Network Advanced Services Engineer

Arista Networks - Austin, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Austin, TX

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

About the position

The Network Advanced Services Engineer at Arista Networks plays a crucial role in providing advanced post-sales engineering support for the company's Open Networking Data Center and Campus networking deployments. This position involves collaborating with a team of industry experts to design, implement, and troubleshoot networking solutions tailored to meet the needs of enterprise and commercial customers. The engineer will leverage their technical expertise in routing, switching, and network observability to ensure optimal deployment and operational efficiency, while also aligning solutions with the broader business objectives of clients.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced post-sales engineering support for Arista's Open Networking Data Center and Campus networking deployments.
• Review customer network designs for 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.
• Assist with proof of concepts (POC) and in-depth testing to validate design scenarios.
• Provide interface to TAC and internal development teams and the customer.
• 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.
• Understand the client's business objectives and technical needs.
• Communicate across all functions within Arista, as well as with clients and partners.
• Meet Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for sales and clients.
• Maintain professional relationships with teammates, partners, and clients.

Requirements

• 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 is 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 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.