Job Shadow OpportunitiesUS - 2016

Allentown, PA:

(0212161)Shadow_Mentor Opportunity: Assistant Team Administrator – Mentor: Kumar Lakshmikumar, Vipul Patel

Opportunity for 1 Student

Location: Allentown, PA

Description:

Experiences include but not limited to:

Review the basics of integrated circuit design and manufacturing.

•Advantages of microcircuits versus conventional board level electronics

•Exposure of basic physics and mathematics to design circuits and perform signal processing. He will also be exposed to software tools such as MATLAB.

The objective is to better appreciate STEM related subjects he will be studying in school. This should motivate students even more to choose these exciting topics in school and college and apply them successfully to take on an engineering profession.

Denver, Colorado

(0318161)Shadow_Mentor Opportunity: Global IT Infrastructure – Mentor: Tracy Torrez

Opportunity for 3 Students

Location: Denver, CO

Description:

Experiences include but not limited to:

Hands On Exposure to the Creation, Deployment and Operation of IT Services:

  • Data Center – Cabling, Hosting, Storage, Power and Cooling
  • Networking – Wireless, Building, Inter-site and Internet
  • Collaboration – Video, Web Conferencing, Telephony

•Time with recent college hires, experienced technologists and people managers

•Depending on interest, projects in data analysis, scripting/coding and deployment of software or hardware may be included.

The objective is to better appreciate how STEM related subjects directly apply to the IT services required to support a large company like Cisco. This should motivate students even more to choose these exciting topics in school and college and apply them successfully to take on a technical profession.

New York, NY:

(0212161)Shadow_Mentor Opportunity: Assistant Team Administrator – Mentor Adam Apps

Opportunity for 1 Student

Location: (1 Penn Plaza) New York, NY

Description:

Experiences include but not limited to:

Sit in team and customer meetings. Understand revenue flow and Cisco’s GTM.

Exposure to technology roadmaps and briefings

Learn and assist with customer use case of technology and solution selling

Exposure to real world customer environments

Data Analysis (Sales crediting, attach rate, etc.)

Participate in other team activities

Overland Park, Ks:

(0208161)Shadow_Mentor Opportunity: Project Management Team Member - Mentor: Luke Desmond

Opportunity for 1 Student

Location: Cisco Overland Park, KS

Description:

Shadow opportunities include but not limited to:

•Project Management

  • Attend team meetings
  • Analyze reports and recommend actions
  • Prepare project status reports and present status (internally)

•Engineering Management

  • Attend and observe integration and/or migration events
  • Perform engineering analysis tasks – (offline)
  • Site surveys/lab visits

•Technical Domains

  • Service Provider WiFi – IOT

Kansas City SP WiFi

Sprint Center WiFi

•Service Provider – Mobile Broadband

•IOS-XR Migration

•Core Data Center Audit

•IP Aggregator Migration

•Cisco OpenStack Private Cloud

Richardson, Tx:

(0201161)Shadow_Mentor Opportunity: Dev-Ops & Automation Solution Build and Delivery – Mentor Manish Jain and Kevin Thomas

Opportunity for 2 Student

Location: Richardson, Texas

Description:

Shadow opportunities include:

  • Reviewing C/C++ and Java programming. Python a plus.
  • Learning Linux/Unix, XML and Databases
  • Communication skills in English (verbal and written)
  • Some exposure to DevOps tools
  • Some exposure to Networking concepts

(0208162)Job Title: AS(Advance Services)CNS(Cloud and Networking Services)Practice Lab Assistants– Mentor: Vanitha Kannan

Opening for 2 Students

Location: Richardson (Dallas Area), TX Building 6 2ndFloor

Description:

Shadow opportunities include but not limited to:

  • Upgrade IOS (operating systems) on Lab devices
  • Cabling between intra-racks and inter-rack
  • Replace failed Fan’s and Fan Trays
  • Update Visio Diagrams for deployed test racks
  • Test the operation of repaired or RMA’ed (Return merchandise authorization) Devices.
  • Verify configurations on Core network back bone that supports CCIE Candidate’s.
  • Inventory of equipment
  • Material handler
  • Clean up and general maintenance of Practice Racks
  • Verify network connectivity of POD’s to Cisco Network

(041116)Job Title: AS(Advance Services)CNS(Cloud and Networking Services)Practice Lab Assistants– Randy Zhang and Hiren Sabuwala

Opening for 2 Students

Location: Richardson (Dallas Area), TX Building 5 2ndFloor

Description:

Shadow opportunities include but not limited to:

  • Software upgrade and configuration on Lab devices
  • Miscellaneous programming tasks with Python
  • Cabling between intra-racks and inter-rack
  • Inventory equipment
  • Material handling
  • general maintenance of lab equipment

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RTP, Carolina:

(0208163)Job Title: AS (Advanced Services) Transformation Intern– Mentors: Jamie de Vries & Phil Lennert

