Overview We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Network Consultant to join our team on a 1- year contract for a full-time remote work starting June 2026 .
In this position, you will be working as a technology expert in the Routing & Switching, WAN edge and Network Observability space to design, implement, and support (troubleshoot) the client's Datacenter and Campus Networking deployment.
What You'll Do:
- You will provide advanced post-sales engineering support for Arista's Open Networking Data Center and Campus networking deployments for our enterprise and commercial customers
- Review customer network designs for an EVPN, VxLAN, leaf-spine architecture and make recommendations for deployment and operational efficiency
- Configure and troubleshoot BGP/eBGP in customers environment
- Working knowledge of Arista's Cloud Vision Portal (CVP) and Arista Validated Design (AVD) will be very useful for this role
- Migrate or interconnect to/from Cisco, Juniper, and other vendors to Arista infrastructure
- Assist with configuration build-outs including creating network provisioning automation using EOS automation tools, Python and Ansible
- You will assist with proof of concepts (POC) and in-depth testing to validate design scenario
- Experience with working with CI/CD pipelines - designing, managing, and maintaining automated pipelines, ensuring seamless integration and deployment
- Provide interface to TAC and internal development teams and the customer
- You will provide customer advice regarding architectural questions, product prerequisites, product features, etc.
- Translate complex business requirements into Leaf-Spine Network architectures
- Assist Pre-Sales Engineer and Account Executives with designing Network solutions
- Understand the client's business objectives and technical needs Ability to communicate across all functions within as well as with clients and partners.
- Maintain professional relationships with teammates, partners, and clients
Qualifications
- Network Industry Certification preferred, such as CCIE - RS, Data Center, JNCIE or Arista's - ACE-L5, ACE-L6.
- 5+ years' working experience with network technologies including network design and deployments of Campus and Data Center networks. Knowledge of leaf-spine architectures is highly desired.
- 3+ years in pre-sales support ; ability to independently gather and translate customer business and technical requirements into network architecture designs to achieve desired outcomes
- 5+ years' experience in professional services project delivery , as either a Network Consulting Engineer or as an Advanced Systems (AS) Engineer preferred
- Experience with enterprise routing/switching within large data center enterprise customers (Ex. Cisco Catalyst, Nexus, ASR)
- Expert knowledge in the followin