Network Engineer in Test

Company Description 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 Description Who You’ll Work With Arista  Networks  is looking for world-class Software  Test  Engineers to help us in building the highest quality  networking  products you can buy. At Arista, you’ll spend your time  embedded  deeply into our development teams, working side by side with the developers, helping us to explore, find and fix our bugs before they can reach our customers. You will  NOT  spend your time running manual regressions of mind numbing, 1000 page  test  plans, because Arista’s developers automate all the basic functional and integration  tests . Instead, you’ll  bring  your intelligence, creativity, and drive to work every day to help us understand how our products are going to be used by our customers and to make sure that they’re going to work every time. Your job is to find the hard bugs, the ones not easily exposed by the developers’ automated unit and product level  tests . What You’ll Do

• Use every means possible to find the bugs in the software and/or  hardware  being developed by your team.
• Write  test  plans to validate Arista features and products.
• Design  test   network  topologies to validate functionality, performance, stability and scalability of features and products.
• Execute  test  plans to verify all aspects of the product. Identify defects and validate resolution.
• Work as an agile member of a combined development and  test  team, running in short cycles to develop functional software in quick iterations.
• Work with the developers on your team in creating their plans for automated  tests  to complement the exploratory testing that you perform. Be the testing expert for your team.
• Participate in functional specification and software design reviews held by your team and provide customer centric input.

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in creating  test  methodologies and writing  test  plans.
• Strong knowledge in one or more of the following areas:  Ethernet , RSTP/ MSTP, VLANs, IP  Routing ,  TCP/IP , OSPF, IS-IS,  BGP , IGMP, PIM SM/ SSM, QoS, L2-L3  protocols , Platform validation, HA, QOS,  network  management.
• Experience with IXIA and/or Spirent  test  tools desired
• Familiarity with  test  automation tools and scripting languages desired
• BS CS/CE/EE plus 3+ years of experience. MS degree preferred
• Strong communication skills.
• CCIE  certification a plus. #LI-SP1 Additional Information 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.