Network Advanced Services Engineer
Memphis, TN, United States
Arista Networks is an industry leader in Cognitive Cloud Networking for mission critical data center and campus environments. Our award winning open source platforms deliver ultra low latency, high availability, automated analytics and secure network solutions.
Our culture is one that is founded on our core key values which resonate across all of our employeeand include respect, integrity, teamwork, innovation, passion, trust and quality.
Job Description Arista seeks an Advanced Services Engineer to provide advanced post-sales support, guidance, and assistance to account teams to address specific customer needs. In this position, you will be working as a technology expert in the Routing & Switching, WAN edge and Network Observability space to design, implement, and support (troubleshoot) our Datacenter and Campus Networking deployments within a number of customer infrastructures. The ideal candidate will also have a level of comfort communicating across all functions within Arista, as well as with clients and partners.
Essential Functions of the Job:
You will provide advanced post-sales engineering support forArista's Open Networking Data Center and Campus networking deployments for our enterprise and commercial customers
Review customer network designs for an EVPN, VxLAN, leaf-spine architecture and make recommendations for deployment and operational efficiency
Migrate or interconnect to/from Cisco, Juniper, and other vendors to Arista infrastructure
Assist with configuration build-outs including creating network provisioning automation using Python and tools such as Ansible
You will assist with proof of concepts (POC) and in-depth testing to validate design scenario
Provide interface to TAC and internal development teams and the customer
You will provide customer advice regarding architectural questions, product prerequisites, product features, etc.
Translate complex business requirements into Leaf-Spine Network architectures
Assist Pre-Sales Engineer and Account Executives with designing Network solutions
Attend key partner events, training sessions, and provide ongoing training with the customer teams globally
Ability to understand the client’s business objectives and technical needs
Ability to meet Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for sales and clients
Maintain professional relationships with teammates, partners, and clients
Some travel may be required within assigned territory
Qualifications Network Industry Certification preferred, such as ACE-L4, ACE-L6, ACE-L7, and others.
5+ years’ working experience with network technologies including network design and deployments of Campus and Data Center networks. Knowledge of leaf-spine architectures highly desired.
5+ years’ minimum experience with Cisco-based technologies focusing on infrastructure and voice
Demonstrated experience in technical post-sales, as either a Network Consulting Engineer or as an Advanced Systems (AS) Engineer preferred
Experience with Cisco enterprise routing/switching within large data center enterprise customers (Catalyst, Nexus, ASR)
Expert knowledge in the following areas: Ethernet, VLANs, VxLAN, EVPN, IP Routing, TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, eBGP, Multicast, QoS, WAN, Network Observability
Expert level knowledge of industry-standard CLI
Ability to write white papers a plus
Background in Perl, Python, Scripting for creating network automation is desired
Excellent customer service and verbal communication skills
Additional Information All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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