Consulting Engineer (R&S, SDA & Wireless)

About the role

Cisco Customer Experience (CX) Professional Services is hiring a Consulting Engineer in Riyadh to partner with enterprise clients and lead end-to-end network modernization in complex campus and data center environments. The role sits within a senior engineering team covering enterprise routing, switching and high-density wireless technologies.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as lead technical advisor across customer engagements, steering the design, deployment, migration and optimization of enterprise network architectures.
• Lead multi-domain initiatives, architecting wired and wireless solutions on Cisco Catalyst and Nexus platforms.
• Manage complex routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP) and high-availability switching fabrics.
• Architect and deploy SDA fabrics (Catalyst Center, ISE, LISP/VXLAN, TrustSec) and high-density wireless networks.
• Review and approve technical work, integrate AI-driven automation workflows using Python or Ansible, support critical customer outages and mentor delivery peers.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of enterprise network engineering and delivery, with a track record of managing large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrated experience designing, deploying and optimizing enterprise routing and switching (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, Multicast).
• Demonstrated experience designing and deploying high-density wireless solutions (WLCs, Catalyst APs, RF planning).
• Active Cisco CCIE (Enterprise R&S preferred).

Required skills

• Preferred: hands-on experience with Cisco SDA fabrics (Catalyst Center, ISE, TrustSec).
• Preferred: network automation, CI/CD pipelines and configuration management with Python, Ansible or REST APIs.
• Preferred: hybrid-cloud networking and public cloud connectivity (Azure or Google Cloud).
• Preferred: leading complex network migrations in high-stakes environments; fluency in Arabic.

What we offer

• Hybrid full-time schedule of 48 hours per week.
• Healthcare and insurance, employee stock purchase program, flexible spending benefit.
• Flex and schooling allowances and other benefits.
• Start date around 19 October 2026 for approximately 4-6 weeks.