

Cisco is reshaping how organizations connect and secure data and infrastructure in the AI era and beyond. With 40 years of innovation, the company builds solutions that bring security, visibility, and insight across the full digital footprint. Its global network of experts works collaboratively and with empathy to solve large-scale challenges, creating broad opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact.

Additional information

This posting is intended to surface possible future hiring needs rather than an immediately open role. Applications may be considered if a matching position opens later and a Cisco representative may contact suitable candidates directly.