Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) – CloudVision as a Service (CVaaS)

Arista Networks; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 132,904 - 202,853; Full time

Job summary

Arista Networks is inviting applications for the role of Site Reliability Engineer to join their CloudVision‑as‑a‑Service (CVaaS) global SRE team. The position focuses on ensuring the scalability and reliability of the CloudVision service, leveraging advanced technologies.

Candidates should have strong software engineering backgrounds and experience in distributed systems and a solid understanding of Python and Golang. The competitive salary range for this position is $95,000 to $145,000, influenced by individual qualifications and experience.

Qualifications

• 5+ years software engineering experience.
• Experience with distributed database systems or scale‑out applications for a SaaS environment.
• Proficiency in Python, Golang, and comfortable in Bash or similar languages.

Responsibilities

• Architect and manage the Data Platform (NetDL) performance.
• Lead incident response and post-mortems.
• Continuously improve operational processes through automation.

Skills

Python

Golang

Bash

Education

BS/MS degree in Computer Science or a relevant field

Job description

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 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

We’re looking for Site Reliability Engineers to join our growing Arista’s CloudVision‑as‑a‑Service (CVaaS) global SRE team. SREs at Arista combine strong software engineering background, systems architecture knowledge, with passion for operating production systems at scale. We are responsible for our global CloudVision service fleet, ensuring scalability, reliability, and stability. You’ll have firsthand experience in being part of a rapidly growing product with a passionate group of engineers that unapologetically put product reliability and customer experience first. We deeply believe in building highly automated and self‑sustaining environments, prioritizing safe and efficient operations that leverage cutting‑edge technologies and tools.

Arista’s CloudVision is an enterprise network management and streaming telemetry SaaS offering. CloudVision stack is built entirely Kubernetes‑native. Familiarity with GCP (Google Cloud Platform) and GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine) is preferred. Our technical stack includes but is not limited to: Golang, Python, Ansible/Pulumi, Bash. You will be expected to develop, operate, and work with many different types of databases, both directly on Kubernetes or leveraging managed DB products. We integrate with many different Open Source Software (OSS) projects that both power our microservices stack, monitoring infrastructure, and much more.

What You'll Do

• Data Platform (NetDL) Architecture and Performance
• Capacity Planning
• Autoscaling
• Disaster Recovery
• Observability
• Change Management – CI/CD
• Service Network Architecture
• Cost Optimizations
• Infrastructure and Cloud‑First Application Security

You will also be joining globally distributed, “follow the sun” model on‑call team where you’ll:

• Continuously improve operational processes by adding automation
• Lead sustainable incident response and blameless post‑mortems

Qualifications

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or a relevant experience subject.
• 5+ years software engineering experience.
• Experience developing or managing deployments of distributed database systems or scale‑out applications for a SaaS environment.
• Proficiency in Python, Golang, and/or other languages. Expected to be comfortable in Bash and/or other scripting languages.

Compensation Information

The new hire base pay for this role has a salary range of $95,000 to $145,000. Arista offers different pay ranges based on work location, so that we can offer consistent and competitive pay appropriate to the market. The actual base pay offered will be based on a wide range of factors, including skills, qualifications, relevant experience, and work location. The pay range provided reflects base pay only and in addition certain roles may also be eligible for discretionary Arista bonuses and equity. Employees in Sales roles are eligible to participate in Arista’s Sales Incentive Plan, which pays commissions calculated as a percentage of eligible sales. US‑based employees are also entitled to benefits including medical, dental, vision, wellbeing, tax savings and income protection. The recruiting team can share more details during the hiring process specific to the role and location.