Software Product Manager (CloudVision)

Join Arista Networks, a leading cloud networking company, as a Software Product Manager for the CloudVision software platform. In this role, you will be responsible for product management, marketing collateral creation, customer requirement gathering, and product support for sales teams and customers. You will also represent Arista at external events and execute ongoing aspects of the product lifecycle. The ideal candidate will have 10-12 years of experience in the networking industry, with a strong preference for at least 5 years as a product manager or technical marketing engineer.

• Collaborate on product definition through customer requirement gathering and roadmap planning.
• Create and evangelize field facing product marketing collateral across CloudVision technologies.
• Execute ongoing aspects of the product lifecycle, including interaction with a cross-functional set of teams.
• Industry / technology expertise is required in the following areas: network management and operations, data center trends and technologies, network orchestration and automation systems, network platform offerings and solutions from industry vendors. Routing, switching, VxLAN/MPLS/network virtualization knowledge is preferred but not required
• Knowledge of SaaS application offerings, including public cloud platforms and associated networking environments, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform is preferred
• Ability to write extensive technical content (white papers, technical briefs, test reports, etc.) for external audiences with a balance of technical accuracy, strategy, and clear messaging
• Expert knowledge on or more of the following enterprise use-cases is required: Data Center, Cloud, Campus/Branch
• 10-12 years of experience in the networking industry
• Strong preference for at least 5 years as a product manager or technical marketing engineer. Prior experience could also include software engineering, systems engineering, or similar roles
• Ability to comfortably present in front of internal and external audiences (large and small)
• In some cases, exposure to product financials including licensing and modelling can be valuable
• Ability to build extensive technical slide decks in PowerPoint, with technical accuracy, strategy, and clear messaging
• Expert technical knowledge is required in several of the following areas: Network management platforms for enterprise users, UI/UX user experience workflows, automation techniques, DevOps platforms (Ansible, etc), APIs (JSON, gRPC etc.), scripting (Python, etc.). General knowledge is preferred in the following areas: Ethernet, VLANs, IP routing, TCP/IP, Multicast, Protocols (BGP, ISIS, OSPF, PIM, IGMP; etc.)
• At least Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent Bachelor degree required
• Network design level expertise in the following use-cases: private and public cloud data centers, service provider data center, Internet routing, IP storage, financial networks, high-performance computing (HPC), enterprise networks
• If you are passionate about working on next generation cloud networking solutions and being a part of the fastest growing network company in the industry, then come join Arista!