Full-Time Network Advanced Service Engineer
Job Description
Company Description
Arista Networks – Global Market Leader in cloud networking and mission critical Data Center and Campus Solutions
Job Description
Arista seeks an Advanced Services Engineer to provide advanced post-sales support, guidance, and assistance to account teams to address specific customer needs. In this position, you will be working as a technology expert in the Routing & Switching, Wi-Fi and Network Packet Broker space to design, implement, and support (troubleshoot) our Datacenter and Campus Networking deployments within a number of customer infrastructures. The ideal candidate will also have a level of comfort communicating across all functions within Arista, as well as with clients and partners.
Essential Functions of the Job:
- You will provide advanced post-sales engineering support for Arista’s 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
- Assist customers in deploying and maintaining Arista’s Network Packet Broker solutions
- 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 Chef or Ansible
- Assist with implementation and change controls
- You will assist with proof of concepts (POC) and in-depth testing to validate design scenario
- Provide bug scrubs and code recommendations
- 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 solutions
- Assist Pre-Sales Engineer and Account Executives with designing Network solutions
- Establish and maintaining strong relationships with key partners
- Attend key partner events, training sessions, and provide ongoing training with the customer teams globally
- Continue training to maintain expertise
- Ability to understand the client’s business objectives and technical needs
- Ability to meet Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for sales and clients
- Regularly exercises discretion and independent judgment
- Maintain professional relationships with teammates, partners, and clients
- Some travel may be required within assigned territory
Qualifications
Required Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Network Industry Certification preferred (e.g. CCIE (R&S), JNCIE)
- 5+ years’ working experience with network technologies including network design and deployments of Campus and Data Center networks. Knowledge of leaf-spine architectures 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, Wi-Fi, NPB
- Expertise in at least one area of Data Center related technologies – Openstack, SDN, NFV, Load Balancers, Virtualization, Linux tools
- Expert level knowledge of industry-standard CLI
- Ability to write white papers a plus
- Background in Perl, Python, Scripting for creating network automation is highly desired
- Excellent customer service and verbal communication skills
- Excellent written skills and the ability to do related documentation and ticket tracking of opportunities/meeting follow-up
Compensation Information:
The new hire base pay for this role has a salary range of $126,000 to $184,000. 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 may also be 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.
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
How to Apply
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