Network Systems Engineer (Pre-Sales) - Hyperscale Team

$140,000 - $197,000/Yr

Arista Networks - San Francisco, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

San Francisco, CA

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

About the position

The Network Systems Engineer (Pre-Sales) role at Arista Networks involves providing technical systems engineering support for cloud customers, particularly in the Northern California area. This position is integral to the sales team, acting as a trusted advisor to gather requirements and identify opportunities with existing and new customers. The engineer will architect, design, and propose network solutions, collaborate with product management and software development teams, and represent Arista at industry events.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor for customers to gather requirements and identify opportunities.
• Architect, design, and propose Arista Data Center & Campus network solutions using leaf-spine architectures.
• Work with hyperscalers on next-generation architectures and products.
• Deliver NPI and lead the way into mass production at scale for hyperscalers.
• Perform hands-on tests to validate customer proof-of-concept setups and network designs.
• Put together design guidelines and recommend improvements to customers' networks.
• Partner with the 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.
• Conduct whiteboard network architectural reviews and product presentations.

Requirements

• Data Centre Network Architecture, Network Design, and Network Engineering skills.
• Strong understanding of networking principles including experience in leaf-spine architecture design.
• Experience with Network Telemetry e.g OpenConfig, gNMI, gRPC.
• A minimum of 3+ years of L2/L3 networking design and implementation experience with a focus on Data Center design.
• Experience with routing and switching including L2/L3 protocols (Ethernet, RSTP/MSTP, VLANs, IP Routing, TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, eBGP, VxLAN, Multicast, Spanning Tree, QoS).
• Demonstrated work experience as either a Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, Pre-Sales SE, or Network Consulting Engineer preferred.
• Software development experience or previous experience building network automation using programming languages (Python, Ansible, etc) desired.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Knowledge of competitive products, solutions, and services.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with cloud networking solutions.
• Familiarity with network automation tools and practices.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Wellbeing programs
• Tax savings and income protection
• Discretionary bonuses and equity options
• Sales Incentive Plan for commissions based on sales.