About the Role
We are seeking a self-motivated Pre-Sales Network Systems Engineer to provide technical support for our Public Sector customers and prospects in the United Kingdom. You will act as a trusted advisor, identifying opportunities, gathering requirements, and designing creative solutions.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Arista Account Managers to understand and solve customer challenges.
- Conduct network architectural sessions and Arista product presentations.
- Architect, design, and propose Arista Data Center, Routing & Campus network and security solutions.
- Perform hands-on customer proof-of-concepts and initial network deployments.
- Create design guidelines and recommend network improvements to customers.
- Lead technical responses to RFP/RFQs.
- Lead customer feature requests from requirements to deployment.
- Provide customer feedback to Product Management and Development.
- Represent Arista at industry events and conferences.
- Stay up-to-date on competitive solutions, products, and services.
- Author white papers, blogs, and articles on technology and products.
Requirements
- Highly-motivated, passionate, technical, proactive, and flexible team player.
- Willingness to step out of your comfort zone.
- Possess an active Developed Vetting (DV) clearance.
- Fluent in English (written and spoken).
- Ability and passion to proactively work as a team to drive new business.
- Ability to travel on a National basis to support customers.
- Technical degree required.
- Networking design and implementation experience.
- Practical experience with routing and switching, including relevant protocols.
- Recent experience in Data Center, Routing, and/or Campus network architecture designs.
- Excellent presentation skills.
- Deep knowledge of relevant switching and routing protocols and technologies (e.g., Spanning Tree, OSPF, ISIS, BGP, VXLAN, EVPN, Multicast, QoS, Network Segmentation, etc.).
- Good understanding of the competitor technology landscape.
- Practical security deployment experience is a plus.
- Recent hands-on CLI experience highly desired.
- Experience and/or interest in learning Netops / Devops using tools such as Python and Ansible.
Skills
- Data Center Networking
- Routing
- Campus Networking
- Security Solutions
- Spanning Tree
- OSPF
- ISIS
- BGP
- VXLAN
- EVPN
- Multicast
- QoS
- Network Segmentation
- Python
- Ansible
Location
- United Kingdom
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Sales Engineer
- Solutions Architect
- Pre-Sales Systems Engineer
- Network Consulting Engineer
Education Level
- Technical degree
- CCIE, JNCIE or Industry Equivalent certified
About the Company
- Arista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven, client-to-cloud networking for large data center, campus and routing environments.
- We leverage the latest advancements in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and software-defined networking.
- Our solutions are designed to meet current demands and anticipate future challenges.
- We value diversity of thought and perspective, fostering an inclusive environment.
- Arista has received awards for Best Engineering Team, Best Company for Diversity, Compensation, and Work-Life Balance.
