Advisory System Engineer - Hong Kong

Company Description

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

You will collaborate with customers, partners, account teams, TAC, and engineering organizations to drive the adoption and success of SD-WAN/SD-Branch and enterprise networking solutions. As a trusted technical advisor, you will work across pre-sales and post-sales engagements, helping customers architect, deploy, troubleshoot, and optimize scalable, secure, and resilient network infrastructures.

What You'll Do
Key Responsibilities:

• Provide advanced pre/ post-sales support for SD-WAN/VeloCloud and networking deployments.
• Review customer network designs and recommend deployment best practices.
• Lead or assist with migrations and interconnectivity between multi-vendor environments.
• Develop and validate network configurations and implementation plans.
• Support implementation activities, change controls, and production rollouts.
• Conduct Proof of Concepts (POCs) and in-depth testing to validate solution designs.
• Perform software/code reviews and provide upgrade and bug remediation recommendations.
• Proven knowledge of VeloCloud solutions such as VCE/VCG/VCO deployment
• Solid experience in integration of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solution vendors into VeloCloud Solution
• Act as the technical liaison between customers, TAC, product engineering, and development teams.
• Advise customers on network architecture, product capabilities, prerequisites, and design considerations.
• Translate business and operational requirements into scalable SD-WAN and networking solutions.
• Support pre-sales teams with solution design, technical workshops, and customer presentations.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, partners, and key stakeholders.
• Deliver technical training and knowledge transfer sessions to customer and partner teams.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and maintain expertise through continuous learning.
• Contribute to process improvements and undertake additional technical responsibilities as required.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Must be fluent in English and Mandarin
• BS/CS/CE Business or Technical degree required; MBA/MS degree a strong plus
• Network Industry Certification preferred (e.g. CCIE (R&S), JNCIE, ACE-5,6,7)
• You possess a minimum of 5+ years of L2/L3 networking design and implementation experience with a focus on Data Center, Campus, and WIFI solutions
• Strong presentation and selling skills including communication of complex technical material
• 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
• 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
• Experience creating technical material (slides, white papers, battle cards, solution guides, etc)
• You possess recent experience in leaf-spine architecture design.
• Demonstrated work experience as either a Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, Pre-Sales SE or Network Consulting Engineer preferred
• Expert knowledge in the following areas: Ethernet, RSTP/ MSTP, VLANs, IP Routing, TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, eBGP, VxLAN, EVPN, Multicast, Spanning Tree, QoS
• Expert level knowledge of industry-standard CLI
• Previous experience building network automation using Python and Ansible HIGHLY desired.
• Strong writing skills and ability to create informative white papers on technology and products is highly desired