Arista Networks
networking
NetworkSystemsEngineer(PreSales)
“Network Systems Engineer (Pre-Sales) at Arista Networks. Skills: Network Systems Engineering, Pre-sales technical support, Data Center and Campus network solutions, Routing and Switching protocols, Network Automation. Partner with Account teams to provide pre-sales technical systems engineering support for enterprise/commercial customers. Act as a trusted advisor for customers to gather requirements and identify opportunities”
Industry & Context.
Represent Arista at SDN and Open Networking industry events and conferences
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
7+ years of L2/L3 networking design and implementation experience with a focus on Data Center and Campus networks, Expert level expertise in routing and switching including L2/L3 protocols, Expert knowledge in three or more of the following areas: Ethernet, RSTP/ MSTP, VLANs, IP Routing, TCP/IP, BGP, eBGP, VxLAN, EVPN, Multicast, Spanning Tree, QoS, Expert-level knowledge of industry-standard CLI
Nice to Have
Network Industry Certification preferred (e. g. CCIE (R&S), JNCIE), Demonstrated work experience as either a Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, Pre-Sales SE or Network Consulting Engineer preferred, Previous experience with network overlays preferred, Experience with SDN and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) highly desired, Previous experience building network automation using Python and Ansible desired
What You'll Do.
Partner with Account teams to provide pre-sales technical systems engineering support for enterprise/commercial customers
Act as a trusted advisor for customers to gather requirements and identify opportunities
Conduct white board network architectural reviews
Conduct Arista product presentations
design and propose Arista Data Center & Campus network solutions using leaf-spine architectures (VxLAN
EVPN) and network overlays
Perform hands-on tests 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
Provide feedback to Product Management and Engineering
Author white papers on technology and product
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with Arista Account Managers; Work alongside skilled field engineers; Collaborate with Product Management and Software Development teams; Supported by the expertise of Arista TAC
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