Network Systems Engineer (Pre-Sales) - NYC
About The Position
Arista Networks is seeking a collaborative, self-motivated Pre-Sales Network Systems Engineer or Network Architect to join their Sales Engineering team. This role will partner with Account teams to provide pre-sales technical systems engineering support for enterprise/financial service customers in the NYC Metro area. The Systems Engineer will act as a trusted advisor to customers, identifying opportunities and gathering requirements. They will conduct product presentations, perform network architectural reviews, suggest improvements, and collaborate with Arista Account Managers on sales strategies and solutions. The role involves architecting, designing, and proposing network solutions, engaging in Proof of Concept testing, and providing feedback to Product Management and Engineering. Additionally, the engineer will represent Arista at industry events and author white papers.
Requirements
- BS/CS/CE technical degree required.
- Minimum of 5+ years of L2/L3 networking design and implementation experience with a focus on Data Center, Campus, and Wi-Fi solutions.
- Expert level experience with routing and switching including L2/L3 protocols.
- Recent experience in leaf-spine architecture design.
- Expert knowledge in the following areas: Ethernet, RSTP/ MSTP, VLANs, IP Routing, TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, EVPN, VxLAN, Multicast, QoS.
- Good understanding of the competitor technology landscape - Cisco, Juniper, HP.
- Expert level knowledge of industry-standard CLI.
- Local/Regional candidates only. Local to the area.
Nice To Haves
- Network Industry Certification preferred (e.g. ACE L5/7, CCIE (R&S), JNCIE).
- Demonstrated work experience as either a Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, Pre-Sales SE or Network Consulting Engineer preferred.
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Provide pre-sales technical systems engineering support for enterprise/financial service customers.
- Act as a trusted advisor for customers to identify opportunities and gather requirements.
- Conduct Arista product presentations of Open Networking Data Center and Cognitive Campus (including Wi-Fi) networking solutions, CloudVision, Security, Endpoint Security, and Real-time Fabric Monitoring solutions.
- Perform network architectural reviews, identify pain points, and suggest improvement plans and solutions.
- Collaborate with Arista Account Managers on sales strategies and solutions.
- Architect, design, and propose Arista Data Center & Campus network solutions.
- Engage customers in Proof of Concept (POC) testing, performing functional and failure testing.
- Put together design guidelines and recommend improvements to customers for the networks they support.
- Engage with customers during network outage escalations, providing an interface between the Customer, TAC, and Dev teams.
- Partner with Sales Team to respond to RFP/RFQs.
- Provide feedback to Product Management and Engineering.
- Represent Arista at SDN and Open Networking industry events and conferences.
- Keep up-to-date on competitive solutions, products, and services.
- Author white papers on technology and product.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- wellbeing
- tax savings
- income protection
- discretionary Arista bonuses
- equity
- Sales Incentive Plan (commissions)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
