Advisory Systems Engineer

The Advisory Systems Engineer (ASE) at Arista Networks is a strategic technical advisor responsible for supporting large accounts with Arista products, driving operational optimization, automation, and business value realization. The role emphasizes customer success, technical leadership, and collaboration to expand account footprint and ensure long-term relationships.

Location: United States

Responsibilities

• Proactively reach out to customers to position Arista products and expand account footprint.
• Provide technical assistance on new opportunities including Proof of Concept testing.
• Ensure operational health checks, compliance reviews, and automation maturity assessments.
• Assist in deploying and integrating CloudVision, APIs, and automation tools.
• Support customers in implementing workflows for monitoring, telemetry, and provisioning.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement using Arista’s open, programmable platforms.
• Ensure deployment of Modern Operating model and reduce TCO.
• Deliver strategic technical workshops and provide guidance on training and certification.
• Produce business-oriented documentation such as success runbooks, solution blueprints, and adoption roadmaps.
• Act as a technical liaison supporting QBRs, QoRs, and feedback loops.
• Coordinate with sales and professional services teams to ensure end-to-end customer lifecycle coverage.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in customer-facing technical roles (network consulting, customer success, solution architecture).
• Expertise in L2/L3 networking, routing (OSPF, BGP, EVPN, VXLAN), and automation ecosystems (EOS, CloudVision, Ansible, Terraform, Python).
• Strong consultative and business acumen; experience linking technical outcomes to revenue growth.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and advisory skills.
• Arista ACE certification or willingness to obtain within 90 days.
• Background in customer-facing consultative roles including professional services or customer success engineering (preferred).
• Knowledge of data center, cloud, campus, or routing environments.