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
Who Are You?
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
Desirable:
NV1/NV2 clearance
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