Arista Networks · 1 month ago
Advisory Systems Engineer - Detroit
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
5+ years expArista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven, client-to-cloud networking for large data center, campus and routing environments. The Advisory Systems Engineer role involves selling Arista products and acting as a strategic technical advisor to customers, focusing on operational optimization and automation maturity.
Cloud ComputingData Center AutomationHardwareInformation TechnologySoftware
Responsibilities
Customer Advisory (Primary)
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
Automation & Optimization
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
Technical Knowledge Leadership
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
Escalation & Collaboration
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
Qualification
Required
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)
Preferred
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
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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