Opening for 2 Students

Location: RTP (Research Triangle Park), NC Building 10 4th Floor

Descriptions include but not limited to:

•Working in teams, liaising with Directors, Managers, and reports

  • Balance between 90% project & work across 3-5 projects areas
  • 90% project work bringing together quantitative and qualitative data for business insights. Projects may be associated with:
  • Solving abstract business problems through analysis, research, and collaborative approach
  • Business Intelligence & Decision Support
  • Big Data development and modelling
  • Strategy creation for specific business areas and/or portfolio elements
  • Business Capability definition and solution through policies, processes, and tools
  • Financial analysis and valuation of business models and capabilities
  • Process optimization
  • 10% Intern Development Activities Intern Development Activities
  • Develop mentor/mentee relationships, Lunch & Learn with managers, intern networking, training and workshops to enhance business skills

(0224161)Shadow_Mentor Opportunity: Network Consulting Engineering– Mentor Priti Patel

Opportunity for 1 Student

Location: RTP

Description:

Experiences include but not limited to:

Running, exporting and formatting ad hoc reports

  • Review, Process and Analyze

Review Syslog report

Syslog report points a CCO link for every syslog

oAll CCO links works and not outdated especially for older Syslogs

This opportunity is open to students with a strong interest in technology, science and math.

(0318162)Shadow_Mentor Opportunity: Global IT Infrastructure – Mentor: Ramona Jackson

Opportunity for 3 Students

Location: RTP, NC

Description:

Experiences include but not limited to:

Hands On Exposure to the Creation, Deployment and Operation of IT Services:

  • Data Center – Cabling, Hosting, Storage, Power and Cooling
  • Networking – Wireless, Building, Inter-site and Internet
  • Collaboration – Video, Web Conferencing, Telephony

•Time with recent college hires, experienced technologists and people managers

•Depending on interest, projects in data analysis, scripting/coding and deployment of software or hardware may be included.

The objective is to better appreciate how STEM related subjects directly apply to the IT services required to support a large company like Cisco. This should motivate students even more to choose these exciting topics in school and college and apply them successfully to take on a technical profession.

San Jose, CA:

(0302161)Shadow_Mentor Opportunity: Content Producer and Video Editor- Mentors: Laura Pan, and Kevin Thomas

Opportunity for 1 Student

Location: San Jose building I, 3rd floor

Description:

The Cisco Technical Knowledge Library “TKL” offers technology and service overviews, design guides, presentations, videos, Cisco Press books, case studies, validated configurations, operational guides, topic-based collections for self-study, and a Learning Center with a targeted set of online courses and exam preparation resources. The library provides authorized subscribers anytime, anywhere access to Cisco intellectual capital. TKL is accessed using web browsers on Windows and Mac, or using mobile devices running the Android and iOS operating systems and free Cisco TKL and Cisco TKL Viewer applications.

One of the many benefits of TKL is our monthly webinar program delivered to a customer audience. The selected candidate will have an opportunity to shadow members of the team and build skills by scheduling, advertising, hosting, and producing a webinar while also executing specific tasks related to the Content and Operations functions such as:

  • document and video editing
  • newsletter creation
  • user testing of web and mobile applications
  • project coordination
  • data analysis

Students will leave Advanced Services with a complete experience and motivation to keep broadening their interest in technology-related fields of study.

(0302161)Shadow_Mentor Opportunity Assistant Project Manager – Mentor: Kristin N. Rivers, Ph.D.

Opportunity for 1 students

Location: San Jose building K, 2nd floor

Description:

Experiences include but not limited to:

  • Assist compiling data for customer case review meetings
  • Attend and potentially co-lead online customer case review meeting.
  • Assist with documenting meeting minutes (including tracking action items).
  • Draft presentation (joint business review) for review with mentor.
  • Assist with project coordination.
  • Learn project management tools and processes.

(0212161)Job Shadow Opportunity Assistant Project Manager, Data Analyst , Social Media (JIVE) Specialist, and Communication Specialist Mentors: Hetal Dave, Shailendra Garg

Opportunity for 3 students

Location: San Jose building

Description:

Cisco Advanced Services helps customers optimize their network investment and speed migration of advanced technologies. Global AS Portfolio team accelerates this transformation through setting strategic direction and governance, developing portfolio offers, executing strong operational rigor, and ensuring success through enablement and execution with the field and partner community.

The designated candidates will shadow the team members and will have opportunity to learn internal collaboration tools, showcase interpersonal skills, and gain hands on training.

