Software Test Engineer (SD WAN)

Company Description

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 $5 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.

Job Description

Who You’ll Work With

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.

The role will provide opportunities to create real impact in the rapidly growing Software defined (SD) branch, SD-WAN, Cloud IT services, and virtualization technologies. 

What You’ll Do

Arista Networks is looking for world class Software Test Engineers to join our fast-paced, high caliber team responsible for validating the products and solutions developed at Arista Networks.Create and execute test plans which involve scale, stress, interop, and customer scenario testing to validate features and products.

• Work with Customer Support and Software Development teams to understand and reproduce customer found defects and validate fixes.
• Install and configure test tools like Ixia, iPerf, etc. to emulate complex networks in test environments.
• Log and track failures in a bug tracking system. Troubleshoot failures and work with the software development team to get them fixed.
• Review functional specs and test plans and provide feedback.
• Create and manage the schedule for assigned test efforts.

Qualifications

• B.Tech or M.Tech in CS/CE/ECE plus 2 years of experience, preferably in the SD WAN technologies (India)
• Knowledge of security protocols such as IPSec, IKE and ACLs is desired.
• Knowledge and/or experience with virtualization solutions (ESXi and KVM), cloud technologies including public cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP) is strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge in some or all of the following areas: DHCP, DNS, TCP/IP, NAT/PAT, QOS, VXLAN, EVPN, and routing with a strong proficiency in BGP
• Knowledge and skills related to software test methodologies and the use of test tools is required. 
• Experience configuring, testing, trouble-shooting, or supporting ethernet network switches.
• Experience with Ixia, Wireshark, tcpdump, or a similar network traffic generation or packet capture/analysis tool.
• Familiarity with at least one of the following: Linux, network management, or scripting.
• Highly motivated. Strong communication and teamwork skills. Likes to take initiatives and drive collaboration.

Additional Information

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.