Senior Arista Network & Automation Consultant
Senior Arista Network & Automation Consultant
Engagement Details
- Role: Senior Arista Network & Automation Consultant
- Start Date: 01 June 2026
- End Date: 31 December 2026
- Location: Hybrid
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver brownfield deployment of approved Arista switch configurations across production and pre-production sites.
- Perform Arista CloudVision Portal (CVP) upgrades and validation activities.
- Support tenant automation development and testing within CI/CD pipelines.
- Produce implementation documentation, rollback procedures, and technical handover artefacts.
- Maintain Jira ticket administration and delivery governance throughout the engagement.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Strong hands-on experience with Arista Networks EOS and CloudVision Portal (CVP).
- Proven experience delivering brownfield network migrations in live production environments.
- Strong understanding of EVPN/VXLAN, BGP, MLAG, and spine-leaf architectures.
- Automation experience using Python and/or Ansible.
- Experience with Git-based workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong troubleshooting, change-control, and documentation capability.
- Experience working within enterprise operational and governance frameworks.
Desirable Skills
- Arista ACE certification.
- Telecoms or large enterprise experience.
- Exposure to multi-site rollout programmes.
- Familiarity with Agile delivery and Jira administration.