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

The Arista Industry Readiness Programme is an industry-first programme that gives you the unique opportunity to intern in a hands-on learning based programme that lasts 5-6 months and is run annually out of our Sydney office.

Over the course of these months, you will learn, practice, test and be tested of various networking technologies starting from the absolute basics to complex networking technologies. 

What You'll Do

Program Summary:
 

Objective: To prepare early career network engineers for the Cloud Networking Industry

Approach:

Base program is tried and tested with over 10 iterations run by Arista globally. We enhance the impact by customising it each year for the specific target group

Program outline
Phase 1: Strong foundation in networking protocols and technologies.
 

Exposure to the basics of networking from the scratch

Involves refresh, unlearning, if required and re-learning

In-depth understanding of the basic and foundational technologies:

Layers of Networking, Transceivers & Cables, ARP, MAC, IP addressing

L2 Technologies: Switching Fundamentals, STP, LACP, LLDP

L3 Technologies: Routing Fundamentals, RIP, OSPF

Practical approach and hands on lab

Dedicated static lab topology - lab work

Develop in-depth understanding by taking packet captures and wireshark analysis

Phase 2: Introduction to Arista platforms. Deeper dive into industry trends and technological advancements

Application of knowledge gathered through projects

Problems from real world scenarios meeting industry requirements

Opportunity to enhance and utilise programming and scripting skills

Understand evolution of Arista products per requirements

Products encompass deep buffers, low latencies, growing speeds to cater varying  industrial demands

EOS Architecture and integration to support next generation cloud and enterprise DCs.

Phase 3: Advanced technologies/protocols. Shadowing

Leverage basic knowledge to learn advanced technologies

Advanced protocols (VxLAN, BGP, xSTP, multicast routing)

Arista’s implementations to solve complex industry challenges ( MLAG, FHRP, Cloud  Vision, Telemetry Technologies)

Shadow Technical Solutions Engineers

Opportunity to partner with TSEs to solve live issues

Investigating and analysing the data for a given problem

Active contribution by replicating problems and validating the fix

Brainstorming about potential problems and solutions

Talks from experts

Leaders from systems engineering on the industry and deployments

Qualifications

Target Audience: 

Masters in a related Computer Networking field. 

Early career (1-4 years) network engineers keen to dive deep into the technical side of things.

Current and future network engineers with a thirst and curiosity for why and how something works as much as what it is used for.

Additional Information

Benefits

Global company and market leaderFantastic workplace cultureFlexible working arrangementsGreat career prospectsExcellent facilities with modern tools of the trade