Senior Network Advanced Services Engineer at Arista Networks

Who Youll Work WithAs a member of Aristas Advanced Services team you are a trusted technical authority for our moststrategic customers. Reporting to the Regional Engineering Manager you will partner with a world-class team of field engineers technical leaders and product experts. Your primary focus is on thepost-sales success of our customers ensuring their network designs are robust their deploymentsare seamless and their operations are optimized. This is a customer-facing role frequently engagingwith clients at their sites to build trust and drive projects forward.You will work in tight collaboration with our Sales Engineering Product Management and SoftwareDevelopment teams to represent the customers voice influencing product direction and serviceofferings. Supported by the expertise of our world-class Arista TAC and state-of-the-art labresources you are empowered to serve as a long-term advocate and advisor for our clients.What Youll DoThis role is a blend of deep post-sales engineering and strategic pre-sales support with anapproximate 70% focus on post-sales activities.Primary Post-Sales Responsibilities (70%) Serve as the lead technical expert for the design deployment and operationalization ofArista solutions in large-scale Data Center Campus and WAN environments. Translate complex business requirements into scalable resilient and secure networkarchitectures. Create and review comprehensive network designs providing best-practicerecommendations to customers during on-site and remote working sessions. Lead complex migration and interconnection projects from vendors such as Cisco Juniperand Aruba to the Arista EOS-based infrastructure. Develop and implement network automation workflows using Python Ansible and otherDevOps frameworks to streamline configurations and operations. Act as a technical advocate for the customer providing an expert interface to Arista TAC andinternal development for bug scrubs code recommendations and feature requests. Establish and maintain strong long-term relationships with key customer stakeholdersbecoming their trusted technical advisor.Pre-Sales & Strategic Responsibilities (30%) Partner with the Sales Engineering team by providing deep technical expertise during theevaluation and proof-of-concept (POC) stages. Lead in-depth hands-on testing to validate complex design scenarios and customer successcriteria. Attend and present at key customer and partner events; deliver ongoing technical training tocustomer engineering teams. Maintain deep listening skills customer empathy humility and competence to build trustand drive successful outcomes.Qualifications : Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field or equivalent practical experience. Network Industry Certification (e.g. CCNP ; Enterprise/SP JNCIP ACE-3/4/5) is highly preferred.5-7 years of experience in a network engineering consulting or professional services role with a focus on large-scale enterprise data center or service provider environments.Demonstrated experience in a post-sales focused role such as Network Consulting Engineer Professional Services Engineer or Advanced Services Engineer is preferred.Expert-level knowledge of core networking fundamentals including the TCP/IP protocol stack IP Routing (BGP OSPF) and L2 switching (VxLAN/EVPN).In-depth knowledge in at least one key technology area: Data Center architecture Campus networking (including NAC/802.1X) enterprise Wi-Fi or network security. A demonstrable background and prior hands-on experience with network automation and scripting (Python Ansible) is highly desired. Candidates should be able to speak to specific projects and outcomes. Experience with multi-vendor network migrations is highly desirable.Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with a proven ability to present complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. Ability to maintain meticulous documentation and tracking for all customer engagements. This is a primarily remote (work-from-home) role for a candidate based in the Pacific Northwest with occasional travel required to customer sites within the territoryCompensation Information:The new hire base pay for this role has a salary range of $113000 to $175000. Arista offers different pay ranges based on work location so that we can offer consistent and competitive pay appropriate to the market. 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. Employees in Sales roles are eligible to participate in Aristas Sales Incentive Plan which pays commissions calculated as a percentage of eligible -based employees are also entitled to benefits including medical dental vision wellbeing tax savings and income protection. The recruiting team can share more details during the hiring process specific to the role and location.#LI-TC1Additional Information : Arista Networks is an equal opportunity employer.  Arista makes all hiring and employment-related decisions in a non-discriminatory manner without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin or any other factor determined to be unlawful under applicable federal state or law law.  All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.Remote Work : NoEmployment Type : Full-time Key Skills EIGRP,Load Balancing,Routing Protocols,Network Engineering,BGP,LAN,Computer Networking,IPsec,OSPF,Cisco ASA,Juniper,MPLS Experience: years Vacancy: 1