Network Engineer in Solution Test

👋 About Arista Networks:

Arista Networks is a top player in data-driven networking, connecting clients to the cloud across massive data centers, campuses, and routing systems. We're all about innovation, using the latest in cloud computing, AI, and software-defined networking to give our clients a real edge. We're not just meeting today's demands; we're shaping tomorrow's network solutions. We're proud of our awards recognizing our engineering team, diversity initiatives, compensation, and work-life balance.

🚀 The Role:

As a Network Engineer in our Solution Test group, you'll be a key player in ensuring the quality of Arista's products. You'll work with large, complex, feature-rich end-to-end environments, focusing on key technologies and emulating the networks of our most important customers.

What You'll Do:

• Collaborate with development, sales, and other test teams to understand needs and expectations.
• Design and build (or expand) network topologies for testing.
• Configure hardware, features, traffic generators, and other tools to create realistic test environments.
• Run thorough tests, focusing on potential weaknesses, performance, and realistic scale.
• Troubleshoot issues, work with the development team on reproduction, root cause analysis, and bug fixes.
• Present results to stakeholders and offer feedback on design and performance improvements.
• Help the sales team and customers with questions, ad-hoc requests, and demos.
• Collaborate with colleagues to share knowledge and improve team effectiveness.
• Assist the TAC team with escalation reproduction efforts as needed.

🎯 What We're Looking For:

• Must-haves:
  • Master's degree in Telecommunications, Computer Engineering, or Computer Networking.
  • 3+ years of experience in system or solution testing of complex end-to-end environments.
  • Deep understanding of Layer 2 and Layer 3 technologies (IP forwarding, IP multicast, OSPF, BGP, VXLAN, MPLS, eVPN, ECMP, VRRP, STP, RSTP, MST, PVST+, Ethernet link aggregation, LACP).
  • Solid experience with Layer 2/3 switch administration, including standard CLI and SNMP interfaces.
  • Familiarity with Linux tools (ping, traceroute, tcpdump, ifconfig, ip link, ip route, arp, /proc/net, /proc/sys/net, vmstat, netstat, ttcp, iperf, strace).
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • A strong desire to improve quality and learn new technologies.
  • Ability to work independently and be driven to succeed.
• Nice-to-haves:
  • Familiarity with scripting languages like Python or TCL.

💼 Job Category: DevOps / Sysadmin

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