aristanetworks
Arista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven, client-to-cloud networking for large data center, campus and routing environments. Arista is a well-established and profitable company with over $8 billion in revenue. Arista’s award-winning platforms, ranging in Ethernet speeds up to 800G bits per second, redefine scalability, agility, and resilience. Arista is a founding member of the Ultra Ethernet consortium. We have shipped over 20 million cloud networking ports worldwide with CloudVision and EOS, an advanced network operating system. Arista is committed to open standards, and its products are available worldwide directly and through partners. At Arista, we value the diversity of thought and perspectives each employee brings. We believe 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 the Great Place to Work Survey for Best Engineering Team and 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 quality and performance standards in everything we do. Who You’ll Work With Arista Networks is aggressively expanding its campus portfolio and Wi-Fi is one of the key focus areas. To be able to take Arista Wi-Fi to its next level, we are seeking an experienced, dynamic and hands-on engineer for our Bangalore office who can collaborate with the existing SysTest teams based out of India.You will work with software development engineers, hardware engineers, field support engineers, product managers, and software test engineers to analyse customer requirements and use cases, gather technical details, create software test plans, and validate that the product meets our customer’s requirements. You will also work with our customer support and engineering teams to help address escalated customer issues by reproducing, and debugging those in the lab. What You’ll Do As we expand our Wi-Fi into campuses with diverse & complex deployments, varied use case scenarios and mission critical requirements, there will be a constant need for doing things differently and in a unique way. We are looking for a few engineers who will help establish our rock solid quality in campuses and enterprises with Wi-Fi products and thus help expand the customer base. The engineer will have a lot of varied responsibilities, ranging from solution based feature/functionality testing to handling customer deployment issues or escalations. Understand the Arista Wi-Fi cloud architecture, its components, and related products. Work with software development, test engineers and field support engineers to gather technical requirements, participate in functional specification and software design reviews, and validate that the product meets our customers’ requirements. “Own” the feature and product; be the subject matter expert for your deliverables. Be the first point of contact for field escalations. Reproduce the issue locally and drive them to a resolution by coordinating with Account, TAC, SysTest & Development teams. Build and maintain Wi-Fi labs. The person will be responsible for designing & deploying complex networks that mimic customer environments at scale. Test out end to end solutions that encompass wired and wireless deployments. Interop testing between Arista APs and enterprise grade Clients and custom Wi-Fi equipment Bachelor’s/Master's degree in Electrical, Electronics, Computer Science, IT or a related field. 5 - 15 years of experience in troubleshooting wired or wireless networks and debugging complex software; experience with Cloud and virtualization technologies a plus. Knowledge with hands-on experience of the following W-iFi technologies is mandatory. RF and L1 intricacies Wi-Fi 7, Wi-Fi 6E, Wi-Fi 6 Enterprise Access Point features.For e.g. Tunneling data path traffic. Hands on experience with designing and implementing Wi-Fi labs at scale. Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills. Proven expertise in creating test methodologies and writing test plans. Solid knowledge of networking fundamentals across the OSI stack is a must. Strong knowledge with Linux systems and networking tools. Basic knowledge of RESTful APIs, JSON, and SQL would be an added advantage. Excellent written and oral English communication skills. Arista stands out as an engineering-centric company. Our leadership, including founders and engineering managers, are all engineers who understand sound software engineering principles and the importance of doing things right. We hire globally into our diverse team. At Arista, engineers have complete ownership of their projects. Our management structure is flat and streamlined, and software engineering is led by those who understand it best. We prioritize the development and utilization of test automation tools. Our engineers have access to every part of the company, providing opportunities to work across various domains. Arista is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with development offices in Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, and the US. We consider all our R&D centers equal in stature. Join us to shape the future of networking and be part of a culture that values invention, quality, respect, and fun.