Network Systems Engineer (Pre-Sales)

Arista Networks • St. Louis, MO

160d

About The Position

Arista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven, client-to-cloud networking for large data center, campus and routing environments. What sets us apart is our relentless pursuit of innovation. We leverage the latest advancements in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and software-defined networking to provide our clients with a competitive edge in an increasingly interconnected world. Our solutions are designed to not only meet the current demands of the digital landscape but to also anticipate and adapt to future challenges. At Arista we value the diversity of thought and perspectives that each employee brings to the table. We believe that fostering an inclusive environment, where individuals from various backgrounds and experiences feel welcome, is essential for driving creativity and innovation. Our commitment to excellence has earned us several prestigious awards, such as Best Engineering Team, Best Company for Diversity, Compensation, and Work-Life Balance. At Arista, we take pride in our track record of success and strive to maintain the highest standards of quality and performance in everything we do.

Requirements

• BS/CS/CE Business or Technical degree required; MBA/MS degree a strong plus.
• Network Industry Certification preferred (e.g. CCIE (R&S), JNCIE, ACE-5,6,7).
• Minimum of 5+ years of L2/L3 networking design and implementation experience with a focus on Data Center, Campus, and WIFI solutions.
• Strong presentation and selling skills including communication of complex technical material.
• Solid understanding of how to build successful relationships between an equipment manufacturer and a customer base.
• Good interpersonal skills, customer relations skills, and problem management skills.
• Experience creating technical material (slides, white papers, battle cards, solution guides, etc).
• Recent experience in leaf-spine architecture design.
• Demonstrated work experience as either a Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, Pre-Sales SE or Network Consulting Engineer preferred.
• Expert knowledge in Ethernet, RSTP/ MSTP, VLANs, IP Routing, TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, eBGP, VxLAN, EVPN, Multicast, Spanning Tree, QoS.
• Expert level knowledge of industry-standard CLI.
• Previous experience building network automation using Python and Ansible HIGHLY desired.
• Strong writing skills and ability to create informative white papers on technology and products is highly desired.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor for customers to gather requirements and identify opportunities with existing and new customers.
• Collaborate with Arista Account Managers to gain an in-depth business and technological understanding of enterprise clients.
• Conduct whiteboard network architectural reviews to identify areas for improvement in network performance and efficiency.
• Conduct Arista product presentations of Arista’s Open Networking Data Center and Cognitive Campus networking solutions.
• OWN the pre-sales and post-sales technical relationship with assigned customers and channel partners.
• Build and maintain a deep knowledge of all Arista technologies to support channel partner engineers and customers’ engineers.
• Execute technical Quarterly Business Reviews with customer base.
• Support onsite requirements at the customer site.
• Facilitate technical training on Arista’s products, differentiators, solutions, and demos.
• Architect, design and propose Arista Data Center & Campus network solutions using leaf-spine architectures.
• Perform hands-on testing to validate customer proof-of-concept setups and network designs.
• Put together design guidelines and recommend improvements to customers for the networks they support.
• Partner with Sales Team to respond to RFP/RFQs.
• Author feature requests, business justifications, and provide feedback to Product Management.
• Represent Arista at industry events and conferences, including potential speaking roles.
• Present technical content to worldwide organizations both virtually and in-person.
• Create technical marketing materials for the global Arista organization.
• Author white papers on technology and product.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees