Network Systems Engineer (Pre Sales) - Trading Platforms
About The Position
Arista Networks is seeking an accomplished Pre-Sales Network Systems Engineer who will leverage their technical expertise of mission critical networks and routing and switching to provide technical systems engineering support to expand the Arista brand for our customers in the Financial Services and Trading Vertical. Responsibilities: The Pre-Sales Systems Engineer is a critical component of the Arista Sales team with the key responsibility of acting as a trusted advisor for our customers and partners to gather requirements and identify opportunities with existing and new customers. Own the pre and post-sales technical relationship with the assigned territory and customer base Build and maintain a deep, sound knowledge of all Arista technologies, in order to support and help in the enablement of strategic customers Facilitate technical training on Arista’s products, differentiators, solutions, and demos Engage with key partners to develop proficiencies in delivering services around Arista’s solution set Participate in the execution of Proof of Concepts (POCs) and on-site customer testing Execute technical Quarterly Business Reviews with customer base Support onsite requirements at the customer site Respond to inbound questions from the customers including research and lab testing of solutions Present technical content to worldwide organizations both virtually and in-person Create technical marketing materials for the global Arista organization Travel expectations is approximately 10%
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years of networking design and implementation experience with a focus on Data Center, Campus, WI-FI and Security solutions working with Financial Services customers.
- Strong presentation and selling skills including communication of complex technical material.
- Solid understanding and knowledge of how to build successful relationships between an equipment manufacturer and a customer base of executives, architects, engineers and operations teams.
- Good interpersonal skills, customer relations skills, and problem management skills, with the ability to stay calm and professional under pressure while working to strict deadlines.
- Experience creating technical material (slides, white papers, battle cards, solution guides, etc)
- Solid knowledge of competitive products, solutions, and services.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Network Overlay and Virtualization is highly desired.
- Previous experience building network automation using Python and Ansible desired.
- Network Industry Certification including Arista Cloud Engineer (ACE) level 3-5 desired.
Responsibilities
- The Pre-Sales Systems Engineer is a critical component of the Arista Sales team with the key responsibility of acting as a trusted advisor for our customers and partners to gather requirements and identify opportunities with existing and new customers.
- Own the pre and post-sales technical relationship with the assigned territory and customer base
- Build and maintain a deep, sound knowledge of all Arista technologies, in order to support and help in the enablement of strategic customers
- Facilitate technical training on Arista’s products, differentiators, solutions, and demos
- Engage with key partners to develop proficiencies in delivering services around Arista’s solution set
- Participate in the execution of Proof of Concepts (POCs) and on-site customer testing
- Execute technical Quarterly Business Reviews with customer base
- Support onsite requirements at the customer site
- Respond to inbound questions from the customers including research and lab testing of solutions
- Present technical content to worldwide organizations both virtually and in-person
- Create technical marketing materials for the global Arista organization
Benefits
- US-based employees are also entitled to benefits including medical, dental, vision, wellbeing, tax savings and income protection.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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