Software Product Manager, CloudVision

About the role

Arista Networks is seeking a candidate to perform product management responsibilities for the CloudVision software platform and associated Arista Networks switching product line. This is a key opportunity for someone with industry and technology expertise in the networking/automation sector.

Responsibilities

• Create and evangelize field facing product marketing collateral across CloudVision technologies, including white papers, slide decks, websites, demos, videos, etc.
• Subject matter expertise on deeply technical topics related to product development, deployment, and ongoing product user-experience.
• Collaborate on product definition through customer requirement gathering and roadmap planning.
• Product support for sales teams and customers to ensure success with major opportunities and deployments.
• Hands-on projects to develop labs as well as demonstrate key technologies.
• Leverage expertise to train Arista sales force and Arista customers through clear and accurate product collateral.
• Execute ongoing aspects of the product lifecycle, including interaction with a cross-functional set of teams.
• Keep up-to-date on competitive solutions, products, and services.
• Regular analysis of the industry landscape and positioning relative to Arista’s differentiation.
• Represent Arista at external events, including conferences, tradeshows, partner engagements, etc.

Qualifications

• At least Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent Bachelor degree required.
• 10-12 years of experience in the networking industry.
• Strong preference for at least 5 years as a product manager or technical marketing engineer. Prior experience could also include software engineering, systems engineering, or similar roles.
• Industry / technology expertise is required in the following areas: network management and operations, data center trends and technologies, network orchestration and automation systems, network platform offerings and solutions from industry vendors.
• Routing, switching, VxLAN/MPLS/network virtualization knowledge is preferred but not required.
• Expert technical knowledge is required in several of the following areas: Network management platforms for enterprise users, UI/UX user experience workflows, automation techniques, DevOps platforms (Ansible, etc), APIs (JSON, gRPC etc), scripting (Python, etc).
• General knowledge is preferred in the following areas: Ethernet, VLANs, IP routing, TCP/IP, Multicast, Protocols (BGP, ISIS, OSPF, PIM, IGMP; etc.).
• Expert knowledge on or more of the following enterprise use-cases is required: Data Center, Cloud, Campus/Branch.
• Knowledge of SaaS application offerings, including public cloud platforms and associated networking environments, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform is preferred.
• Network design level expertise in the following use-cases: private and public cloud data centers, service provider data center, Internet routing, IP storage, financial networks, high-performance computing (HPC), enterprise networks.
• Ability to write extensive technical content (white papers, technical briefs, test reports, etc.) for external audiences with a balance of technical accuracy, strategy, and clear messaging.
• Ability to build extensive technical slide decks in PowerPoint, with technical accuracy, strategy, and clear messaging.
• Comfortable presenting in front of internal and external audiences (large and small).
• In some cases, exposure to product financials including licensing and modelling can be valuable.