Arista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven, client-to-cloud networking for large data center, campus and routing environments. What sets us apart is our relentless pursuit of innovation. We leverage the latest advancements in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and software-defined networking to provide our clients with a competitive edge in an increasingly interconnected world. Our solutions are designed to not only meet the current demands of the digital landscape but to also anticipate and adapt to future challenges.
At Arista we value the diversity of thought and perspectives that each employee brings to the table. We believe that fostering an inclusive environment, where individuals from various backgrounds and experiences feel welcome, is essential for driving creativity and innovation.
Our commitment to excellence has earned us several prestigious awards, such as Best Engineering Team, Best Company for Diversity, Compensation, and Work-Life Balance. At Arista, we take pride in our track record of success and strive to maintain the highest standards of quality and performance in everything we do.
Job Description
Who You'll Work With
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 space to design, implement, and support (troubleshoot) our 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 for Arista'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
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 Chef or Ansible
Assist with implementation and change controls
You will assist with proof of concepts (POC) and in-depth testing to validate design scenario
Provide bug scrubs and code recommendations
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 solutions
Assist Pre-Sales Engineer and Account Executives with designing Network solutions
Establish and maintaining strong relationships with key partners
Attend key partner events, training sessions, and provide ongoing training with the customer teams globally
Continue training to maintain expertise
Ability to understand the client’s business objectives and technical needs
Ability to meet Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for sales and clients
Regularly exercises discretion and independent judgment
Maintain professional relationships with teammates, partners, and clients
Some travel may be required within assigned territory
Qualifications
Who Are You?
Required Skills And Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
Network Industry Certification preferred ACE (Arista Cloud Engineer or equivalent CCIE (R&S), JNCIE)
5+ years’ working experience with network technologies including network design and deployments of Campus and Data Center networks. Knowledge of leaf-spine arhcitectures 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 Arista/Juniper/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
Expertise in at least one area of Data Center related technologies - Openstack, SDN, NFV, Load Balancers, Virtualization, Linux tools
Expert level knowledge of industry-standard CLI
Ability to write white papers a plus
Background in Perl, Python, Scripting for creating network automation is highly desired
Excellent customer service and verbal communication skills
Excellent written skills and the ability to do related documentation and ticket tracking of opportunities/meeting follow-up
Additional Information
This role will be part of our UK/I group and candidates must be able to demonstrate fluency in English.
This role is only open to candidates currently resident in England and we are unable to consider relocation outside of these geographic locations.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Engineering
Industries
Computer Networking
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