Arista Networks

Lead IT security team to protect assets and collaborate with CISO on cybersecurity strategy and incident response. | Bachelor's degree and 15+ years IT security experience with 5+ years leadership; preferred master's and CISSP/CISM certifications. | 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 We are seeking a highly experienced and motivated Senior Manager - IT Security to join our Information Technology organization. In this critical role, you will lead a team of IT professionals responsible for implementing and maintaining the security infrastructure and technologies that protect our company's sensitive information and assets. You will work closely with the CISO team and other senior leaders to develop and execute the company's cybersecurity strategy, ensuring that it aligns with business objectives and regulatory requirements. What You'll Do Leadership: Provide strategic and operational leadership to the IT security team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Mentor and develop team members, providing guidance and support to help them achieve their full potential. Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the organization, ensuring effective communication and collaboration. Security Strategy and Implementation: Work closely with the CISO team to develop and execute the company's cybersecurity strategy, ensuring that it aligns with business objectives and regulatory requirements. Identify, assess, and prioritize security risks, developing mitigation plans and implementing security controls to protect the company's assets. Oversee the implementation and maintenance of security technologies and tools, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, vulnerability scanners, and security information and event management (SIEM) systems. Oversee the implementation and maintenance of security technologies and tools. Incident Response and Management: Develop and maintain incident response plans, ensuring that the team is prepared to respond effectively to security incidents. Lead the investigation and resolution of significant security incidents, working with stakeholders to minimize the impact and prevent future occurrences. Conduct post-incident reviews to identify lessons learned and improve the incident response process. Compliance and Risk Management: Ensure compliance with relevant security standards, regulations, and policies. Conduct regular security audits and assessments to identify vulnerabilities and recommend corrective actions. Develop and maintain risk management frameworks, ensuring that risks are identified, assessed, and mitigated effectively. Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and operational metrics to drive success, while actively participating in reporting cycles, and monthly/ quarterly status reviews as required. Qualifications Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field. A master's degree in Cybersecurity or a related field is preferred. Experience: A minimum of 15 years of experience in IT security, including at least 5 years in a leadership capacity. Proven track record of developing and implementing security strategies and programs. Strong understanding of security technologies, tools, and best practices. Experience with incident response and management. Familiarity with relevant security standards, regulations, and policies. Skills: A Strong Security practitioner with analytical and problem-solving skills. Excellent leadership and communication skills. Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Strong understanding of business objectives and the ability to align security initiatives with business goals. CISSP, CISM, or other relevant security certifications are preferred. Benefits: Competitive salary and benefits package. Flexible hybrid working arrangement Opportunity to work with a talented and dedicated team of security professionals. Chance to make a significant impact on the company's security posture. Continuous learning and development opportunities. Compensation Information The new hire base pay for this role has a salary range of $152,000 to $198,000. Arista offers different pay ranges based on work location, so that we can offer consistent and competitive pay appropriate to the market. The actual base pay offered will be based on a wide range of factors, including skills, qualifications, relevant experience, and work location. The pay range provided reflects base pay only and in addition certain roles may also be eligible for discretionary Arista bonuses and equity. Employees in Sales roles are eligible to participate in Arista’s Sales Incentive Plan, which pays commissions calculated as a percentage of eligible sales. US-based employees are also entitled to benefits including medical, dental, vision, wellbeing, tax savings and income protection. The recruiting team can share more details during the hiring process specific to the role and location. #LI-SZ1 Additional Information Arista Networks is an equal opportunity employer. Arista makes all hiring and employment-related decisions in a non-discriminatory manner without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or any other factor determined to be unlawful under applicable federal, state, or law law. