Senior/Lead Software Engineer, EOS Layer 2 and Network Services

Who You’ll Work WithThe EOS Platform Independent (PI) Layer 2 and network services team is responsible for building innovative and scalable solutions in the areas of Layer 2 protocols including 802.1X, LACP, MACsec, Multi-chassis LAG (MLAG), STP, and network management and security services such as AAA (TACACS/RADIUS), DHCP, DNS, IP Locking, Logging, SNMP, SSH/OpenSSL, ZTP etc. This team is also responsible for developing network monitoring software using protocols such as SFlow, IPFIX, and for device configuration using CLI, programmable RPC/REST APIs and SDK. This is a global team spanning multiple geographies working on cutting edge features that are deployed in the largest Campus, Cloud provider, Enterprise and Service Provider networks.Arista provides an open Engineering-driven culture which fosters innovation and enables engineers to Learn, Lead and Thrive. Our adoption of modern software tools and processes and strong focus on automation enables our engineers to be amongst the most productive in the industry. Arista's products are purpose built with the scale, performance and quality required to operate in some of the most demanding environments in the industry. This provides engineers the platform and rigor to learn and gain experience in building complex, distributed and scalable software systems. Arista engineers collaborate and work seamlessly across various feature areas to deliver top-notch network solutions.What You’ll DoUnderstand requirements from customers, product managers and field engineers, and write functional specificationsArchitect, design, develop and maintain Layer 2, network management, monitoring and security features using C, C and PythonAuthor test plans, build automated tests and infrastructure to test the features.Work with support engineers and customers to troubleshoot and resolve problems in their networksOwn all aspects of development and delivery of softwareProvide technical leadership across features, projects and toolsMentor new and junior engineers to bring them up to speed in Arista's software development environmentWork with the System Test Engineers to analyze problems found in their tests and provide fixes for those problems