Lead Consultant ONLY W2

While this is a highly specialized and challenging requirement, the role does offer significant flexibility, including:

• 100% remote work arrangement
• Candidates may reside in any US City, with preference to Chicago or New York
• Up to 25% travel may be required based on business needs

Please note that an active Arista L5 certification is a mandatory requirement for this opportunity. The Hiring Manager has confirmed that no exceptions will be made , so we ask that all submitted candidates possess a current and active L5 certification.

Primary Responsibilities will include:

• Arista L5 Certification: real-world mastery of modern data center and cloud networking using Arista technologies.
• Design and engineering of effective and scalable network systems and solutions
• Participate in evaluation, testing, selection, and deployment of foundational network elements for a network buildout
• Ensure that solutions adhere to defined standards and best practices and/or assist in the development of these standards and best practices.
• Effectively design and communicate engineering solutions through detailed high- and low-level diagrams
• Routinely research, analyze, test, retest, and troubleshoot complex problems
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment, with strict deadlines, both as an individual contributor and team leader
• Proven experience in knowledge transfer, documentation and information sharing while staying abreast of new technology/technical areas
• Provide advanced technical experience for complex project work, including functional subsystem upgrades for mission-critical network devices and services as well as strategic upgrades to the network
• Design, plan, and implement complex networks
• Establish requirements, provide analysis for network and services specifications, network design, network partitioning, and network architecture definition
• Provide advanced expertise in the development of network test, validation, and integration plans on projects, and assurance of network integrity
• Engage with Solutioning and Sales teams as a subject matter expert during customer calls
• Ability to mentor junior engineers in advanced technology deployments
• Time management and the ability to multitask between several ongoing projects
• Assist with development of SoW and LoE documentation

Education and Experience

• 15+ years of professional experience in large enterprise or carrier space
• Arista L5 Certification
• Professional networking certifications a plus (i.e. CCNP/CCIE or equivalent)
• Experience with Cisco primarily within the datacenter network portfolio
• Arista skills required Juniper skills would be nice to have
• Previous Consulting Experience required

Candidate should have strong, working understanding in the following areas:

• Solid Understanding of the OSI model, routing and switching protocols, network security, IPv4 networking, subnetting, and operational experience
• Demonstrated confidence to deliver customer-facing discussions.
• Excellent verbal articulation, written communications
• Hands-on technical skills, including ability to develop and conduct demonstrations
• Complex operational configuration experience (VPC, VSS, VRF, BGP, OSPF)
• Experience with Nexus Dashboard deployment and troubleshooting (Single and Multisite configurations)
• Experience with VxLAN and EVPN datacenter networking design and implementation
• Demonstrated experience with automation or scripting tools to deploy and maintain environments.

Additional Details:

Per the HM, - What is the address for this role? Any US City Prefer Chicago or New York but open to the right remote candidate

What amount of time will the Consultant be onsite? This is Project Dependent

Where will the Consultant be traveling up to 25% of the time? Various Customer locations through the US