Location - Australia, Japan, Singapore, Korea Meet the Team The Cloud and AI Infrastructure team is responsible for helping customers change their business using Cisco technology in the data centre and on cloud. The team works with customers, partners and engineering teams to take customer problems and turn them into business advantage. Your Impact We are seeking a Solutions Engineer - Artificial Intelligence (AI) Practitioner to join our dynamic sales team. As a Solutions Engineer (AI Practitioner), you will consult and drive the adoption of our AI solutions across various industries. You will identify potential clients, understand their specific needs, and provide tailored AI solutions that enhance their business operations. This role requires a deep understanding of AI technologies, real world deployment experience and expert capability to relay business and technical concepts to a diverse audience. You’re motivated by the fast-paced landscape in IT and how AI is changing the world. You love technology and thrive in solving complex problems. You are outstanding presenter and can translate complex technical scenarios into a simple east to understand message. You encourage those around to use technology in innovative ways and use a hands-on method to demonstrate your ideas. Minimum Qualifications: * 10+ years of technology consulting experience (preferably in systems, software, data, analytics and AI). * Good understanding of programming/scripting languages * Ability to provide detailed and consumable documentation and standard methodologies for deployment around application acceleration, automation/management efficiencies, enterprise, and AI/ML solutions. * Be able to develop and showcase real world examples of how AI technology can help businesses thrive and solve problems. * Excellent presentation skills - ability to value-sell and deliver engaging workshops to both technical and non-technical audiences on AI and/or infrastructure topics. Preferred Qualifications: * Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field. Advanced degree in Data Science is a plus. * Experience with AI relevant infrastructure, including Networking (InfiniBand and RoCE), Storage (FC, IP and scale out) and AI accelerators (GPUs etc). * In-depth understanding of AI models, including but not limited to GPT, Llama, Resnet or similar. * Experienced with data storage and management (SQL, NOSQL, Vector, BigQuery etc) and AI/ML frameworks (scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Jupyter, NIMS and NVAIE etc). * Expertise in training and fine-tuning AI models on premise or in cloud environments. * Familiarity with containerization (k8 etc). We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Why Cisco? With Cisco, you're not just embracing the future - you're helping create it. We are focused on integrating AI into our solutions to transform collaboration, security, networking, observability, and more. We are innovating ethical AI products and infrastructure that enable our customers to stay ahead of cyberattacks, predict and prevent network outages, and make team meetings more productive. Our extensive data sets and broad customer reach means limitless possibilities for you to build impactful AI solutions that tackle a wide array of real-world problems. \#WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all. Our passion is connection—we celebrate our employees’ diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best. We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer—80 hours each year—allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do! Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us! 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