Senior Arista Network Consultant

Contract: Senior Arista Network Engineer Start Date ASAP Duration: 12 months Location: Remote in UK or Europe with occasional travel to Europe Rate: Negotiable (depending on experence) (Inside IR35 if UK) Reference: 20681 MUST HAVE EXPERTISE IN : Arista AVD (Arista Validated Designs) ,network automation framework, VXLAN, EVPN, BGP, Cisco Nexus, Data Centre. We're looking for a Senior Network Engineer with CCIE-level expertise to support a major transformation of a clients EMEA data centre network estate. This is a hands-on contract role focused on migrating legacy Cisco infrastructure to a modern Arista environment. You'll play a key role in designing and delivering large-scale network migrations, providing technical leadership throughout the project while working closely with engineering teams to ensure a smooth transition. What you'll be doing: Leading Cisco-to-Arista data centre migration activities Designing and implementing scalable Arista network fabrics Working with EVPN/VXLAN, routing, switching and data centre networking technologies Using Arista CloudVision, CVaaS and AVD to automate deployments and manage configurations Converting network configurations into AVD YAML and supporting GitOps-based deployment pipelines Producing technical documentation and mentoring internal engineering teams throughout the migration What we're looking for: CCIE-level knowledge of enterprise data centre networking (certification preferred but not essential) Extensive experience with Cisco Nexus, NX-OS, vPC and large-scale Cisco environments Strong hands-on experience with Arista EOS, CloudVision, AVD and EVPN/VXLAN Proven background delivering Cisco-to-Arista migration projects Experience with network automation, GitOps or CI/CD pipelines would be highly desirable Knowledge of VMware Cloud Foundation, Palo Alto firewalls and F5/NetScaler technologies would be advantageous Networking People (UK) is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. TPBN1_UKTJ