This should give you a clean start.

I suppose you'll be able to adjust the methods to your needs.

Especially ->__out__ where you can write the new format based on the already parsed data.

Based on the limited insight I have, I tried to keep it as generic as possible.

YMMV but HTH! :)

# https://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=11132953
use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dump qw/pp dd/;

my $obj = "CiscoService";

while (<DATA>) {
    chomp;
    my ($indent,$data) = /^(\s*)(.*)$/;
    my ($call, @args) = split/\s+/, $data;
    $call =~ s/^!$/__out__/;
    $call =~ s/-/_/g;

    if ( my $meth = $obj->can($call) ) {
        $obj =  $meth->( $obj, length($indent),@args)
    } else {
        warn "<$call> not impemented";
    }
}

package CiscoService;
use Data::Dump qw/pp dd/;

sub service {
    my ($self,$indent,@args) = @_;
    return bless {__head__ => \@args, sub=>{} },__PACKAGE__;
}

sub description {
    my ($self,$indent,@args) = @_;
    $self->{sub}{description} = \@args;
    return $self;
}

sub service_policy {
    my ($self,$indent,@args) = @_;
    $self->{sub}{"service-policy"} = \@args;
    return $self;
}

sub encapsulation {
    my ($self,$indent,@args) = @_;
    $self->{sub}{encapsulation} = \@args;
    return $self;
}
sub rewrite {
    my ($self,$indent,@args) = @_;
    $self->{sub}{rewrite} = \@args;
    return $self;
}
sub xconnect {
    my ($self,$indent,@args) = @_;
    $self->{sub}{xconnect} = {head =>\@args, sub=>{}};
    return $self;
}

sub mtu {
    my ($self,$indent,@args) = @_;
    $self->{sub}{xconnect}{sub}{mtu} = \@args;
    return $self;
}

sub __out__ {
    my ($self,$indent,@args) = @_;
    pp $self;
    return "CiscoService";
}


package main;

__DATA__
 service instance 20 ethernet
  description Internal site
  encapsulation dot1q 17
  rewrite ingress tag pop 1 symmetric
  xconnect 192.168.51.20 838969735 encapsulation mpls
   mtu 9202
 !
 service instance 21 ethernet
  description Client 1 important
  encapsulation dot1q 18
  rewrite ingress tag pop 1 symmetric
  xconnect 192.168.51.21 838969736 encapsulation mpls
   mtu 9202
 !
 service instance 22 ethernet
  description Client other 2
  encapsulation dot1q 22
  rewrite ingress tag pop 1 symmetric
  xconnect 192.168.56.22 838925386 encapsulation mpls
   mtu 9202
 !
 service instance 23 ethernet
  description Client name with fun stuff
  encapsulation dot1q 3200 second-dot1q 5
  rewrite ingress tag pop 2 symmetric
  service-policy input CoS_222_333_23
  xconnect 192.168.56.23 571125465 encapsulation mpls
   mtu 9202
 !
 service instance 24 ethernet
  description Client - not as important
  encapsulation dot1q 3200 second-dot1q 6
  rewrite ingress tag pop 2 symmetric
  service-policy input 222_444_24
  xconnect 192.168.56.24 571637077 encapsulation mpls
   mtu 9202
 !
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bless({
  __head__ => ["instance", 20, "ethernet"],
  sub => {
    description   => ["Internal", "site"],
    encapsulation => ["dot1q", 17],
    rewrite       => ["ingress", "tag", "pop", 1, "symmetric"],
    xconnect      => {
                       head => ["192.168.51.20", 838969735, "encapsula
+tion", "mpls"],
                       sub  => { mtu => [9202] },
                     },
  },
}, "CiscoService")
bless({
  __head__ => ["instance", 21, "ethernet"],
  sub => {
    description   => ["Client", 1, "important"],
    encapsulation => ["dot1q", 18],
    rewrite       => ["ingress", "tag", "pop", 1, "symmetric"],
    xconnect      => {
                       head => ["192.168.51.21", 838969736, "encapsula
+tion", "mpls"],
                       sub  => { mtu => [9202] },
                     },
  },
}, "CiscoService")
bless({
  __head__ => ["instance", 22, "ethernet"],
  sub => {
    description   => ["Client", "other", 2],
    encapsulation => ["dot1q", 22],
    rewrite       => ["ingress", "tag", "pop", 1, "symmetric"],
    xconnect      => {
                       head => ["192.168.56.22", 838925386, "encapsula
+tion", "mpls"],
                       sub  => { mtu => [9202] },
                     },
  },
}, "CiscoService")
bless({
  __head__ => ["instance", 23, "ethernet"],
  sub => {
    "description"    => ["Client", "name", "with", "fun", "stuff"],
    "encapsulation"  => ["dot1q", 3200, "second-dot1q", 5],
    "rewrite"        => ["ingress", "tag", "pop", 2, "symmetric"],
    "service-policy" => ["input", "CoS_222_333_23"],
    "xconnect"       => {
                          head => ["192.168.56.23", 571125465, "encaps
+ulation", "mpls"],
                          sub  => { mtu => [9202] },
                        },
  },
}, "CiscoService")
bless({
  __head__ => ["instance", 24, "ethernet"],
  sub => {
    "description"    => ["Client", "-", "not", "as", "important"],
    "encapsulation"  => ["dot1q", 3200, "second-dot1q", 6],
    "rewrite"        => ["ingress", "tag", "pop", 2, "symmetric"],
    "service-policy" => ["input", "222_444_24"],
    "xconnect"       => {
                          head => ["192.168.56.24", 571637077, "encaps
+ulation", "mpls"],
                          sub  => { mtu => [9202] },
                        },
  },
}, "CiscoService")
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