Advisory Systems Engineer

Arista Networks

Advisory Systems Engineer working with major clients to drive adoption of networking solutions at Arista Networks. Focused on consulting, relationships, and customer success strategies.

Posted 4/8/2026full-timeRemote • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleCloudPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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

What you’ll need

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

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible work hours
Paid time off
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

L2 networkingL3 networkingroutingOSPFBGPEVPNVXLANautomation ecosystemsPythonAnsible

Soft Skills

consultative skillsbusiness acumencommunicationstakeholder managementadvisory skills

Certifications

Arista ACE certification