Campus Technical Solutions Engineer

Arista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven, client-to-cloud networking for large data center, campus and routing environments. Arista is a well-established and profitable company with over $7 billion in revenue. Arista’s award-winning platforms, ranging in Ethernet speeds up to 800G bits per second, redefine scalability, agility, and resilience.  Arista is a founding member of the Ultra Ethernet consortium. We have shipped over 20 million cloud networking ports worldwide with CloudVision and EOS, an advanced network operating system. Arista is committed to open standards, and its products are available worldwide directly and through partners.

At Arista, we value the diversity of thought and perspectives each employee brings. We believe 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 the Great Place to Work Survey for Best Engineering Team and 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 quality and performance standards in everything we do.

Who You’ll Work With

The TSE works in a non-silo environment, supporting all of Arista’s products and the many network protocols and features covered by EOS. He or she will work directly with both the customer and (when needed) the software and hardware development teams. The TSE team also performs all their own recreates in a dedicated lab environment.

Giving customers direct access to a high-level engineer streamlines the support process and raises customer satisfaction.

What You’ll Do

Arista is looking for world-class technical solutions engineers to support our campus networking products and solutions. A Technical Solutions Engineer at Arista Networks is equivalent to a Tier 3 TAC or Escalation Engineer in most support organizations. This is an excellent opportunity to be part of one of the fastest-growing technology companies as we continue the growth and expansion, with a focus on the Enterprise and Campus markets.

The ideal candidate possesses the ability to troubleshoot complex and dynamic customer environments while balancing the communications needs of each case. A strong analytical mind is required, as is the ability to triage. As we are continually releasing new features and products, a high aptitude for both learning and teaching is required. 

Our engineers work closely with other members of Customer Engineering as well as both Software and Hardware development teams -- both in diagnosing problems as well as communicating them in multiple technical contexts. Thus, excellent written and verbal communication skills are a must, as is a collaborative approach.

Key Responsibilities

• Post-sales technical support of Arista Campus products and solutions.
• Respond to customer product inquiries via telephone or in written, internet-based email.
• Resolve customer concerns raised during installation, operation, maintenance, product application or compatibility matters.
• Troubleshoot problems with hardware equipment and software applications and recommend corrective action.
• Recreate customer network issues in a dedicated lab environment (as needed).
• Document customer communication and recurring technical issues to support product quality programs and product development.

• Bachelors in CS/IT/EC/EE or similar
• Working knowledge of networking industry, products, and protocols
• Minimum of 2-3 years hands-on experience on wireless networking
• Designing, deploying, configuring, troubleshooting the following wireless and network protocols/technologies for wide-scale enterprise clients. 
• Wireless mesh networking
• 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax 
• RF fundamentals / MIMO
• Wireless clients and drivers
• Wireless security (WPA2, WPA3)
• Authentication frameworks - EAP, PEAP, EAP-TLS
• POE/POE+
• AAA/RADIUS
• DHCP, DNS, ACL, ARP, DHCP, 1G/10G Ethernet (IEEE 802.3ab &  IEEE 802.3ae), ICMP, IPv4 & IPv6, LACP, STP/RSTP/MST (IEEE 802.1D), VLANs (IEEE 802.1Q), MAC Learning, VXLAN, EoGRE
• Experienced in implementation and troubleshooting of Campus and Enterprise wireless deployments including guest access.
• Experienced in troubleshooting indoor and outdoor wireless solutions.
• Experience with wired and wireless packet capture/analysis tools is highly desired.
• A strong comfort level with Linux is highly desired.
• Industry Recognized Wireless Certifications like CWNA, CWAP, CWSP are considered as an added advantage.

Arista stands out as an engineering-centric company. Our leadership, including founders and engineering managers, are all engineers who understand sound software engineering principles and the importance of doing things right.

We hire globally into our diverse team. At Arista, engineers have complete ownership of their projects. Our management structure is flat and streamlined, and software engineering is led by those who understand it best. We prioritize the development and utilization of test automation tools.

Our engineers have access to every part of the company, providing opportunities to work across various domains. Arista is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with development offices in Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, and the US. We consider all our R&D centers equal in stature.

Join us to shape the future of networking and be part of a culture that values invention, quality, respect, and fun.