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Serve as technical SE for MSP accounts to design and support SD-WAN and SD-Branch managed services. | 5+ years networking experience including MSP environments, knowledge of routing protocols, SD-WAN, and technical presales skills. | • Qualified candidates for this role can be located anywhere in the USA. 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 When you join Arista’s VeloCloud Systems Engineering team, you become part of the group that pioneered cloud-delivered SD-WAN. Reporting to the Systems Engineering Manager, you will be assigned a named book of MSP/SP accounts and serve as the primary technical relationship owner across those partners. You will engage directly across the full breadth of each MSP/SP organization—spanning product management, sales, marketing, operations, service assurance, and NOC teams. Your role is to help partners design, launch, grow, and operationalize SD-WAN and SD-Branch managed services built on Arista’s portfolio. Through close collaboration with Arista Product Management, Engineering, TAC, and Professional Services, you will serve as a trusted advisor as partners build next-generation networking services that drive measurable business growth for both their customers and Arista. What You’ll Do We are seeking a collaborative, technically strong Systems Engineer to own, enable, and co-sell with our strategic MSP/SP partners. • Account Ownership: Serve as the dedicated technical SE for an assigned set of MSP/SP accounts, building deep and lasting relationships across technical, operational, and executive stakeholders within each partner organization. • Trusted Advisor – Service Design: Help MSP/SP partners create, package, and take to market differentiated SD-WAN and SD-Branch managed services built on VeloCloud and the broader Arista portfolio. • Cross-Functional Enablement: Develop and deliver tailored enablement programs across all MSP/SP teams—GTM (sales and marketing), operations, NOC/support, and product management—equipping each with the knowledge to position, sell, deliver, and support Arista-powered services. • Operational Integration: Ensure seamless integration of VeloCloud SD-Branch into MSP/SP operational frameworks, including OSS/BSS systems, service assurance platforms, and delivery workflows. This includes guiding use of VeloCloud REST APIs, log/metric export, and multi-tenant orchestration capabilities. • Co-Selling: Partner alongside MSP/SP sales teams in customer-facing opportunities—delivering technical presentations, solution demonstrations, and workshops to MSP customers and prospects to accelerate deal velocity and expand revenue. • Solution Architecture & PoC: Lead solution design, RFx technical responses, and Proof of Concepts (PoCs), ensuring proposed architectures align with partner technical requirements and their downstream customers’ business objectives. • Portfolio Expansion: Collaborate with MSP/SP partners to co-develop managed services that leverage the broader Arista portfolio—including campus switching, wireless, and security—creating additional revenue streams beyond SD-WAN. • Product Feedback Loop: Serve as the voice of the MSP/SP channel into Arista Product Management and Engineering, providing structured feedback on features and enhancements required for managed service and multi-tenant use cases. • Industry Presence: Represent Arista at industry events, MSP-focused forums, partner-led customer events, and conferences. Qualifications • BS/CS/CE degree or equivalent technical experience • 5+ years of experience in WAN, networking, or cloud services, with at least part of that time focused on Service Provider or Managed Service Provider environments. • Understanding ofrouting protocols (BGP, OSPF), WAN technologies, and SD-WAN. • Experience supporting pre-sales activities, including technical presentations, solution design, and PoCs. • Ability to establish long-lasting relationships and credibility with diverse stakeholders across MSP/SP organizations (from technical operations to product management and sales). • Excellent communication, listening, and presentation skills. • Prior experience working with or supporting MSP/SP organizations, with an understanding of their structure and operational processes is a plus. • Knowledge of Linux, hypervisors, cloud computing, and operational tools for logs, metrics, events, and alerting. • Familiarity with automation frameworks and scripting (REST APIs, Python, Ansible) is a plus • Understanding of Service Provider routing environments, including MPLS VPN and Segment Routing (SR). • Experience co-developing or enabling managed service offerings is a strong plus. • Network Industry Certification is a plus Additional Information Arista offers different pay ranges based on work location to provide consistent and competitive pay appropriate to the market. The actual base pay offered will be based on a wide range of factors, including skills, qualifications, relevant experience, and work location. The pay range provided reflects base pay only; in addition, certain roles may also be eligible for discretionary Arista bonuses and equity. Employees in Sales roles are eligible to participate in Arista’s Sales Incentive Plan, which pays commissions calculated as a percentage of eligible sales. US-based employees are also entitled to benefits including medical, dental, vision, wellbeing, tax savings and income protection. The recruiting team can share more details during the hiring process specific to the role and location. Arista Networks is an equal opportunity employer. Arista makes all hiring and employment-related decisions in a non-discriminatory manner without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or any other factor determined to be unlawful under applicable federal, state, or law law. