Network Advanced Services Engineer (DANZ Monitoring Fabric)

Company: Arista Networks Inc
Location: Boston
Posted on: March 19, 2023

Job Description:

Company Description

Arista Networks is an industry leader in Cognitive Cloud Networking for mission critical data center and campus environments. Our award winning open source platforms deliver ultra low latency, high availability, automated analytics and secure network solutions.

Our culture is one that is founded on our core key values which resonate across all of our employee and include respect, integrity, teamwork, innovation, passion and trust.

Job Description

What Will You Do?

Arista seeks an Advanced Services Engineer to provide advanced post-sales support, guidance and assistance to account teams to address specific customer needs on the US East Coast. In this position, you will be working as a technology expert in the network monitoring space to design, implement, and support (troubleshoot) Arista's DANZ Monitoring Fabric (Network Packet Broker) and Converged Cloud Fabric network deployments within a number of customer infrastructures. The ideal candidate will also have a level of comfort communicating across all functions within Arista, as well as with clients and partners.

Alternate Locations: New York City - Philadelphia - Northern VA / DC - Charlotte - Atlanta

Responsibilities:

* You will provide advanced post-sales engineering support for Arista's DANZ Monitoring Fabric (DMF) monitoring and Converged Cloud Fabric (CCF) networking deployments for our enterprise and commercial customers.


* Shadow current field Systems Engineers (SE) and Advanced Services Engineers (ASE) and assist with day to day customer tasks.


* Assist with migration or interconnect to/from other monitoring and networking vendor products into an Arista infrastructure.


* Assist with configuration build-outs including creating network provisioning automation using Python and tools such as Ansible.


* Assist in hands-on work with customers during product evaluations, deployments and post-sales support.


* Assist in hands-on tests to validate customer proof-of-concept setups, network designs, and network deployments using new products and features.


* Demonstrate Arista key technical differentiators in the lab.


* Assist with proof of concepts (POC) and in-depth testing to validate design scenarios.


* Provide bug scrubs and code recommendations for customers.


* Provide an interface to TAC, internal development teams and the customer.


* Provide customer advice regarding architectural questions, product prerequisites, product features, etc.


* Assist Pre-Sales Engineer and Account Executives with designing monitoring and network solutions.


* Maintain professional relationships with teammates, partners, and clients.


* Some travel may be required within assigned territory.



Qualifications

Qualifications:

* BS/CS/CE degree or equivalent.


* Minimum 3 years experience providing post-sales engineering support for monitoring and/or networking solutions.


* Basic script & programming skills background such as PERL, PYTHON, Web 2.0 etc.


* Networking knowledge (Ethernet, VLANs, VxLAN, EVPN, IP Routing, TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, eBGP, Multicast, QoS, etc.) with hands-on experience.


* Experience with network tap aggregation, network packet broker and monitoring tools is a plus.


* Basic technical background in UNIX systems.


* Fluent in English (verbal and written).


* Ability to write technical papers is a plus.


* Internship in a technical field or Sales is preferred.


* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.


* Ability to multi-task, self-start, work in a dynamic team environment and work independently.


* Travel to local customer sites and Arista offices.



Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Where legally permitted, Arista requires all candidates for U.S.-based positions to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 or have an approved accommodation under applicable law. Candidates anticipating seeking an exemption should contact Arista HR before their start date. Candidates accepting an offer must provide proof of vaccination status on their first day. All offers of employment are contingent upon complying with Arista's vaccination policy.

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