1437996 Customer Delivery Architect

The application window is expected to close on: 4/11/2025

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

The successful applicant will be performing work on US Government classified environments, and therefore, must be a U.S. Person (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, asylee, or refugee). This position will perform work that the U.S. government has specified can only be performed by a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil.

Must live within commuting distance and be able to work onsite 3-4 days per week in the greater Northern California region.

Meet the Team

Our Customer Delivery Architects are a valuable part of the Customer Experience (CX) team supporting our customers! We combine the power of Cisco Analytics and Knowledge with the outstanding technical expertise and consulting (that's you) to drive value, innovation, and adoption in our customer's network. We help them to reduce risk, drive innovation, and improve their network to meet business objectives. We are the customer's trusted advisor, helping the customer understand their network, reduce risks, and take advantage of the technology. We work closely with Cisco Engineering to advocate for innovation for our customer and as a liaison, share what is coming with our customers to help them be the groundbreakers of technology.

Your Impact

As a Customer Delivery Architect, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that Cisco fully integrates the expectations of our SLED customers, delivering a consistent outstanding customer experience. In this customer-facing role, you will work with key partners throughout customer organizations, from technical staff to CXO level, building strong working relationships as a trusted advisor. You will stay informed about customer challenges and remain up-to-date on Cisco's solutions and service offerings that can be proposed to address and resolve these challenges. The ideal candidate is a creative problem solver, addressing the growth mindset, capable of proactively building our customers' technical roadmaps. Drawing upon a comprehensive mix of broad security and networking knowledge, as well as specific area expertise, along with excellent customer relationship skills, you will establish yourself as trusted advisor capable of building long-term relationships with customers. An inclusive approach builds innovation and better outcomes for our customers. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds and experiences to apply, as we believe that an inclusive team drives success and enables us to better understand and serve our customer base.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 10 years of relevant experience in customer roles, within technical delivery, IT, or pre-sales product engineering
• BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
• CCIE in Security, Collaboration and/or Route Switch

Preferred Qualifications:

• Be experienced delivering Cisco standard methodologies within our client's infrastructure.
• Be able to demonstrate the ability to lead or guide teams made up of Cisco, Customer and Partner members in the analysis and resolution of technical network problems.
• Ability to provide high-level crisis management through anticipation of issues, problems or events and actively resolving them with the Customer and Partners.
• Leverage good communication, consulting and consistent engagement to build productive collaborations.

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