Arista Networks is hiring a Network Systems Engineer (Pre-Sales) - Service Provider

Arista Networks is looking for a Network Systems Engineer (Pre-Sales) for our Service Provider organization. In this role, you will act as a trusted advisor, partnering with Account Managers to provide technical pre-sales support and identify opportunities with Service Provider and Multimedia customers.

What You'll Do

• Partner with Account Managers to understand Service Provider pain points and conduct white board network architectural reviews.
• Conduct product presentations of Arista’s Open Networking Data Center, Service Provider Edge, 5G Edge, Cloud Grade Routing and Cloud Vision platform.
• Architect, design and propose Arista's high performance Data Center & Service Provider solutions using Leaf-Spine architectures and Open IP/MPLS.
• Perform hands-on tests to validate customer proof-of-concept setups, network designs, and deployments using new products and features.
• Put together design guidelines and recommend improvements to customers for the networks they support.
• 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.

What We're Looking For

• BS/CS/CE technical degree required.
• Minimum of 7+ years of L2/L3 networking design and implementation experience with a focus on high performance Service Provider networks and Data Centers.
• Expert level experience with routing and switching including L2/L3 protocols.
• Recent experience in Leaf-Spine architecture design.
• Previous experience designing, deploying and configuring large scale MPLS based networks.
• Expert knowledge in: Ethernet, RSTP/MSTP, VLANs, IP Routing, TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, eBGP, VxLAN, MPLS, Multicast, Spanning Tree, QoS.
• Expert level knowledge of industry-standard CLI.
• Knowledge of competitive products, solutions, and services.
• Good understanding of the competitor technology landscape - Cisco, Juniper.

Nice to Have

• Network Industry Certification preferred (e.g. CCIE (R&S), JNCIE, ACE-3,4,5,6,7).
• Demonstrated work experience as either a Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, Pre-Sales SE or Network Architect preferred.
• Experience with SDN and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) highly desired.
• Proficient in Python, Ansible, and other automation tools, with prior experience building network automation solutions.
• Ability to write white papers a plus.

Technical Stack

• Python
• Ansible
• VxLAN
• EVPN
• BGP
• MPLS

Team & Environment

You will be part of the Sales Engineering team, typically reporting to the Regional Engineering Manager. You will work alongside field engineers and collaborate with Product Management and Software Development teams.

Benefits & Compensation

• Medical, dental, vision, wellbeing, tax savings and income protection benefits (US-based).
• Eligible for discretionary Arista bonuses and equity.
• Sales roles eligible for Sales Incentive Plan commissions.
• Compensation range: $110,000 to $185,000 + equity.

Arista Networks is an equal opportunity employer. Arista makes all hiring and employment-related decisions in a non-discriminatory manner without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or any other factor determined to be unlawful under applicable law.