Arista Networks · 3 months ago
Network Systems Engineer (Pre Sales) - Trading Platforms
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$112K/yr - $160K/yr
5+ years expArista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven, client-to-cloud networking for large data center, campus, and routing environments. The company is seeking a Pre-Sales Network Systems Engineer who will leverage their technical expertise to support the Sales Engineering team in expanding Arista's brand within the Financial Services and Trading Vertical.
Cloud ComputingData Center AutomationHardwareInformation TechnologySoftware
Responsibilities
The Pre-Sales Systems Engineer is a critical component of the Arista Sales team with the key responsibility of acting as a trusted advisor for our customers and partners to gather requirements and identify opportunities with existing and new customers
Own the pre and post-sales technical relationship with the assigned territory and customer base
Build and maintain a deep, sound knowledge of all Arista technologies, in order to support and help in the enablement of strategic customers
Facilitate technical training on Arista’s products, differentiators, solutions, and demos
Engage with key partners to develop proficiencies in delivering services around Arista’s solution set
Participate in the execution of Proof of Concepts (POCs) and on-site customer testing
Execute technical Quarterly Business Reviews with customer base
Support onsite requirements at the customer site
Respond to inbound questions from the customers including research and lab testing of solutions
Present technical content to worldwide organizations both virtually and in-person
Create technical marketing materials for the global Arista organization
Travel expectations is approximately 10%
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 5 years of networking design and implementation experience with a focus on Data Center, Campus, WI-FI and Security solutions working with Financial Services customers
Strong presentation and selling skills including communication of complex technical material
Solid understanding and knowledge of how to build successful relationships between an equipment manufacturer and a customer base of executives, architects, engineers and operations teams
Good interpersonal skills, customer relations skills, and problem management skills, with the ability to stay calm and professional under pressure while working to strict deadlines
Experience creating technical material (slides, white papers, battle cards, solution guides, etc)
Solid knowledge of competitive products, solutions, and services
Preferred
Experience with Network Overlay and Virtualization is highly desired
Previous experience building network automation using Python and Ansible desired
Network Industry Certification including Arista Cloud Engineer (ACE) level 3-5 desired
Benefits
Medical
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Vision
Wellbeing
Tax savings
Income protection
Company
Arista Networks
Arista Networks is a computer networking firm delivering cloud networking solutions for large data center and computer environments.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$7.4MKey Investors
Summit Partners
2015-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $2.62M
2014-06-06IPO
2013-12-21Series Unknown· $4.78M
Leadership Team
Jayshree Ullal
Chief Executive Officer and Chair
Kenneth Duda
CTO and SVP Software Engineering
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