Network Systems Engineer – Pre-Sales

Network Systems Engineer – Pre-Sales

Requirements

• Bachelors’ degree in technical fields preferred
• Network Industry Certification preferred, such as ACE-L4, ACE-L6, ACE-L7, and others.
• 5+ years of L2/L3 networking design and implementation experience focusing on Data Center and Campus networks
• Expert-level expertise in routing and switching, including L2/L3 protocols
• Expert knowledge in three or more of the following areas: Ethernet, RSTP/ MSTP, VLANs, IP Routing, TCP/IP, BGP, eBGP, VxLAN, EVPN, Multicast, Spanning Tree, QoS
• Expert-level knowledge of industry-standard CLI
• Knowledge of competitive products, solutions, and services

Responsibilities

• Provide pre-sales technical support for enterprise and commercial clients
• Partner with the Arista Account Managers to understand customer challenges and conduct whiteboard network architectural reviews
• Conduct Arista product presentations of Arista’s Open Networking Data Center and Cognitive Campus networking solutions
• Architect, design, and propose Arista Data Center & Campus network solutions using leaf-spine architectures
• Perform hands-on tests to validate customer proof-of-concept setups, Data Center and Campus network designs, and network deployments
• Put together design guidelines and recommend improvements to customers for the networks they support
• Partner with Sales Team to respond to RFP/RFQs
• Provide feedback to Product Management and Engineering
• Represent Arista at industry events and conferences
• Keep up-to-date on competitive solutions, products, and services
• Author white papers on technology and product

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated work experience as either a Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, Pre-Sales SE, or Network Consulting Engineer preferred
• Previous experience with network overlays is preferred
• Previous experience building network automation using Python and Ansible desired
• Ability to write white papers a plus
• Local to the area/region