Solutions Architect

**Meet the Team**:
The LIO (Lifecycle Innovation and Optimization) team is a dynamic group of people working on big transformational, highly transparent initiatives and acquired company integrations. The Engineering team within the LIO organization is owning the charge on crafting a first-in-class digital experience for our customers and partners everywhere they connect with Cisco. We are at the epicenter of developing modern, cloud-native and AI-driven technologies that allow us to stay agile and adaptable in a constantly evolving market. Pioneers in our field, Engineering team enables customers and partners to maximize value with a simple, unified Cisco experience, driving accelerated time to impact. Join us and be a part of this exciting, ground-breaking journey

**Your Impact**:
As a Solution Architect specializing in AI capabilities, you will be at the forefront of the design and implementation of innovative AI-driven solutions that transform our data architecture, automated business processes, and digital experience orchestration. Your expertise will enable the organization to leverage AI and automation to deliver personalized, scalable, and efficient customer, partner, and employee experiences.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Align AI solutions with business goals, compliance requirements, and technology standards while architecting solutions that integrate advanced analytics, machine learning, and automation to optimize data flows and business insights.
- Lead the design and deployment of AI-powered automation frameworks that streamline operations, reduce manual effort, and improve engineering efficiency.
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to embed AI capabilities that enhance customer engagement, personalization, and campaign orchestration across multiple channels.
- Drive adoption of AI platforms and tools that support scalable, flexible, and secure AI workloads from edge to cloud environments.
- Provide thought leadership on emerging AI trends, best practices, and technology innovations to continuously evolve the AI architecture and capabilities.

**Minimum Qualifications (Provide up to five (5) bullet points** - these should be clearly defined, objective, non-comparative, relevant, and quantifiable to appropriately evaluate applicants - not including soft skills):

- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 8+ years in the tech industry, with specific experience working on projects related to data architecture, channel integrations, platform automation, data analytics, and across multiple audiences (customer, partner, employees).
- Proven ability to lead sophisticated, technical programs, motivate change, and connect with senior executives to influence accelerated decision-making and execution.
- Experience running large automation programs with multiple dependencies across organizations.
- Proficiency with JIRA, Confluence, and Microsoft Suite (Excel and PowerPoint).

**Preferred Qualifications (Provide up to five (5) bullet points**: these can include soft skills)
- Deep knowledge and experience in AI/ML frameworks, including hands-on experience with LLMs and multi-agent architectures.
- Proficiency in modern development languages (Python, C++, Java, JavaScript, R, etc.) and industry standard software development methodologies across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
- Knowledgeable in industry-leading marketing technology ecosystems and cross-platform integrations using native platform connectors and APIs.
- Strong background in compute, networking, storage, virtualization, and orchestration technologies relevant to AI workloads.
- Familiarity with data privacy, protection, and governance standards (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) and security certifications (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2).

**#WeAreCisco***:
At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Simply put - we power the future.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

U.S. employees have **access** to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top