Federal Network Systems Engineer(Pre-sales) - Intel

$110,000 - $185,000/Yr

Arista Networks - Washington, DC

Full-time - Mid Level

Washington, DC

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

About the position

The Federal Network Systems Engineer (Pre-sales) at Arista Networks is a pivotal role within the Sales Engineering team, focusing on providing technical systems engineering support for Federal customers, including the Department of Defense and various civilian agencies. This position involves collaborating with account managers to understand customer needs, conducting network architectural reviews, and presenting Arista's innovative networking solutions. The engineer will also be responsible for designing and proposing network solutions, validating proof-of-concept setups, and representing Arista at industry events.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor providing pre-sales technical systems engineering support for Federal customers.
• Partner with Federal Account Managers to understand customer pain points and conduct network architectural reviews.
• Conduct product presentations of Arista's networking solutions, including CloudVision and security solutions.
• Architect, design, and propose Data Center & Campus network solutions using leaf-spine architectures.
• Perform hands-on tests to validate customer proof-of-concept setups and network designs.
• Put together design guidelines and recommend improvements for customer networks.
• Partner with Sales Team to respond to RFP/RFQs.
• Provide feedback to Product Management and Engineering teams.
• 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.

Requirements

• BS/CS/CE technical degree required.
• Network Industry certifications including Arista Cloud Engineer (ACE) level 4 - 7 desired.
• Minimum of 5+ years of L2/L3 networking design and implementation experience with a focus on Data Center, Campus, and Wi-Fi solutions.
• Expert level experience with routing and switching including L2/L3 protocols.
• Recent experience in leaf-spine architecture design.
• Demonstrated work experience as a Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, Pre-Sales SE, or Network Consulting Engineer preferred.
• Expert knowledge in Ethernet, RSTP/MSTP, VLANs, IP Routing, TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, eBGP, VxLAN, Multicast, Spanning Tree, QoS.
• Good understanding of the competitor technology landscape - Cisco, Juniper.
• Expert level knowledge of industry-standard CLI.
• Experience with SDN and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) highly desired.
• Previous experience building network automation using Python and Ansible desired.
• Knowledge of competitive products, solutions, and services.
• Ability to write white papers a plus.
• TS/SCI security Clearance required.

Nice-to-haves

• 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.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Wellbeing programs
• Tax savings
• Income protection
• Discretionary bonuses
• Equity participation
• Sales Incentive Plan for commissions.