Network Systems Engineer (Pre-Sales) - NYC
About The Position
We are experiencing tremendous growth and have an immediate need for a collaborative, self-motivated Pre-Sales Network Systems Engineer OR Network Architect to partner with our Account teams to provide pre-sales technical systems engineering support for our enterprise/financial service customers in the NYC Metro area. The Systems Engineer is a critical component of the Arista Sales team with the key responsibility of acting as a trusted advisor for our customers to identify opportunities and gather requirements with existing and new customers. You will conduct Arista product presentations of Arista’s Open Networking Data Center and Cognitive Campus (including Wi-Fi) networking solutions, CloudVision (Network Automation), Security (Network Detection), Endpoint Security and Real-time Fabric Monitoring solutions. You will work with customers performing network architectural reviews, identifying pain points, suggesting improvement plans and solutions to integrate Arista product lines. You will collaborate with Arista Account Managers, strategizing on the best sales process identifying the best solutions for customer, ensuring they are fully versed in all aspects of the solution You will architect, design and propose Arista Data Center & Campus network solutions using Arista recommended design and best practices. Engage customers in Proof of Concept (POC) testing, validating the solutions identified, performing a full range of functional and failure testing. Put together design guidelines and recommend improvements to customers for the networks they support Engage with customer during network outage escalations, providing an interface between the Customer, TAC and Dev teams though problem identification and resolution. 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
Requirements
- BS/CS/CE technical degree required
- You possess a 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.
- You possess 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.
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
- act as a trusted advisor for our customers to identify opportunities and gather requirements with existing and new customers
- conduct Arista product presentations of Arista’s Open Networking Data Center and Cognitive Campus (including Wi-Fi) networking solutions, CloudVision (Network Automation), Security (Network Detection), Endpoint Security and Real-time Fabric Monitoring solutions
- work with customers performing network architectural reviews, identifying pain points, suggesting improvement plans and solutions to integrate Arista product lines
- collaborate with Arista Account Managers, strategizing on the best sales process identifying the best solutions for customer, ensuring they are fully versed in all aspects of the solution
- architect, design and propose Arista Data Center & Campus network solutions using Arista recommended design and best practices
- engage customers in Proof of Concept (POC) testing, validating the solutions identified, performing a full range of functional and failure testing
- put together design guidelines and recommend improvements to customers for the networks they support
- engage with customer during network outage escalations, providing an interface between the Customer, TAC and Dev teams though problem identification and resolution
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