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Provide pre-sales technical support and network architecture solutions for enterprise clients. | 7+ years L2/L3 networking design experience, pre-sales engineering, expert routing and switching knowledge. | 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 What You’ll Work With When you join Arista as part of the Sales Engineering team, you're not just stepping into a role; you're becoming part of a team of industry experts and technical leaders. Typically reporting to the Regional Engineering Manager, you'll be working alongside some of the most skilled field engineers in the industry. Our team prides itself on not just understanding the technology but also the business impact and aligning our solutions with the larger goals of our clients. In collaboration with our Product Management and Software Development teams, you will play a pivotal role in steering product developments, offerings, and strategic direction to best serve our customers and prospects. Supported by the expertise of our world class Arista TAC, cutting-edge proof-of-concept resources, and support of the executive team, you are well-positioned to lead and innovate within the industry. What You’ll Do This role involves providing pre-sales technical support for our enterprise and commercial clients in the San Diego region. The Systems Engineer plays a vital role in the Arista Sales team, primarily serving as a trusted advisor to our customers, collecting their requirements, and pinpointing opportunities with existing and prospective clients. • You will partner with the Arista Account Managers to understand customer challenge and conduct whiteboard network architectural reviews. In addition, you will conduct Arista product presentations of Arista’s Open Networking Data Center and Cognitive Campus (including Wifi) networking solutions, CloudVision (Network Automation), Security (Network Detection and Response), Endpoint Security(Network Access Control), and Real-time Fabric Monitoring solutions(Network Packet Broker.) • You will architect, design, and propose Arista Data Center & Campus network solutions using leaf-spine architectures (VxLAN, EVPN) and network overlays to capture additional sales. • Perform hands-on tests to validate customer proof-of-concept setups, Data Center and Campus network designs, and network deployments using new products and features. • Put together design guidelines and recommend improvements to customers for the networks they support • Partner with Sales Team to respond to RFP/RFQs • Provide feedback to Product Management and Engineering • Represent Arista at industry events and conferences • Keep up-to-date on competitive solutions, products, and services • Author white papers on technology and product Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in technical fields preferred • Network Industry Certification preferred (e.g. ACE:L5, CCIE, JNCIE) • You possess at least 7+ years of L2/L3 networking design and implementation experience • focusing on Data Center and Campus networks. • You possess expert-level expertise in routing and switching, including L2/L3 protocols, Wi-Fi is a plus. • Demonstrated work experience as either a Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, Pre-Sales SE, or Network Consulting Engineer preferred • Previous experience with network overlays is preferred. • Expert knowledge in three or more of the following areas: Ethernet, RSTP/ MSTP, VLANs, IP Routing, TCP/IP, BGP, eBGP, VxLAN, EVPN, Multicast, Spanning Tree, QoS • Expert-level knowledge of industry-standard CLI • Previous experience building network automation using Python and Ansible desired. • Knowledge of competitive products, solutions, and services • Ability to write white papers a plus • Local/Regional candidates only Additional Information Compensation Information: The new hire base pay for this role has a salary range of $125,000 to $180,000. Arista offers different pay ranges based on work location, so that we can offer consistent and competitive pay appropriate to the market. The actual base pay offered will be based on a wide range of factors, including skills, qualifications, relevant experience, and work location. The pay range provided reflects base pay only and in addition certain roles may also be eligible for discretionary Arista bonuses and equity. Employees in Sales roles are eligible to participate in Arista’s Sales Incentive Plan, which pays commissions calculated as a percentage of eligible sales. US-based employees are also entitled to benefits including medical, dental, vision, wellbeing, tax savings and income protection. The recruiting team can share more details during the hiring process specific to the role and location. Arista Networks is an equal opportunity employer. Arista makes all hiring and employment-related decisions in a non-discriminatory manner without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or any other factor determined to be unlawful under applicable federal, state, or law law. