Systems Engineer – Campus, Wired and Wireless

Arista Networks

Systems Engineer for Arista Networks designing campus and data center networking solutions. Collaborating with account managers and engineers to meet client needs in Northern California.

Posted 4/8/2026full-timeRemote • Santa Clara • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $131,000 - $184,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsiblePythonSwitchingTCP/IP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Act as a trusted advisor to customers, gathering requirements, qualifying opportunities, and designing solutions.
Collaborate with Arista Account Managers to gain an in-depth understanding of enterprise and commercial clients.
Conduct whiteboard network architectural designs and develop solutions that improve network performance, efficiency, and customer TCO.
Present Arista's Data Center Networking and Cognitive Campus solutions.
Validate Data Center and/or Campus network designs, and network deployments using Arista solutions.
Provide design guidelines and work with Arista Professional Services for client recommendations and turn-key solutions.
Collaborate with the sales team to respond to RFP/RFQs and provide valuable feedback to Product Management.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Network Industry Certification preferred, such as ACE-L4, ACE-L6, ACE-L7, and others.
Minimum of 5 years of experience in L2/L3 networking design and implementation with a focus on Campus, and Wi-Fi solutions then Data Center.
Expert-level experience with routing and switching, including .1x and NAC integrations plus poe.
Overlay technologies experience, (such as EVPN/VxLAN) is a plus.
Current hands-on experience in designing campus and leaf-spine network architectures.
Proven work experience as a Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, Pre-Sales SE, or Network Consulting Engineer is preferred.
Expert knowledge in Ethernet, RSTP/MSTP, VLANs, IP Routing, TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, .1x and QoS.
Good understanding of the competitor technology landscape, specifically Cisco and Juniper.
Expert-level knowledge of the industry-standard Command Line Interface (CLI).
Previous experience building network automation using Python and Ansible is highly desired.
Strong writing skills and ability to create informative white papers on technology and products is highly desired.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical
Dental
Vision
Wellbeing programs
Tax savings plans
Income protection

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Hard Skills & Tools

L2 networking designL3 networking designroutingswitchingEthernetRSTPMSTPVLANsIP RoutingTCP/IP

Soft Skills

trusted advisorcollaborationpresentationwriting

Certifications

ACE-L4ACE-L6ACE-L7