Arista Networks

Technology

SeniorSystemsEngineer(PreSales)

$140–197k Santa Clara, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
The Brief

“Senior Systems Engineer (Pre-Sales) at Arista Networks. Skills: Pre-sales technical support, Data Center solutions, Network architecture. Partner with Account Managers to understand customer requirements. Conduct white board network architectural reviews”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Troubleshooting; Root cause analysis

Eligibility Requirements

Customer-facing technical sales experience, Located in the Bay Area

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

BS/CS/CE technical degree or relevant experience, 7+ years L2/L3 networking design and implementation, Proficiency in routing and switching, Expert knowledge in three or more of the following areas: Ethernet, RSTP/ MSTP, VLANs, IP Routing(OSPF, BGP, IS-IS), TCP/IP, 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, 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, Ability to write white papers a plus

What You'll Do.

Partner with Account Managers to understand customer requirements

Conduct white board network architectural reviews

Deliver Arista product presentations

design and propose Arista Data Center solutions

Perform hands-on tests to validate customer proof-of-concept setups

Demonstrate new products and features

Write and present design guidelines

Recommend improvements to customers for networks

Partner with Sales Team to respond to RFP/RFQs

Provide feedback to Product Management and Engineering

Represent Arista at customer and industry events

Maintain proficiency in competitive solutions

Author and collaborate on customer and sales facing

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with Account Managers; Collaborate with Product Management; Collaborate with Software Development; Work with Arista TAC; Work with Professional Services

Communication Scope

Technical presentations; Design guidelines; Customer content

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