Arista Data Center & Campus Network Engineer

AptivaCorp is seeking an Arista Data Center & Campus Network Engineer for a long-term remote contract. The role focuses on managing Arista EOS upgrades, security patching, and vulnerability remediation across data center and campus switching environments, along with automation, validation, and troubleshooting support.

Responsibilities:

• Manage EOS software upgrades, security patches, and vulnerability remediation across Arista data center and campus switching environments
• Support spine-leaf, border leaf, core, distribution, access, and management network devices
• Serve as the primary liaison between the client, Arista TAC, and internal technical teams
• Review Arista security advisories, CVEs, release notes, hardware compatibility, and recommended EOS versions
• Develop upgrade plans, maintenance schedules, implementation runbooks, rollback procedures, and validation checklists
• Use Arista Cloud Vision Portal (CVP) for device inventory, image management, compliance, Configlets, telemetry, and change controls
• Create image bundles and execute staged EOS upgrades through CVP or CLI-based procedures
• Develop basic Python scripts and Ansible playbooks using Arista eAPI/CVP APIs to automate inventory collection, configuration backups, pre-checks, post-upgrade validation, software-version reporting, and compliance checks
• Validate BGP, EVPN-VXLAN, MLAG, VRFs, VLANs, port-channels, routing, and application connectivity after upgrades
• Troubleshoot upgrade failures, software defects, hardware alarms, and network performance issues with Arista TAC; document changes, results, and recommendations

Requirements:

• Over all Min 10+Years Exp