Cisco Chief Architect Salaries by 3 Employees (Updated 2025)

19 - 22 years exp.

₹93 Lakhs - ₹1.1 Crore

Low Confidence

Salary of majority employees

Fixed (64%)

₹63.6 Lakhs

Variable (36%)

₹-62.6 Lakhs

117% more than the average Chief Architect Salary in Hardware & Networking Companies for 19 - 22 years of experience

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Engineering - Software & QA Chief Architect Salary 19 - 21 years exp. (AmbitionBox Estimate)	₹93 L/yr - ₹97 L/yr
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Research & Development Chief Architect Salary 22 years exp. (AmbitionBox Estimate)	₹1 Cr/yr - ₹1.2 Cr/yr

Last Updated: 16 Mar 2025

Companies similar to Cisco for Chief Architect

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Cognizant Chief Architect Salary 15 - 27 years exp. (24 salaries)	₹34 L/yr - ₹63 L/yr 53% less
TCS Chief Architect Salary 17 - 25 years exp. (23 salaries)	₹30 L/yr - ₹81.3 L/yr 54% less
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Devon Software Services Chief Architect Salary 7 - 15 years exp. (14 salaries)	₹23.9 L/yr - ₹25.7 L/yr 75% less
Huawei Technologies Chief Architect Salary 12 - 23 years exp. (10 salaries)	₹44 L/yr - ₹74 L/yr 36% less
Persistent Systems Chief Architect Salary 15 - 24 years exp. (9 salaries)	₹31 L/yr - ₹48 L/yr 55% less

Chief Architect salary at Cisco ranges between ₹93 Lakhs to ₹1.1 Crore per year for employees with experience between 19 years to 22 years. Salary estimates are based on 3 latest salaries received from various employees of Cisco.

Experience wise Cisco Chief Architect salaries

Last Updated: 16 Mar 2025

Experience	Avg Annual Salary
15+ years (3 salaries)	₹93 L/yr - ₹1.1 Cr/yr
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Salary - Good

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1. No work at all, so no learning. 2. Company is not software company, so if you are into hardware, networking and security, that's good. But if you are into cloud, software, IaaS please avoid this company, it can screw up your overall technical expertise. Since they don't have any software related work. 3. Leadership will never settle down here as a result of which you will experience org changes thrice in a year. And you will be moved to different orgs with no technical benefit at all. My suggestion: Get the offer and never join it.

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Engineering - Software & QA Department

4.0

• posted on 27 May 2021

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Good culture and work-life balance. Everything is driven by managers at any level. Good company to work for but don't stay in the same team for a long time. keep changing the teams internally.

Skill development - Excellent

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... stayed more years, Salaries are very less when compared to college fresh grads. and there is no rule that higher grades get more compensation than lower grades.

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• posted on 26 May 2021

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Work culture is best in cisco . Managers are very good and helpful . Really liked this company and feels best place to work.

Salary - Good

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15 years	₹93.0 Lakhs to ₹110.0 Lakhs per year

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Cisco Chief Architect salary in India ranges between ₹93 Lakhs to ₹1.1 Crore with an average annual salary of ₹. Salary estimates are based on 3 Cisco latest salaries received from various employees of Cisco.