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Provide technical pre-sales support, design VeloCloud SD-WAN solutions, lead technical responses and training for customers and partners. | 7+ years pre-sales experience in WAN networking with strong technical presentation and solution design skills. | Job Description Who You'll Work With When you join Arista's VeloCloud Systems Engineering team, you become part of a team of industry experts who pioneered cloud-delivered SD-WAN. Reporting to the Systems Engineering Manager, you'll work alongside skilled SD-WAN and networking engineers. Our team understands VeloCloud technologies, their integration with Arista portfolios, and their business impact, aligning solutions with the larger goals of our enterprise and service provider customers. In collaboration with Engineering, Product Management, and leveraging Arista's world-class TAC and Professional Services, you will play a pivotal role in selling, positioning, and designing solutions that incorporate VeloCloud technology to address customer challenges and support their technology and business transition in the era of AI. What You'll Do We have an immediate need for a collaborative, self-motivated individual to partner with our Account teams to provide technical systems engineering support for enterprise customers and channel partners. The Senior Systems Engineer is a critical member of the Arista Customer Engineering team, acting as a trusted advisor for customers and channel partners to identify SD-WAN opportunities, gather WAN requirements, and design a solution that meets customers technical and business objectives. • Provide advanced support to the sales organization to drive successful sales of VeloCloud SD-WAN and campus solutions through channel partners and directly to end-customers • Deliver presentation, demonstration, and participate in sales call and conversation with prospects and customers • Architect and design VeloCloud SD-WAN network and overall Arista solutions, providing technical recommendations and advice to prospects, customers, and channel partners. This includes creating network designs utilizing VeloCloud's cloud-delivered architecture, Dynamic Multipath Optimization, and integrated security capabilities • Lead the technical responses to RFIs, RFPs, and sales proposals • Translate complex customer WAN requirements into comprehensive VeloCloud and Arista network solutions consisting of design documents, statements of work, bills of materials, and support arrangements. • Perform Proof of Concept (PoC) including hands-on tests to validate customer POC setups • Provide technical training to VeloCloud prospects, customers, and channel partners, ensuring they are appropriately trained and prepared to successfully prospect, market, and sell VeloCloud solutions. • Handle customer escalation by partnering with engineering and our technical support team to ensure customers' issues are resolved in a timely manner with the least impact to their business • Provide feedback to Engineering and Product Management on revenue-enhancing features and upgrades based on customer and partner feedback. • Represent Arista at customer and industry events, conferences, and channel partner presentations. Qualifications • BS/CS/CE technical degree or relevant experience required. • Minimum of 7+ years of pre-sales experience with data centers, campus, WAN technologies, or Cloud services, particularly through Value Added Resellers and Systems Integrators for enterprise markets. • Technical Marketing Engineer, Sales Engineer, or Networking Engineer experience from companies in the WAN networking space, with hands-on experience managing POCs, field trials, and beta programs. • Experience supporting sales personnel on pre-sales calls, including presenting technical solutions, performing technical demonstrations, and providing technical context during the pre-sales cycle. • Expert knowledge in three or more of the following areas: Ethernet/LAN switching, IPSec, IP Routing (OSPF, BGP), TCP/IP, VxLAN, EVPN, Multicast, QoS, and SD-WAN technologies. • Knowledge of cloud services and familiarity of how to enable routing functionality in Virtual Private Cloud from AWS, Azure, or GCP. • Knowledge about automation including REST API, Python scripting, Ansible are a plus. • Exceptional communication and listening skills, ability to establish rapport and credibility with enterprise customers and channel partners. • Ability to effectively and energetically present technology and business propositions to customers, peers, and management. • Network Industry Certification is a plus Compensation Information: The new hire base pay for this role has a salary range of 125-185K. Arista offers different pay ranges based on work location to provide consistent and competitive pay appropriate to the market. The actual base pay offered will be based on a wide range of factors, including skills, qualifications, relevant experience, and work location. The pay range provided reflects base pay only; in addition, certain roles may also be eligible for discretionary Arista bonuses and equity. Employees in Sales roles are eligible to participate in Arista's Sales Incentive Plan, which pays commissions calculated as a percentage of eligible sales. US-based employees are also entitled to benefits including medical, dental, vision, wellbeing, tax savings and income protection. The recruiting team can share more details during the hiring process specific to the role and location. #LI-TH1