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Solutions Engineer – Assurance & Automation – Saudi Jobs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at CARE
Solutions Engineer – Assurance & Automation – Saudi based
Location:
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Area of Interest:
Engineer – Pre Sales and Product Management
Job Type: Professional
Technology Interest:
Internet & Mass Scale Infrastructure
Job
Meet the Team
As part of Cisco’s EMEA Internet & Mass-Scale Infrastructure team, you’ll collaborate with account teams, fellow engineers, and customers to define and deliverinnovative solutionsthat set the benchmark for assurance, automation, switching, routing, optical, and SDN. You’ll act as a trusted advisor for customers and a source of thoughtleadershipfor the industry, contributing to Cisco’s prominence in the service provider market.
Your Impact:
You are a technical leader and ahands-onexpert. In this role, you will lead the design and implementation of groundbreaking, AI-ready, software-defined infrastructures that enable next-generation service provider networks. You will guide RFPs, proofs of concept (PoCs), and architectural designs, ensuring alignment with customer objectives and industry trends. You will lead cross-functional engineering efforts, delivering consultative support and expertise to customers in strategic accounts.
Your influence will extend beyond individual accounts, as you work to shape Cisco’s product strategy by advocating for field and customer needs with Development teams. You will also manage customer expectations, ensuring alignment with product and solution capabilities, while continuously driving thoughtleadershipin the broader networking and service provider industries.
Who you are:
You are an accomplished technical leader with deep expertise in networking and automation. You are just as comfortable behind a keyboard as you are in front of customers, confidently engaging at both technical and business levels. You combine exceptional architectural design skills withhands-onimplementation expertise to deliver transformative solutions. With aforward-thinkingmindset, you influence not only your customers but also the wider industry through thoughtleadership, speaking engagements, andinnovativesolution design.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent
10+ years of experience in assurance, automation, networking, including consulting, service implementation and operational expertise
Knowledge of networking technologies & protocols such as routing, switching, MEF, L2/L3, SRv6, MPLS, BNG, VxLAN and EVPN are required
Technology domains knowledge such as ML/AI, SDN, SD-WAN, 5G and Cloud
Must possess a strong focus on customer service and be able to establish and maintain strong relationships throughout the sales cycle
English and Arabic proficiency is required
Preferred Qualifications:
Cisco assurance (PCA), Network Automation portfolio e.g. Cisco Crosswork
Network programmability basic understanding of NETCONF/YANG, REST, JSON, Network telemetry
Preferred strong understanding of AI/ML concepts, techniques & infrastructure (learning models, LLM, GenAI, AGI, NLP, neural networks, deep learning, AI Frameworks, GPU and DPU)
Proficiency with automation tool sets (Ansible, Terraform, ROBOT) with a strong focus on DC switching and compute
Proven track recordin guiding complex RFPs, PoCs, and architectural designs for large-scale service providers
Solid knowledge of Network Automation and Assurance solutions and positioning including competitive landscape
Strong knowledge of customer networks, their current challenges, abi…
Title: Solutions Engineer – Assurance & Automation – Saudi
Company: CARE
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Category: IT/Tech, Engineering
