Pre-Sales Systems Engineer (Financial Services)

Join Arista Networks as a Pre-Sales Systems Engineer in the Financial Services sector. In this role, you will act as a trusted advisor for customers and partners, gather requirements, and identify opportunities. You will build and maintain a deep knowledge of Arista technologies, facilitate technical training, engage with key partners, and participate in Proof of Concepts. You will also execute technical Quarterly Business Reviews, support onsite requirements, respond to customer inquiries, present technical content, and create technical marketing materials. Travel expectations are approximately 10%.

• Act as a trusted advisor for customers and partners, gathering requirements and identifying opportunities.
• Own the pre and post-sales technical relationship with the assigned territory and customer base, facilitating technical training and support.
• Engage with key partners to develop proficiencies in delivering services around Arista’s solution set, and participate in the execution of Proof of Concepts (POCs).

• Experience creating technical material (slides, white papers, battle cards, solution guides, etc)
• Previous experience building network automation using Python and Ansible desired
• 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
• Strong presentation and selling skills including communication of complex technical material
• 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
• 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
• You are a driven Pre-Sales Systems Engineer or Network Architect with a passion for acting as a technical trusted advisor for your customers. You possess in-depth technical expertise within routing and switching including network architecture and design experience
• Network Industry Certification including Arista Cloud Engineer (ACE) level 3-5 desired
• Experience with Network Overlay and Virtualization is highly desired
• Solid knowledge of competitive products, solutions, and services