Systems Engineer – Wired and Wireless

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Serve as a reliable advisor for our clients by collecting requirements, assessing opportunities, and designing effective solutions.

• Partner with Arista Account Managers to gain a comprehensive understanding of both enterprise and commercial customers.

• Develop architectural designs aimed at enhancing network performance, efficiency, and customer total cost of ownership (TCO).

• Present Arista's networking solutions through informative product demonstrations.

• Leverage expertise in network design and implementation to formulate scalable network solutions.

• Collaborate with clients and proof-of-concept teams to confirm the validity of network designs and their deployments.

• Work alongside the sales team to address RFP/RFQs and provide constructive feedback to Product Management and Engineering.

• Write and contribute to customer-facing documents that emphasize Arista technology and products.

⛳️ Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in L2/L3 networking design and implementation, with a focus on Campus and Wi-Fi solutions.

• Advanced experience with routing and switching, including .1x and NAC integrations, as well as familiarity with POE Overlay technologies (such as EVPN/VxLAN) is advantageous.

• Current hands-on experience in designing campus and leaf-spine network architectures.

• Prior work experience as a Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, Pre-Sales SE, or Network Consulting Engineer is preferred.

• In-depth knowledge of Ethernet, RSTP/MSTP, VLANs, IP Routing, TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, .1x, and QoS.

• Solid understanding of the competitive technology landscape, particularly regarding Cisco and Juniper.

• Expert-level familiarity with the industry-standard Command Line Interface (CLI).

• Previous experience in network automation using Python and Ansible is highly desired.

• Strong writing skills with the ability to produce informative white papers on technology and products is highly desirable.

🏝️ Benefits

• Employees in Sales roles are eligible to participate in Arista’s Sales Incentive Plan, which offers commissions calculated as a percentage of eligible sales.

• US-based employees are entitled to benefits including medical, dental, vision, wellbeing, tax savings, and income protection.