Senior Systems Engineer (Pre-Sales)

Who Youll Work With

When you join Arista as part of the Systems Engineering team youre not just stepping into a role; youre becoming part of a team of industry experts and technical leaders. Reporting to the Regional Systems Engineering Manager youll be working alongside some of the most skilled networking engineers in the industry. Our team prides itself on not just understanding the technology but also the business impact and aligning our solutions with the larger goals of our collaboration with our Product Management and Software Development teams you will play a pivotal role in steering product developments offerings and strategic direction to best serve our customers and prospects. Supported by the expertise of our world class Arista TAC Professional Services cutting-edge proof-of-concept resources and support of the executive team you are well-positioned to lead and innovate within the industry. 

What Youll Do

We are experiencing tremendous growth and have an immediate need for a collaborative self-motivated Senior Systems Engineer to partner with our Account teams to provide pre-sales technical systems engineering support for our enterprise/commercial customers 

The Senior Systems Engineer is a critical component of the Arista Sales team with the key responsibility of acting as a trusted advisor for our customers to gather requirements and identify opportunities with existing and new customers.

• You will partner with the Arista Account Managers to understand customer requirements and conduct white board network architectural reviews in addition to deliver Arista product presentations of Aristas networking solutions portfolio including: Data Center solutions CloudVision (Network management/Automation) Security (Network Detection) Endpoint Security and packet brokering plus Monitoring solutions.

• You will architect design and propose Arista Data Center solutions using leaf-spine architectures and (VxLAN EVPN) network overlays to capture additional sales.

• Work with the Proof of Concept team to perform hands-on tests to validate customer proof-of-concept setups Data Center network designs and network deployments demonstrating new products and features

• Write and present design guidelines and recommend improvements to customers for the networks they support

• Partner with Sales Team to respond to RFP/RFQs

• Provide feedback to Product Management and Engineering

• Represent Arista at customer and industry events and conferences

• Maintain proficiency in competitive solutions products and services

• Author and collaborate on customer and sales facing content covering Arista technology and products that showcase your expertise in network design and implementation and help solve real world customer challenges

Qualifications :

• BS/CS/CE technical degree or relevant experience required

• Network Industry Certification preferred (e.g. CCIE (R&S) JNCIE)

• Possess a minimum of 7 years of L2/L3 networking design and implementation experience with a focus on Data Center networks. 

• Proficiency in routing and switching including L2/L3 protocols.(using at least one of: Cisco Juniper Nokia or similar) 

• Demonstrated work experience as either a Sales Engineer Solutions Architect Pre-Sales SE or Network Consulting Engineer preferred

• Previous experience with network overlays preferred. 

• Expert knowledge in three or more of the following areas: Ethernet RSTP/ MSTP VLANs IP Routing(OSPF BGP IS-IS) TCP/IP VxLAN EVPN Multicast Spanning Tree QoS

• Expert-level knowledge of industry-standard CLI

• Experience with SDN and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) highly desired. 

• Previous experience building network automation using Python and Ansible desired.

• Knowledge of competitive products solutions and services

• Ability to write white papers a plus

• Local to the area

Compensation Information:

The new hire base pay for this role has a salary range of $140000 to $197000. 

Arista offers different pay ranges based on work location so that we can offer consistent and competitive pay appropriate to the market. The actual base pay offered will be based on a wide range of factors including skills qualifications relevant experience and work location. The pay range provided reflects base pay only and in addition certain roles may also be eligible for discretionary Arista bonuses and equity. Employees in Sales roles are eligible to participate in Aristas Sales Incentive Plan which pays commissions calculated as a percentage of eligible -based employees are also entitled to benefits including medical dental vision wellbeing tax savings and income protection. The recruiting team can share more details during the hiring process specific to the role and location.

Additional Information :

Arista Networks is an equal opportunity employer.  Arista makes all hiring and employment-related decisions in a non-discriminatory manner without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin or any other factor determined to be unlawful under applicable federal state or law law.  All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time