Network Systems Engineer (Pre-Sales) - NYC
About the role
The Systems Engineer will work with Arista Account Managers to provide pre-sales technical systems engineering support for enterprise/financial service customers in the NYC Metro area. They will present Arista's Open Networking Data Center and Cognitive Campus (including Wi-Fi) networking solutions, CloudVision (Network Automation), Security (Network Detection), Endpoint Security and Real-time Fabric Monitoring solutions. They will also perform network architectural reviews, identify pain points, suggest improvement plans and solutions to integrate Arista product lines.
Responsibilities
- Conduct Arista product presentations of Arista’s Open Networking Data Center and Cognitive Campus (including Wi-Fi) networking solutions, CloudVision (Network Automation), Security (Network Detection), Endpoint Security and Real-time Fabric Monitoring solutions.
- Work with customers performing network architectural reviews, identifying pain points, suggesting improvement plans and solutions to integrate Arista product lines.
- Collaborate with Arista Account Managers, strategizing on the best sales process identifying the best solutions for customers, ensuring they are fully versed in all aspects of the solution.
- Architect, design and propose Arista Data Center & Campus network solutions using Arista recommended design and best practices.
- Engage customers in Proof of Concept (POC) testing, validating the solutions identified, performing a full range of functional and failure testing.
- Put together design guidelines and recommend improvements to customers for the networks they support.
- Engage with customer during network outage escalations, providing an interface between the Customer, TAC and Dev teams through problem identification and resolution.
- Partner with 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.
Qualifications
- BS/CS/CE technical degree required.
- Network Industry Certification preferred (e.g. ACE L5/7, CCIE (R&S), JNCIE).
- 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 either a Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, Pre-Sales SE or Network Consulting Engineer preferred.
- Expert knowledge in the following areas: Ethernet, RSTP/ MSTP, VLANs, IP Routing, TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, EVPN, VxLAN, Multicast, QoS.
- Good understanding of the competitor technology landscape - Cisco, Juniper, HP.
- 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.
Benefits
- Compensation Information: The new hire base pay for this role has a salary range of $112,000 to $160,000. Arista offers different pay ranges based on work location, so that we can offer consistent and competitive pay appropriate to the market.
- Arista offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, wellbeing, tax savings and income protection.
- Employees in Sales roles are eligible to participate in Arista’s Sales Incentive Plan, which pays commissions calculated as a percentage of eligible sales.
Pay
The actual base pay offered will be based on a wide range of factors, including skills, qualifications, relevant experience, and work location. The pay range provided reflects base pay only and in addition certain roles may also be eligible for discretionary Arista bonuses and equity.
Schedule
Local/Regional candidates only.