Arista Technical Lead Network Engineering

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Position Overview:

Our rapidly evolving IT Network department is seeking a Senior/Technical Lead Network Engineer with deep expertise in Arista Networks solutions and campus networking technologies. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience designing, deploying, and managing both data center and enterprise campus networks, leveraging Arista hardware and software such as Arista Validated Designs (AVD), CloudVision Portal (CVP), Network Detection and Response (NDR), and AGNI (Arista Guardian for Network Identity).

This role will also involve implementing Arista WiFi, Network Access Control (NAC), and end-user authentication/certification strategies, ensuring a secure and seamless network experience.

Our Impact:

• We assure Stability, Availability and Reliability for 10,000+ End-User Devices to support a wide range of applications in a hybrid Cloud environment

• We strive to prevent service impacts in a multifaceted and constantly evolving ecosystem, assure rapid recoverability from any impacts to business and services

• Our strategy is to transform the Network with Automation and Process Engineering

Your Impact:

• Provide technical leadership in the Campus Network area and to think and execute proactively to ensure the scalability, stability and security of the platform

• Identify, Influence and Implement technology and processes to modernize our Network Infrastructure

• Collaborate with Network leadership to assure visible communication, risk reduction and accountability for the performance and stability of the Campus network platforms

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience of Network Engineering; College Degree or equivalent experience

• 8+ years in a senior level engineering role engaged with IP network technologies with Expert-level experience with BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, EVPN, VXLAN, MPLS, and segment routing.

• Implement SD-WAN and hybrid cloud networking solutions for enterprise connectivity.

• Automate network configurations using Arista AVD, Ansible, Python, and Terraform.

• Utilize Arista CloudVision Portal (CVP) for network telemetry, automation, and lifecycle management.

• Implement AI-driven network monitoring and analytics for proactive issue detection and resolution.

• Manage device compliance and software upgrades through automation pipelines.

• Deploy NDR (Network Detection and Response) solutions for real-time threat visibility and mitigation.

• Implement network segmentation and micro segmentation to enhance security.

• Ensure compliance with industry security frameworks such as NIST, CIS, and Zero Trust Architecture.

• Enforce role-based access control (RBAC), MACsec, and secure onboarding policies.

• Must have a solid sense of accountability for performance and continued improvement of execution

• Communicates well within the team to effectively relay status and accomplishments to management

• Must not only lead current technical trends, but also anticipate our future state technologies

• Arista Certifications (ACE-L2, ACE-L3, or equivalent).

• Experience working with multi-cloud networking (AWS, Azure, GCP).

• Familiarity with high-performance campus networking architectures (leaf-spine, SD-Access, fabric-based designs).

• Exposure to multi-vendor environments, integrating Arista with Cisco, Palo Alto, etc.

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Communicates and influences optimally.

• Demonstrates deep job specific knowledge and best practices to drive effective change and transform how work is performed.

• Elevates team members via mentoring and knowledge sharing. Highly effective team leader. Top influencer for other IT and business partners.

• Meaningful contributions to strategy and objectives. Knowledge leadership in all areas of expertise for areas of responsibility. Thinks beyond individual sphere.

Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.

We consider all applicants for all positions without regard to gender, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical and mental disability, pregnancy, ethnicity, genetic information or any other protected categories under applicable federal, state or local laws. We will ensure that individuals are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

A safe and secure environment is critical to Freddie Mac’s business. This includes employee commitment to our acceptable use policy, applying a vigilance-first approach to work, supporting regulatory mandates, and using best practices to protect Freddie Mac from potential threats and risk. Employees exercise this responsibility by executing against policies and procedures and adhering to privacy & security obligations as required via training programs.

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Time-type:Full time

FLSA Status:Exempt

Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.

This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $131,000 - $197,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.