Network Systems Engineer (Pre-Sales)

Company Description

Arista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven, client-to-cloud networking for large data center, campus and routing environments. What sets us apart is our relentless pursuit of innovation. We leverage the latest advancements in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and software-defined networking to provide our clients with a competitive edge in an increasingly interconnected world. Our solutions are designed to not only meet the current demands of the digital landscape but to also anticipate and adapt to future challenges.

At Arista we value the diversity of thought and perspectives that each employee brings to the table. We believe that fostering an inclusive environment, where individuals from various backgrounds and experiences feel welcome, is essential for driving creativity and innovation.

Our commitment to excellence has earned us several prestigious awards, such as Best Engineering Team, Best Company for Diversity, Compensation, and Work-Life Balance. At Arista, we take pride in our track record of success and strive to maintain the highest standards of quality and performance in everything we do.

Job Description

Who You'll Work With

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 due to promotion we have an immediate need for a collaborative, self-motivated Pre-Sales Network Systems Engineer OR Network Architect to partner with our Account teams to provide pre-sales technical systems engineering support for our enterprise/commercial and SP customers in France. 

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.

What You'll Do

• You will proactively partner with Arista Account Managers to understand and solve customer challenges and conduct (white board) network architectural sessions and Arista product presentations.

• You will architect, design and propose Arista Data Center, Routing & Campus network and security solutions to help generate new or additional sales.

• You will perform hands-on customer proof-of-concepts and (initial) network deployments using state of the art products and features.

• You will create design guidelines and recommend improvements to customers for the networks they support.

• Leading technical responses to RFP/RFQs.

• Leading customer feature requests from customer requirements to implementation to deployment.

• Provide (customer) feedback to Product Management and Development.

• Represent Arista at industry events and conferences.

• Keep up-to-date on competitive solutions, products and services.

• Author white papers, blogs and articles on technology and products.

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Qualifications

• Highly-motivated, passionate, technical, proactive and flexible team player with the willingness to step out of your comfort zone.

• Fluent in French and English (written and spoken).

• Sales attitude: Ability and passion to proactively work as a team to drive new business 

• Ability to travel on a National or Neighbouring Country (if required) 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 the relevant switching and routing protocols and technologies (e.g. Spanning Tree, OSPF, ISIS, BGP, VXLAN, EVPN, Multicast, QoS, Network Segmentation, etc).

• Knowledge of Service Provider related technologies is a plus.

• Knowledge of Campus related technologies is a plus.

• Good understanding of the competitor technology landscape.

• Work experience as either a Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, Pre-Sales Systems Engineer or Network Consulting Engineer preferred.

• Practical security deployment experience is a plus.

• Recent hands-on CLI experience is highly desired.

• Experience and/or interest in learning NetOps / DevOps using tools such as Python and Ansible.

Additional Information

This role will be part of our French group and candidates must be able to demonstrate fluency in French and English. 

This role is only open to candidates currently resident in France and we are unable to consider relocation outside of these geographic locations. 

You will be preferably based in the Paris area. 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.