Network Systems Engineer (Pre-Sales)

Arista Networks•Minneapolis, MN

24d•$117,000 - $175,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Arista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven, client-to-cloud networking for large data center, campus and routing environments. We leverage the latest advancements in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and software-defined networking to provide our clients with a competitive edge. Our solutions are designed to meet current demands and anticipate future challenges. Arista values diversity and fosters an inclusive environment. We have received awards for Best Engineering Team, Best Company for Diversity, Compensation, and Work-Life Balance.

Requirements

BS/CS/CE Business or Technical degree required.
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 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.
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).
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 the following areas: Ethernet, RSTP/ MSTP, VLANs, IP Routing, TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, eBGP, VxLAN, EVPN, Multicast, Spanning Tree, QoS.
Expert level knowledge of industry-standard CLI.
Local/Regional candidates only.

Nice To Haves

MBA/MS degree a strong plus.
Network Industry Certification preferred (e.g. CCIE (R&S), JNCIE, ACE-5,6,7).
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

Partner with Arista Account Managers to provide pre-sales technical systems engineering support for enterprise customers.
Act as a trusted advisor to customers to gather requirements and identify opportunities.
Collaborate with Arista Account Managers to understand client business and technology needs.
Conduct whiteboard network architectural reviews to identify areas for improvement.
Conduct Arista product presentations on Open Networking Data Center, Cognitive Campus, CloudVision, Security, Endpoint Security, and Real-time Fabric Monitoring solutions.
Own the pre-sales and post-sales technical relationship with assigned customers and channel partners.
Build and maintain deep knowledge of Arista technologies to support and enable channel partner engineers and customers’ engineers and architects.
Execute technical Quarterly Business Reviews with the 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 (VxLAN, EVPN) and network overlays.
Perform hands-on testing to validate customer proof-of-concept setups, Data Center and/or Campus network designs, and network deployments.
Put together design guidelines and recommend improvements to customers for the networks they support.
Partner with the Sales Team to respond to RFP/RFQs.
Author feature requests, business justifications, and provide feedback to Product Management, Hardware Development, and Software Development organizations.
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.