Meet the Team
The India BFSI team is a truly vibrant organization that covers the diverse set of customers in Enterprise segment. The team closely works with large Banking & Financial customers including few of the TOP 100 APJC customers for Cisco, strategic partners and engineering teams to build solutions around emerging technologies like SDN, High performance data centre networks, Cloud Security and AI. The BFSI customers run highly critical infrastructure responsible for the country’s digital economy and hence the team focuses on strong technical excellence blended with sales acumen. You'll collaborate as part of a disruptive Sales engineering team to turn customer challenges into opportunities for growth and success aligned to Cisco's strategic vision. We offer exhilarating, inspiring, global, high impact, and uniquely broad opportunities for your growth in the organisation.
Your Impact
This role involves end-to-end architecture, design, and recommendation of solutions for Large BFSI customer Accounts using Cisco technologies. It requires developing tailored, innovative solutions to optimize customer’s infrastructure and align with their strategic objectives. The Indian BFSI industry is highly regulated and hence the role demands a fair understanding of the common business challenges as well as the guidelines and regulations framed by the regulators.
The ideal candidate should have 12-15 years of experience in the industry, with a strong background in design and architecture of network infrastructure solutions for enterprise customers with Experience with one or more areas like Secure Networking, Software Defined Network, Cloud Security etc
Minimum Qualifications
· 12+ years of technology presales experience around one or more areas preferably in Cisco routing & Switching, Software defined network, data center network, cloud security or Network Performance and observability.
· Strong understanding of technologies like SDN, SDWAN, SASE etc
· Ability to provide detailed and consumable documentation and standard methodologies for deployment around one or more solutions like large scale branch network infrastructure, private cloud infrastructure, Network & cloud security
· An AI enthusiast, who can combine technical curiosity about AI with a clear focus on measurable outcomes.
· Should be able to articulate and showcase real world examples of how technology can help solve problems and businesses thrive.
· Strong acumen to discover business problems and turn them into POCs, demos with clearly articulated success criteria.
· Excellent presentation skills – ability to value-sell and deliver engaging workshops to both technical and non-technical audiences
· Strong interpersonal relationship and ability to work with cross functional teams.
Preferred Qualifications
· Bachelor of engineering degree (ECE/CS) or equivalent
· Technical certifications in any of the areas like Networking/Security/Cloud
· Prior experience in working with large enterprise customers
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Skills Required
- 12+ years technology presales experience in Cisco routing & switching, SDN, data center networking, cloud security, or network performance and observability.
- Strong understanding of SDN, SD-WAN, and SASE technologies.
- Ability to produce detailed, consumable deployment documentation and standard methodologies for large-scale branch networks, private cloud, and network/cloud security.
- AI enthusiasm and ability to apply AI to achieve measurable business outcomes.
- Ability to articulate real-world examples of technology solving business problems.
- Proven ability to discover business problems and convert them into POCs and demos with clear success criteria.
- Excellent presentation and value-selling skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work cross-functionally.
- Bachelor of Engineering (ECE/CS) or equivalent.
- Technical certifications in Networking, Security, or Cloud.
- Prior experience working with large enterprise customers.
Cisco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cisco and has not been reviewed or approved by Cisco.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad, with medical options including PPOs, high-deductible plans, and regional HMOs. Feedback suggests robust wellness and mental-health resources, with some locations offering on-site support and second medical opinions.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is highlighted through paid holidays, paid time off, and additional recharge days such as “Days for Me,” with generous volunteer time also mentioned. Feedback suggests these programs help support rest, volunteering, and critical life events.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental and family support appears extensive, including paid child-bonding leave, family medical leave, and caregiving resources. Observations also point to family-planning assistance and adoption or surrogacy support in some regions.
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