Pre-Sales Systems Engineer (Financial Services)

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.

Travel expectations are approximately 10%.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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).

Requirements

• 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
• Solid knowledge of competitive products, solutions, and services

Preferred

• Network Industry Certification including Arista Cloud Engineer (ACE) level 3-5 desired
• Experience with Network Overlay and Virtualization is highly desired

Pay

USD 130,000 - 175,000