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Network Systems Engineer – Pre-Sales
| Company | Arista Networks |
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| Location | Vancouver, BC, Canada |
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| Salary | $145000 – $190000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | |
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| Experience Level | Mid Level |
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Requirements
- Experience in networking design and implementation with a focus on Data Center, Campus (Wired and Wireless), and Security networks
- Strong presentation and Selling skills
- Solid understanding and knowledge of how to build successful relationships between an equipment manufacturer and a channel partner or reseller
- Good interpersonal skills, customer relations skills, and problem management skills, with the ability to stay calm and professional under pressure while working to strict deadlines
- Experience creating technical material (slides, white papers, solution guides, etc)
- Solid knowledge of competitive products, solutions, and services in the networking industry
- Solid knowledge and understanding of technical networking protocols across all layers, automation concepts, and security postures
Responsibilities
- Acting as a trusted advisor for customers and partners to gather requirements and identify opportunities with existing and new customers
- Owning the pre and post-sales technical relationship with the assigned channel partners and customers
- Building and maintaining a deep, sound knowledge of all Arista technologies, in order to support and help in the enablement of sales
- Facilitating technical knowledge transfer on Arista’s products, differentiators, solutions, and demos
- Engaging with key partners to develop proficiencies in delivering comprehensive services around Arista’s solution set
- Participating in the execution of customer oriented Proof of Concepts (POCs)
- Contributing ideas and solutions to the global Customer Engineering team
- Executing technical Quarterly Business Reviews internally and with customers
- Presenting at regional conferences representing Arista Networks’ technology and innovation
- Presenting technical content to worldwide organizations both virtually and in-person
- Travel time expectations are approximately 30%
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous experience building network automation using Python and Ansible desired
- BS/CS/CE technical degree preferred
- Network Industry Certification including Arista Cloud Engineer (ACE) level 3-5 desired