Experiences / Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Open Project, technical writing
Skills / Prioritization, organization, communication, critical thinking, adaptability, time management
Attitude / Enthusiastic, optimistic, sincere, focused & detail oriented
Job Shadow experience will include
Project Assistant / Data Analyst / Social Media specialist & Communication Specialist
  • Undertake duties as requested
  • Closely work with mentors to Schedule & coordinate meeting , prepare agendas, minute taking
  • Communicate with cross-functional team
  • Monitor and manage project activities / deliverables
  • Develop project plan using appropriate tools & provide status reports
  • Assist in event planning activities
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  • Undertake duties as requested
  • Closely work with mentors to acquire data from database
  • Identify, interpret, & clean up the data based on the analysis
  • Prepare & update reports using tools
  • Identify areas of improvement
  • Perform data maintenance activities
  • Assist in event planning activities
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  • Undertake duties as requested
  • Closely work with mentors to create, edit, and publish content using tools.
  • Monitor and update team collaboration tool periodically
  • Communicate with cross-functional team
  • Assist in event planning activities

End goal opportunity / Prepare, organize & deliver presentation to small audience, highlighting assignment, key takeaway, lesson learned, and

(032162)Shadow_Mentor Opportunity: Routing Analytics – Mentor: Serpil Bayraktar, Deepali Jain Thomas

Opportunity for 1 Student

Location: San Jose building (MR1)

Description:

We have a variety of tasks that a high school student can shadow. Our project has both Open Source and Cisco proprietary parts.

Backend:

•Write consumer applications using Java and/or Python. Mysql.

•UX/UI: Enhance Routing Analytics Portal using angularjs and javascript

•Program Management: Microsoft Office and Smartsheets

•Be able willing to shadow in a small teamenvironment

(0214261)Shadow_Mentor Opportunity: AS (Advance Services) CNS (Cloud and Networking Services) Practice Lab Assistants –Mentor VanithaKanna, Edison BalingitDeepali Jain Thomas

Opportunity for 2 Student

Location: San Jose building J-2nd floor

Description:

•Upgrade IOS (operating systems) on Lab devices

•Cabling between intra-racks and inter-rack

•Replace failed Fan’s and Fan Trays

•Update Visio Diagrams for deployed test racks

•Test the operation of repaired or RMA’ed (Return merchandise authorization) Devices.

•Inventory of equipment

•Material handler

•Clean up and general maintenance of Practice Racks

•Verify network connectivity of POD’s to Cisco Network

Job Shadow Opportunities UK - 2016

Program Lead: Elise Samperez-Bedos

Timeframe: July 25th thru August 5th

(UK020116)Shadow_Mentor Opportunity: EMEA Service Delivery Manager– Mentor: Elise Samperez-Bedos

Location: Cisco City office & Customer office St Pauls, London UK.

Description:

Experiences include:

  • Understand the aspects of managing a regional service delivery team of Project Managers and Engineers
  • Align with the Global service delivery and sales team
  • Work closely with the regional Sales team to identify future revenue and opportunities
  • Participate in reviewing major project scope, budget and costs
  • Participate in Regional Team meetings as well as Senior Leadership Team meetings
  • Visit Customer site (Global Financial Organisation) to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders
  • Learn how to manage customer escalations – understanding how to leverage the various resources and how to provide appropriate communications to the customer

(UK020216)Shadow_MentorOpportunity: EMEA Software Architecture Embedded– Mentor: John Quinn

Location: Cisco Office, Chandler’s Ford, Hampshire, UK.

Description:

Experiences include:

  • Understand the role of the software architect in Set Top Box middleware
  • Gain an understanding of software architecture and Linux embedded software constraints
  • Work with architect on producing designs using UML and MS Word
  • Understand meaning of software requirements and importance to Customer
  • Participate in agile Team meetings tracking progress and issues
  • Get to watch Sky TV
  • See real code and speak with developers
  • Learn about software builds and version control

(UK020316)Shadow_Mentor Opportunity:Service Delivery Executive Partner– Mentor Martin Owens

Opportunity for 1 student

Location: London, UK

Description:

Experiences include:

  • Govern all aspects of a Cisco Services global delivery team of Project Managers and highly skilled CCIE engineers
  • Plan and strategize for future sales opportunities with extended sales team
  • Visit the UK headquarters of a global financial organization to build and maintain relationships with key IT stakeholders, working to influence customer decision making via thought leadership on technology drivers for their business
  • Understand the importance and methodology of managing a $26 million dollar services contract; Manage customer level profitability - identify new revenue opportunities, drive revenue recognition, manage efficiencies, drive productivity, manage projects successfully while meeting revenue and cost budgets
  • Help develop executive communications focused on value messaging

Job Shadow Opportunities MEXICO - 2016

Program Lead: Miguel Serrano Chavez – The Cisco Experience

Timeframe: July 18th thru July 22nd – one week ONLY

Shadow_Mentor Opportunity: The life of Cisco –Miguel Serrano Chavez

Location: Mexico City

Opportunity for 14 Students

Description:

This opportunity is to expose students to a variety of opportunities in a week timeframe

  • Internet of Everything
  • NetAcademy
  • Great Place to Work
  • Cyber Security
  • Collaboration Technologies
  • TAC/Labs

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