Job Description

About Us:The Cisco UCS Performance team optimizes and benchmarks the performance of UCS products, including B-Series and C-Series servers, Fabric Interconnects, and UCS Manager. Using tools like SPEC, FIO, Vdbench, and MLPerf, they improve system performance and work with virtualization technologies (VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, KVM). They have expertise in storage systems (SAN, NAS, NVMe) and hardware acceleration (CPUs, GPUs for AI/ML), and use automation tools like Cisco Intersight and PowerTool.Join us highly motivated and driven technical marketing engineer to define, validate and drive Compute Performance on UCS and Nutanix HCI platforms.What You\'ll do:We are seeking experience to Storage/Compute/Network benchmarking on Cisco UCS platforms and help resolve issues faced by customers.Role also includes the following:

• Conduct performance tests on UCS hardware and software (CPUs, GPUs, memory, networking, storage)
• Build performance benchmarks, analyse results, and develop technical marketing materials (white papers, standard process guides, presentations)
• Use industry-standard benchmarking tools (e.g., SPEC, vdbench) to evaluate system performance
• Provide technical guidance to improve UCS performance for specific customer environments
• Solve Cisco UCS performance issues
• Collaborate with engineering, product management, and sales teams to ensure industry-leading UCS performance
• Support Cisco Technical Support post-sales for performance debugging and optimizations
• Must be a self-starter and a teammate.
• Ability to set and meet timelines,

Who You\'ll work with:We collaborate with engineering teams on product development and optimization, aligns with product management on features and roadmaps, supports sales teams with technical expertise, assists technical support in resolving customer issues, and develops marketing materials. They also provide mentorship to customers, work with partners and vendors for compatibility, ensure QA benchmarks are met, and help build training materials for internal teams and customers.Who You Are:You are 9+ years of experience with below technologies you would be exposed but not limited to are the following:

• Expertise in Cisco UCS: B-Series/C-Series servers, Fabric Interconnects, UCS Manager
• Proficient with benchmarking tools: SPEC, FIO, Vdbench, MLPerf
• Skilled in virtualization: VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, KVM
• Knowledge of storage systems: SAN, NAS, NVMe performance
• Experience with hardware acceleration: CPUs, GPUs for AI/ML
• Proficient in automation tools: Cisco Intersight, PowerTool
• Compute, network, and AI/ML benchmarking experience
• Flexible, enthusiastic, and quick to learn new technologies
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Strong interpersonal skills: experience creating standard methodologies guides and technical whitepapers
• Expertise in hardware optimization and performance tuning, especially for servers and AI systems

Desired Skills

• Experience in performance engineering, especially AI/ML systems
• Performance benchmarking experience (MLPerf, SPEC, FIO) is a plus
• Proven foundation in server hardware, virtualization, HCI, storage, and networking
• Deep understanding of server architecture (CPU/GPU utilization, memory management, networking)
• Knowledge of HPC, GPU workloads, and AI infrastructure components
• Ensures data integrity through purpose and governance
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to make complex decisions
• Ability to navigate between big-picture concepts and implementation details

Why Cisco?#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters - with people like you!Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We\'re the Internet\'s optimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it\'s not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We\'re helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges, and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We\'re helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world - whether through 5G, or otherwise.We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other\'s backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another - from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. Because without diversity and a dedication to equality, there is no moving forward. Our 30 Inclusive Communities, that bring people together around commonalities or passions, are leading the way. Together we\'re committed to learning, listening, caring for our communities, whilst supporting the most vulnerable with a collective effort to make this world a better place either with technology, or through our actions.So, you have colorful hair? Don\'t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That\'s cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us! #WeAreCiscoMessage to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate\'s hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.U.S. employees have 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 receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday, plus a day off for their birthday. Employees accrue up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year and have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues without tapping into their PTO. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. Employees are also able to purchase company stock through our Employee Stock Purchase Program.Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

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