Contractor Extensibility Engineer - Remote

Who You'll Work WithArista Networks seeks candidates for the Professional Services (Software Development) team. This global team of software engineers delivers high-quality, robust software to help Arista's customers and internal colleagues achieve goals and solve real-world problems.

What You'll DoThe team's work focuses on three main areas:

1. Network automation: Develop innovative frameworks for customers using cutting-edge network automation techniques.
2. Software customizations: Design and implement solutions to help customers deploy and operate advanced networking infrastructure.
3. Efficiency enablement: Build software tools to boost internal and external collaborators' productivity during network deployments, migrations, and operations.

Initial Contract Duration: 1 year, with possible extension.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Master's or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience: 3+ years of professional software development experience.
• Programming Languages: Proficiency in Python, Go, C++, C, or Rust.
• Version Control: Expertise in version control systems (e.g., GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket).
• Testing Frameworks: Knowledge of testing frameworks (e.g., PyTest, GoMock).
• Networking/Systems: Understanding of IP networking and/or distributed systems.
• Operating Systems: Experience with Unix or Linux.
• Software Development Lifecycle: Comfortable working in all phases of the software development life cycle.
• Soft Skills: Excellent communication skills, strong problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting abilities; ability to work independently and effectively within a team, willingness to keep learning and developing.

Desired Experience

• CI Platforms: Experience with CI platforms (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins).
• Container Technologies: Familiarity with container technologies (e.g., Docker, Podman, Kubernetes) and service orchestration (e.g., Ansible, Terraform).
• Network Tools: Familiarity with Nautobot or Netbox.
• Itential Automation Platform: Familiarity with Itential Automation Platform.
• Data Center Networking: Experience with data center networking, management, and orchestration.
• Third-Party Integrations: Experience building third-party software integrations and APIs.
• Customer-Facing Experience: Experience working in a customer-facing role.

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