Principle Architect

Strategic Leadership: The individual is expected to lead the strategic direction of the Cisco's & CX Service Provider solutions, ensuring that the solutions are aligned with both the cisco's goals and customer needs. 

Solution Design and Integration: The role involves designing and integrating CX solutions that address the end-to-end needs of the service provider initiatives, possibly requiring a mix of hardware, software, and services.  

Deep knowledge of the SP related HW/SW technology ( preferred deep Cisco solution knowledge) including the AI and cloud related technologies. In combination with this deep understanding of the SP business trends ( includes managed services) 

Deep understanding of service delivery including Managed Services and software lifecycle practices. 

Deep Knowledge in SP IP Transport technologies  

Deep Knowledge in SP Automation technologies and solutions 

Cross-Functional Work: The leader must work across different functions within CX and Cisco, leveraging multiple technologies and bringing together diverse teams to create innovative solutions. 

Advisory Role: As an advisor, the leader proactively identifies and solves complex architectural challenges faced by service provider customers, requiring a deep understanding of various SP architectures, frameworks, and SP industry solutions. 

Technical Expertise: Translating complex requirements into functional architectures suggests a high level of technical expertise in creating secure, reliable, and serviceable solutions. 

Engineering Excellence: The individual is responsible for ensuring that the CX's engineering practices meet high standards in quality and efficiency and that the solutions are repeatable and scalable. 

Communication and Relationship Building: Being a trusted advisor requires excellent communication skills and the ability to build lasting relationships, both within the company and with customers and partners. 

Industry Presence: The role calls for a visible presence in the industry, which could be demonstrated through patents, contributions to industry standards, blogs, whitepapers, speaking at industry events, etc. 

About Company

Cisco Systems, Inc. is a multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. Founded in 1984, Cisco is a global leader in networking hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment. The company is best known for designing and selling routers, switches, cybersecurity solutions, and collaboration technologies such as Webex.