find files within a specific directory structure but a variable parent directory structure

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I want to use the find command in linux to find a specific file nested within a specific directory structure, say . But this directory structure can itself be nested within any parent directory structure. Is it possible to a search like? What is the exact syntax?

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find directory_to_search -name "**/dir1/dir2/reqdfile"

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