Senior Anaplan Solutions Architect

Atlanta, GA, United States

Application window has been extended and now expected to close on 06/28/2024

Who We Are:

Our vision within Cisco IT is to be admired as the world's best IT organization! Commerce Engineering, as part of Cisco IT, does this by delivering the technology that powers Cisco Commerce. We build technical expertise within our teams, embrace agile ways of working, drive engineering effectiveness and deliver with Cloud first, shift left, AI powered technology. We have a passion for our craft and value our people & culture.

In Sales Compensation (part of Commerce Engineering), we deliver a simplified and intuitive Seller and Partner experience and world-class digital capabilities that aligns with business strategy and enables growth. The Sales Forecasting and Goaling component is responsible for modeling and defining sales hierarchy, assignments, and sales accounts as part of sales readiness activities, with simplified integration into sales coverage systems to ensure that the planning and transaction systems work in tandem.

What You'll Do:

We have a phenomenal opportunity for a Technical Architect with Anaplan experience that wants to develop their technical skills and functional understanding as they plan, design, and implement new Sales Planning capabilities for our partners in the Sales organizations. You would play a critical role in the team, defining business processes for, and guiding the tactical execution of, our development teams. Responsibilities would include:

Partnering with business architects, operational teams, and domain specialists to build, refine, and document new Anaplan models, requirements, workflows, and data flows.

Analyzing complex business problems and collaborating with other Architects and Development Leads to define and document system capabilities and features.

Building proof of concepts or new models in Anaplan for Cisco's New Year Readiness processes.

Working hand in hand with delivery teams to deliver new features and improve existing processes.

Guide Agile teams on solution architecture, technical design and testing of the application to suit business needs.

Who You'll Work With:

You'll work with business partners as well as your team of data and IT professionals, scrum teams, engineers, business analysts and cross functional teams, such as product management. You will interact with key business partners in Sales, Finance, and Business Operations. You'll be a part of a team with other highly motivated individuals who excel in various technologies, automation and operational processes. There will also be opportunities to work and interact with senior leadership within IT and other organizations that will provide great exposure and opportunity to continue learning from a great and dynamic leadership team.

Who You Are:

A hardworking and experienced professional who enjoys digging into complicated problems and exploring details of technical solutions. Someone who has a clear passion solving technical challenges and thrives in bringing clarity to ambiguous situations. A standout colleague capable of influencing within and outside of the team, as well as being an agent for change and transformation. We are looking for an experienced, directly engaged and tech-savvy architect for our organization who is passionate about Cisco's Sellers, Sales Forecasting, Goaling and Planning. You are a self-starter who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment with a broad group of collaborators.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's in computer science or any related field and 8+ years of professional experience in software development roles or leadership, OR Master's in computer science or other relevant fields AND 4+ years of professional experience as an Architect, technical lead, software engineer, or other technical role.

4+ years of experience working in Anaplan or EPM planning systems software

Experience with data integration using cloud technologies and SQL/ No SQL Databases

Experience with data tools and data coding languages including Informatica, Python, Snowflake, and SQL.

Preferred Qualifications:

An understanding of selling motions, ideally with experience in a Sales IT organization.

Understanding of the sales process, preferably with experience in sales forecasting, goaling, and planning

Superb communication and collaboration skills.

Experienced in Agile and Waterfall development methodologies.

Understanding of software development lifecycles and tools, including design and operations.

Ability to build relationships with on-site and remote colleagues.

Lead and maintain an agile partnership between business, operations, and IT.

Experienced in facilitating estimation sessions and value driven decision making.

Proficiency in understanding business functional areas and processes, and the ability to cleanly articulate them to others.

Empathy, curiosity, and desire to improve and constantly learn

Certified Anaplan Solution Architect and Certified Anaplan Modeler.

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! #WeAreCisco