Arista Networks is the pioneer and industry leader in the delivery of software-driven Cloud Networking and programmable switches for Data Center and Campus networks. We are experiencing tremendous growth and have an immediate need for a collaborative, self-motivated Systems Engineer to partner with our Account teams to provide pre-sales technical systems engineering support for our enterprise/commercial customers in the Mid-Atlantic region (VA, DC, MD) The Systems Engineer is a critical component of the Arista Sales team with the key responsibility of acting as a trusted advisor for our customers to gather requirements and identify opportunities with existing and new customers. Alternate Locations: Northern Virginia, Washington DC, Baltimore Responsibilities: You will partner with the Arista Account Managers to understand customer pain points and conduct white board network architectural reviews in addition to conducting Arista product presentations of Arista's Open Networking Data Center and Cognitive Campus (including Wifi) networking solutions, CloudVision (Network Automation), Security (Network Detection), Endpoint Security and Real-time Fabric Monitoring solutions. You will architect, design and propose Arista Data Center & Campus network solutions using leaf-spine architectures (VxLAN, EVPN) and network overlays to capture additional sales. Perform hands-on tests to validate customer proof-of-concept setups, Data Center and/or Campus network designs, and network deployments using new products and features Put together design guidelines and recommend improvements to customers for the networks they support Partner with Sales Team to respond to RFP/RFQs Provide feedback to Product Management and Engineering Represent Arista at SDN and Open Networking industry events and conferences Keep up-to-date on competitive solutions, products, and services Author white papers on technology and product Qualifications Who Are You? BS/CS/CE technical degree required Network Industry Certification preferred (eg CCIE (R&S), JNCIE) You possess a minimum of 7 years of L2/L3 networking design and implementation experience with a focus on Data Center and Campus networks. You possess expert level expertise in routing and switching including L2/L3 protocols. (Cisco, Juniper, Extreme, Aruba) Demonstrated work experience as either a Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, Pre-Sales SE or Network Consulting Engineer preferred Previous experience with network overlays preferred. Expert knowledge in three or more of the following areas: Ethernet, RSTP/ MSTP, VLANs, IP Routing, TCP/IP, BGP, eBGP, VxLAN, EVPN, Multicast, Spanning Tree, QoS Expert-level knowledge of industry-standard CLI Experience with SDN and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) highly desired. Previous experience building network automation using Python and Ansible desired. Knowledge of competitive products, solutions, and services Ability to write white papers a plus