About this role
Who You'll Work With
The key role of the Solution test group is to ensure the quality of Arista’s products through System test type testing of large, complex and feature rich end-to-end environments focusing on key technologies as well as emulating Arista’s most important and strategic customers networks by:
Researching technologies, features and customer environments in order to come up with the right topologies to testExercising extensive feature interaction and identifying potential breakage areasExhaustive testing focusing on realistic use cases, scale and performanceWhat You'll Do
Collaborate with various stakeholders from the development, sales and other test teams to understand requirements and expectationsPlan the building of, or add to the existing network topology required to test the use casesConfigure hardware, features, traffic generators and other tools to emulate the required environmentExecute exhaustive testplan, focusing on potential weaker areas, performance and realistic scaleTroubleshoot failures and performance shortcomings and work with the development team on reproduction, root cause analysis, fix verification and bug/limitation documentationCommunicate and present results to various stakeholders while providing feedback and recommendations on potential design and performance improvementsInteract with sales team and customers to answer questions, handle ad-hoc requests and run small demosCollaborate with peers to cross-train on new technologies and improve team effectivenessHelp the TAC team with escalations reproductions efforts when needed Masters degree in telecommunications, computer engineering, computer networking3+ years of experience in a System test or Solution test role, handling complex end-to-end environments.Highly detailed working knowledge of layer 2 and layer 3 technologies such as IP forwarding, IP multicast, OSPF, BGP, VXLAN, MPLS, eVPN, ECMP, VRRP, STP, RSTP, MST, PVST+, Ethernet link aggregation, LACP, etcDetailed working knowledge of layer-2/3-switch administration, including industry-standard CLI and SNMP interfacesFamiliarity with Linux tools such as ping, traceroute, tcpdump, ifconfig, ip link, ip route, arp, /proc/net, /proc/sys/net, vmstat, netstat, ttcp, iperf, and straceSome familiarity with scripting languages such as Python or TCLStrong written and oral communication skillsStrong drive to improve quality and curiosity to learn new technologiesAble to operate with a high degree of independence, driven by an internal desire to succeed at the challenge of breaking our products#LI-SZ1