Solutions Architect / Pre-Sales Network Engineer

Netris, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 105,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a talented Network Engineer to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will work closely with cloud provider customers to design and implement highly automated, scalable networks tailored for AI training and cloud computing. Your expertise in network engineering and architecture will be crucial as you collaborate with senior leadership to enhance customer success programs. This position offers a competitive salary, stock options, and the flexibility to work remotely within the US, making it an exciting opportunity for those looking to make a significant impact in the tech industry.

Benefits

Stock options

Health insurance

401k

Flexible remote work

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a Network or System Engineer.
• 2+ years as a Sales or Solutions Engineer.
• Strong understanding of BGP, EVPN, and VXLAN.

Responsibilities

• Participate in sales calls and demos with customers.
• Design and implement application-specific networks.
• Advocate for customers during new feature development.

Skills

Network Engineering

BGP/EVPN

VXLAN

Linux Networking

Kubernetes Networking

Cisco Switches

Arista Switches

Terraform

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

CCIE (Routing & Switching)

RHCE or equivalent

Tools

Iptables

tcpdump

iperf

Nginx

Vmware VSphere

OpenStack

Job description

The company, Netris, partners with NVIDIA, Dell, and other leading GPU and Cloud hardware vendors. Netris provides network automation, abstraction, and operations software enabling private, public, and GPU cloud provider networks. You will be primarily working with cloud provider customers to plan, deploy, and launch highly automated, scalable, and multi-tenant networks for AI Training, Inference, HPC, Cloud Computing, and other modern use-cases.

The ideal candidate will report to and partner with co-founders and senior leadership to learn and improve Netris' solutions architecture practice and customer success programs.

Key Responsibilities

Solutions Engineering

• Participate in sales calls and live demos with prospective and existing customers.
• Suggest tailored solutions using our technology to meet the technical and business goals of the customer.
• Setting up POC and prototyping solutions using NVIDIA Air or Netris CloudSim infrastructure digital twin technologies.
• Create proposals, SOWs, LLD, and other customer-facing documents for pre-sales and post-sales processes.

Network Engineering

• Helping customers design networks, topology, BOM (bill of materials), and cost management.
• Designing application-specific networks such as networks optimized for AI training, inference, hybrid cloud, virtualization, and cloud-native technologies such as containers and Kubernetes.
• Designing highly available, multi-region, and multi-tenant networks.
• Integrating with various Networking technologies.
• Troubleshooting and support during pre/post-sales period.
• Create infrastructure-as-a-code packages for customer-specific deployments using Netris Terraform Provider.

Product Improvement

• Working closely with engineering and product teams to advocate for customers during the new feature design and development process.
• Help prioritize feature backlog based on technical deal-blockers.
• Document best practices and technical solutions.

Technical Skills Needed

The ideal candidate will be proficient in multiple skill sets below and willing to fill in their gaps.

Network Engineering and Architecture

• CCIE R&S grade Network Engineering skills
• Ability to design, implement, and support BGP/EVPN and VXLAN based switch network fabrics.
• Prior experience working with Cisco or Arista switches
• Prior experience working with Cumulus and/or SONiC operating systems
• Expertise in designing and implementing complex network systems.
• Strong understanding of BGP, EVPN, and VXLAN network protocols

Linux & Virtual Networking Skills

• Excellent skills in Linux networking, including configuration, management, and troubleshooting using tools such as Iptables, tcpdump, iperf, and others.
• Nginx and others.
• Comfortable configuring BGP underlays and overlays with FRR.
• Understanding of container and Kubernetes networking.
• Vmware VSphere & NSX networking.
• KVM-based: OpenStack, Apache Cloud Stack, Proxmox, Harvester networking.

Linux Skills

• Proficiency with installing, upgrading, and maintaining Linux servers (Ubuntu, RedHat).
• System Administration.
• Troubleshooting, log analysis, resource management.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate shall have both

• 5+ years of hands-on experience as a Network or System Engineer
• 2+ years of experience as a Sales or Solutions Engineer

Desired but not required qualifications

• Background in Computer Science
• CCIE (Routing & Switching)
• RHCE or equivalent

Compensation:

• Base $105-160k + commissions. The actual compensation will vary based on location and individual skills and experience.
• Stock options
• Health insurance
• 401k
• Remote within US ok