NetworkAdvanced Services Engineer

Who Youll Work With

When you join Arista as part of the Sales Engineering team youre not just stepping into a role; youre becoming part of a team of industry experts and technical leaders. Typically reporting to the Regional Engineering Manager youll be working alongside some of the most skilled field 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 cutting-edge proof-of-concept resources and support of the executive team you are well-positioned to lead and innovate within the industry.

In this position you will be working as a technology expert in the Routing & Switching WAN edge and Network Observability space to design implement and support (troubleshoot) our Datacenter and Campus Networking (including Wireless) deployments within a number of customer infrastructures.

What Youll Do

• You will provide advanced post-sales engineering support for Aristas Open Networking Data Center and Campus networking deployments for our enterprise and commercial customers
• Review customer network designs for an EVPN VxLAN leaf-spine architecture and make recommendations for deployment and operational efficiency
• Migrate or interconnect to/from Cisco Juniper and other vendors to Arista infrastructure
• Assist with configuration build-outs including creating network provisioning automation using Python and tools such as Ansible
• You will assist with proof of concepts (POC) and in-depth testing to validate design scenario
• Provide interface to TAC and internal development teams and the customer
• You will provide customer advice regarding architectural questions product prerequisites product features etc.
• Translate complex business requirements into Leaf-Spine Network architectures
• Assist Pre-Sales Engineer and Account Executives with designing Network solutions
• Attend key partner events training sessions and provide ongoing training with the customer teams globally
• Understand the clients business objectives and technical needs Ability to communicate across all functions within Arista as well as with clients and partners.
• Meet Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for sales and clients
• Maintain professional relationships with teammates partners and clients
• Some travel may be required within assigned territory

Qualifications :

• Network Industry Certification preferred such as ACE-L4 ACE-L6 ACE-L7 and others.
• 5 years working experience with network technologies including network design and deployments of Campus and Data Center networks.
• Knowledge of leaf-spine architectures is highly desired. 5 years minimum experience with Cisco-based technologies focusing on infrastructure and voice
• Demonstrated experience in technical post-sales as either a Network Consulting Engineer or as an Advanced Systems (AS) Engineer preferred
• Experience with Cisco enterprise routing/switching within large data center enterprise customers (Catalyst Nexus ASR)
• Expert knowledge in the following areas: Ethernet VLANs VxLAN EVPN IP Routing TCP/IP OSPF BGP eBGP Multicast QoS WAN Network Observability Expert level knowledge of industry-standard CLI
• Ability to write white papers a plus Background in Perl Python Scripting for creating network automation is desired
• Excellent customer service and verbal communication skills

Compensation Information

The new hire base pay for this role has a salary range of $113000 to $175000. The actual salary offered will be based on a wide range of factors including skills qualifications relevant experience and US location. The salary range provided reflects the base salary and in addition this position is also eligible for discretionary Arista bonuses commissions equity and 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.

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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