Senior Systems Engineer (Pre Sales)

Arista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven, client-to-cloud networking for large data center, campus and routing environments. Arista is a well-established and profitable company with over $9 billion in revenue. Arista’s award-winning platforms, ranging in Ethernet speeds up to 800G bits per second, redefine scalability, agility, and resilience. Arista is a founding member of the Ultra Ethernet consortium. We have shipped over 20 million cloud networking ports worldwide with CloudVision and EOS, an advanced network operating system. Arista is committed to open standards, and its products are available worldwide directly and through partners. At Arista, we value the diversity of thought and perspectives each employee brings. We believe fostering an inclusive environment where individuals from various backgrounds and experiences feel welcome is essential for driving creativity and innovation. Our commitment to excellence has earned us several prestigious awards, such as the Great Place to Work Survey for Best Engineering Team and Best Company for Diversity, Compensation, and Work-Life Balance. At Arista, we take pride in our track record of success and strive to maintain the highest quality and performance standards in everything we do.

Who You'll Work With When you join Arista as part of the Sales Engineering team, you're not just stepping into a role, you're becoming part of a team of industry experts and technical leaders. Typically reporting to the System Engineering Manager, you'll be working alongside some of the most skilled field engineers in the industry. Our team prides itself on not just understanding the technology but also the business impact and aligning our solutions with the larger goals of our clients. In collaboration with our Product Management and Software Development teams, you will play a pivotal role in steering product developments, offerings, and strategic direction to best serve our customers and prospects. Supported by the expertise of our world class Arista TAC, cutting-edge proof-of-concept resources, and support of the executive team, you are well-positioned to lead and innovate within the industry. What You’ll Do We are experiencing tremendous growth and have an immediate need for a collaborative, self-motivated Senior Systems Engineer to partner with our Account teams to provide pre-sales technical systems engineering support for our enterprise/commercial customers in the Western India area. The Systems Engineer is a critical component of the Arista Sales team with the key responsibility of acting as a trusted advisor for our customers to gather requirements and identify opportunities with existing and new customers. You will partner with the Arista Account Managers to understand customer pain points and conduct white board network architectural reviews in addition to conducting Arista product presentations of Arista’s Open Networking Data Centre and Cognitive Campus (including Wi-fi) networking solutions, CloudVision (Network Automation), Security (Network Detection & Response), Endpoint Security and Real-time Fabric Monitoring solutions. You will architect, design and propose Arista Data Centre & Campus network solutions using leaf-spine architectures (VxLAN, EVPN) and network overlays to capture additional sales. Perform hands-on tests to validate customer proof-of-concept setups, Data Centre and/or Campus network designs, and network deployments using new products and features Put together design guidelines and recommend improvements to customers for the networks they support Partner with Sales Team to respond to RFP/RFQs Provide feedback to Product Management and Engineering Represent Arista at SDN and Open Networking industry events and conferences Keep up-to-date on competitive solutions, products, and services Author white papers on technology and product.

BE/BS/CS/CE