Network Advanced Services Engineer (Wireless WI-FI)

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, trust and commitment to quality. In fact, quality is the most important attribute of our products. Why? Really simple, when the network ain't working ain't nothing working!"

Job Description

Arista seeks a Wireless WI-FI Advanced Network Services Engineer to provide advanced post-sales support for our customers in California. In this position you will act as an Arista subject matter expert and provide expertise within Campus switching space to design, implement, and support (troubleshoot) our Software-Driven Open Networking deployments for Arista's Cloud based WI-FI, POE switches and Access Points. 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: San Francisco Bay area | Los Angeles, CA

Essential Functions of the Job:

• You will provide advanced post-sales engineering support for Arista's Open Networking Cognitive Campus WI-FI solutions including Cognitive Unified Edge (CUE) with a major focus on conducting Proof-of-Concepts (PoC), design, assistance with deployment. 
• Review customer network designs, capacity planning, site layouts, for Wireless WI-FI based networks including Leaf-Spine architectures, VxLAN, VLANs, Multicast, POE switches, and Access Points. 
• Migrate or interconnect to/from Cisco, Juniper, and other vendors to Arista infrastructure
• Assist with configuration build-outs including creating network provisioning automation using Python and tools such as Chef or Ansible
• Assist with implementation and change controls
• You will assist with proof of concepts (POC) and in-depth testing to validate design scenarios. 
• Provide bug scrubs and code recommendations
• Provide interface to TAC and internal development teams and the customer
• You will provide customer advice regarding architectural questions, product prerequisites, product features, etc.
• Assist Pre-Sales Engineer and Account Executives with designing Network solutions
• Establish and maintaining strong relationships with key partners
•  Attend key partner events, training sessions, and provide ongoing training with the customer teams globally
• Continue training to maintain expertise
• Ability to understand the client’s business objectives and technical needs
• Ability to meet Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for sales and clients
• Regularly exercises discretion and independent judgment
• Maintain professional relationships with teammates, partners, and clients
• Some travel may be required within assigned territory

Qualifications

Who Are You?

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Network Industry certifications including Arista Cloud Engineer (ACE) level 3 - 5 desired.
• 7+ years’ of networking experience with in-depth hands-on experience with the design, deployment, configuration and troubleshooting of Wireless 802.11x based WI-FI networks including Campus switches. 
• Previous experience conducting Wireless site surveys and capacity planning of Wireless 802.11x based networks. 
• Demonstrated experience in technical post-sales, as either a Network Consulting Engineer or as an Advanced Systems (AS) Engineer preferred
• Expert knowledge in the following areas: Ethernet, VLANs, VxLAN, EVPN, IP Routing, OSPF, Multicast, QoS
• Expertise in at least one area of Data Center related technologies - OpenStack, SDN, NFV, Load Balancers, Virtualization, Linux tools
• Expert level knowledge of industry-standard CLI
• Ability to write white papers a plus
• Background in Perl, Python, Scripting for creating network automation is highly desired
• Excellent customer service and verbal communication skills
• Excellent written skills and the ability to do related documentation and ticket tracking of opportunities/meeting follow-up

Compensation Information

The new hire base pay for this role has a salary range of $126,000 to $184,000. The actual salary offered will be based on a wide range of factors, including skills, qualifications, relevant experience, and US location. The salary range provided reflects the base salary and in addition may also be eligible for discretionary Arista bonuses, commissions, equity, and