Arista & Data Center Network Security Architect (Contract)

Vantage Point Consulting Inc.; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Vantage Point Consulting Inc. is seeking a highly accomplished Network and Security professional to design, deploy, migrate, and support enterprise campus, data center, and WAN infrastructures.

Expertise with Arista EOS, CVP, EVPN-VXLAN, and multi-vendor Cisco/Palo Alto/Fortinet technologies is required. You will lead large-scale network transformations, perform migration planning, and guide OEM engineering activities across global environments, including data center modernization and automation

Qualifications

• Extensive network and security design and deployment experience in large enterprise environments.
• Hands-on Arista EOS, CVP, EVPN-VXLAN, and campus/data center switching implementations.
• Experience migrating and upgrading complex data center fabric and WAN architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement Arista-based campus and data center architectures.
• Perform network assessments, architecture reviews, and migration planning.
• Execute site refresh, hardware upgrades, and technology transformation initiatives.
• Support data center modernization and EVPN-VXLAN fabric implementations.
• Develop automation workflows for network provisioning and operations.
• Act as technical lead during customer workshops, HLD/LLD reviews, and solution discussions.
• Troubleshoot complex network and security issues across multi-vendor environments.
• Collaborate with Arista TAC, OEM teams, project managers, and customer stakeholders.
• Support pilot deployments, PoCs, and production rollouts.
• Produce engineering documentation, standards, implementation guides, and operational runbooks.

Skills

Arista EOS Configuration

Arista CloudVision Portal

Arista Campus and Data Center Routing

EVPN-VXLAN

BGP/OSPF/ISIS

Data Center Interconnect

Arista Data Center Switching

Network Automation

ZTP

QoS/High Availability

Wireless LAN Architecture

Network Telemetry

Python

Ansible

REST APIs

YAML

Git/GitHub

Network Automation Frameworks

ExpressRoute

Direct Connect

Tools

Python

Ansible

REST APIs

YAML

Git/GitHub

Job description

Vantage Point Consulting Inc. is seeking a highly accomplished Network and Security professional to design, deploy, migrate, and support enterprise campus, data center, and WAN infrastructures.

Expertise with Arista EOS, CVP, EVPN-VXLAN, and multi-vendor Cisco/Palo Alto/Fortinet technologies is required. You will lead large-scale network transformations, perform migration planning, and guide OEM engineering activities across global environments, including data center modernization and automation