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 DescriptionWho You'll Work With
We’re looking for Site Reliability Engineers to join Arista’s FedRAMP CloudVision-as-a-Service (CVaaS) SRE team.
SREs at Arista combine strong software engineering background, systems architecture knowledge, with passion for operating production systems at scale. We are responsible for our global CloudVision service fleet, ensuring scalability, reliability, and stability. You’ll have firsthand experience in being part of a rapidly growing product with a passionate group of engineers that unapologetically put product reliability and customer experience first. We deeply believe in building highly automated and self-sustaining environments, prioritizing safe and efficient operations that leverage cutting edge technologies and tools.
What You'll Do
As an SRE you’ll have the chance to be drive, develop, and lead projects in any of the following areas, with FedRAMP perspective:
- Data Platform (NetDL) Architecture and Performance
- Capacity Planning
- Autoscaling
- Disaster Recovery
- Observability
- Change Management - CI/CD
- Service Network Architecture
- Cost Optimizations
- Infrastructure and Cloud-First Application Security
You will also be joining FedRAMP on-call rotation split between West and East coast timezones.
Arista’s CloudVision is an enterprise network management and streaming telemetry SaaS offering. CloudVision stack is built entirely Kubernetes-native. Familiarity with GCP (Google Cloud Platform) and GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine) is preferred. Our technical stack includes but not limited to: Golang, Python, Ansible/Pulumi, Bash. You will be expected to develop, operate, and work with many different types of databases, both directly on Kubernetes or leveraging managed DB products. We integrate with many different Open Source Software (OSS) projects that both power our microservices stack, monitoring infrastructure, and much more.
Qualifications- BS or MS in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- U.S. Citizenship required
- Experience managing FedRAMP SaaS environments or other highly regulated systems
- Proven experience developing or managing deployments of distributed database systems or large-scale SaaS applications
- Proficiency in Python, Go (Golang), or other programming languages
- Strong scripting skills in Bash or other scripting languages
Compensation Information
The new hire base pay for this role has a pay range of $101,000 to $161,000 across the US. 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.
Arista Networks Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Arista Networks and has not been reviewed or approved by Arista Networks.
-
Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away is positioned as generous, including unlimited PTO, paid holidays, and flexible hours with hybrid options. Parental leave is also included, supporting time off needs beyond standard vacation.
-
Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity participation is a notable component of rewards through RSUs and an employee stock purchase plan with a discount. This structure can materially increase total compensation when stock performance is favorable.
-
Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Everyday perks and wellness supports are broad, including on-site gym/showers, secured bike storage, stocked break rooms, discounted lunches, wellness webinars, and social events. Family-planning benefits add to lifestyle and wellbeing coverage.
Arista Networks Insights
What We Do
Arista Networks was founded to pioneer and deliver software driven cloud networking solutions for large datacenter storage and computing environments. Arista’s award-winning platforms, ranging in Ethernet speeds from 10 to 400 gigabits per second, redefine scalability, agility and resilience. Arista has shipped more than 20 million cloud networking ports worldwide with CloudVision and EOS, an advanced network operating system. Committed to open standards, Arista is a founding member of the 25/50GbE consortium. Arista Networks products are available worldwide directly and through partners.
