Advisory Systems Engineer
Arista Networks
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Missouri • United States
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About the role
- Proactively reach out to the customer to position Arista products in DC, Campus, Routing, AI, CV etc in order to expand account footprint.
- Provide Technical assistance on new opportunities including Proof of Concept testing at Arista and in customer's labs
- Ensure the customer is performing operational health checks, compliance reviews, and automation maturity assessments.
- Assist in deploying and integrating CloudVision, APIs, and automation toolsets.
- Support customers in implementing workflows for monitoring, telemetry, and provisioning.
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in customer environments using Arista’s open, programmable platforms.
- Ensure the customer is deploying a Modern Operating model and they are reducing their TCO for running their infrastructure.
- Deliver strategic and advanced technical workshops (automation, CI/CD, CloudVision, AVD).
- Identify training needs, and provide guidance on training, certification, and skill uplift of customer teams.
- Produce business-oriented documentation: success runbooks, solution blueprints. adoption roadmaps, and optimization reports.
- Primary account team contact for Customer's Operations team supporting QBRs (quarterly business review), QoRs and feedback loops
- Act as a technical liaison between customers, Arista TAC, and engineering, but focus on proactive solutions.
- Coordinate with SEs (strategy/pre-sales) and PS (execution) teams to ensure end-to-end customer lifecycle coverage.
- Evangelize Arista PS and match customer requirements to PS deliverables.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in customer-facing technical roles (network consulting, customer success, solution architecture etc.)
- Expertise in L2/L3 networking, routing (OSPF, BGP, EVPN, VXLAN) and automation ecosystems (EOS, CloudVision, Ansible, Terraform, Python)
- Strong consultative and business acumen; experience linking technical outcomes to revenue growth
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and advisory skills
- Arista ACE certification (or willingness to obtain within the first 90 days).
- Background in customer facing consultative roles including professional services or customer success engineering preferred
- Knowledge and understanding of data center, cloud, campus or routing environments.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible work hours
- Paid time off
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
L2 networkingL3 networkingroutingOSPFBGPEVPNVXLANautomation ecosystemsPythonAnsible
Soft Skills
consultative skillsbusiness acumencommunicationstakeholder managementadvisory skills
Certifications
Arista ACE certification