Cisco Networking Academy Associate Trainee (Apprentice) Bangalore

This posting advertises potential job opportunities at Cisco. The role may not be open immediately, but candidates who apply could be contacted when a relevant position becomes available.

Meet the Team

Join the Cisco Networking Academy India team as a Networking Academy Associate Trainee supporting the India Apprenticeship Program. This initiative focuses on building job-ready technology skills and has reached more than three million learners across India.

The program promotes workforce readiness through initiatives such as the Virtual Internship Program (VIP), Learnathon, and other learning experiences. In this role, you will collaborate with teams across India and the Asia Pacific region while contributing to instructor development, academy operations, and student progress tracking.

You will also help maintain networking labs and equipment, ensure alignment with Cisco standards, and support the delivery of technology education programs.

Your Impact

• Program Management and Administration: Support daily operations of the Cisco Networking Academy program, including scheduling, student enrollment management, and maintaining the academy's official program status.
• Instructor and Student Support: Assist with training, mentoring, and supporting instructors while helping ensure they are prepared to deliver courses such as CCNA and Cybersecurity.
• Curriculum and Technology Updates: Help keep course content aligned with current technologies and learn to work with the NetAcad learning management system.
• Lab and Equipment Management: Maintain networking equipment including routers and switches, and support functional lab environments using tools such as Cisco Packet Tracer.
• Quality Assurance and Reporting: Participate in student competency assessments, track program metrics, and contribute to reporting activities that maintain program quality standards.
• Partnership Management: Work with local schools, partners, and community organizations to support program delivery and expand outreach.

Why Cisco

Cisco develops technologies that connect and secure digital infrastructure across organizations. With decades of innovation, the company builds solutions that help people and technology work together across both physical and digital environments.

Employees collaborate globally to create meaningful technology solutions that provide security, visibility, and insights for customers. Cisco's worldwide community of engineers, specialists, and innovators continues to shape the future of networking and digital transformation.