Provide pre-sales technical systems engineering support for enterprise/commercial customers
Act as a trusted advisor for customers to gather requirements and identify opportunities with existing and new customers
Partner with Arista Account Managers to understand customer requirements and conduct architectural reviews
Deliver Arista product presentations and architect, design and propose Data Center solutions
Work with the Proof of Concept team to validate customer setups and designs
Maintain proficiency in competitive solutions, products, and services
Represent Arista at customer and industry events

BS/CS/CE technical degree or relevant experience required
Network Industry Certification preferred (e.g. CCIE (R&S), JNCIE)
Possess a minimum of 7+ years of L2/L3 networking design and implementation experience with a focus on Data Center networks.
Proficiency in routing and switching including L2/L3 protocols.(using at least one of: Cisco, Juniper, Nokia or similar)
Demonstrated work experience as either a Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, Pre-Sales SE or Network Consulting Engineer preferred
Previous experience with network overlays preferred.
Expert knowledge in three or more of the following areas: Ethernet, RSTP/ MSTP, VLANs, IP Routing(OSPF, BGP, IS-IS), TCP/IP, VxLAN, EVPN, Multicast, Spanning Tree, QoS
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

Senior Systems Engineer – Pre-Sales

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