Professional Services - Technical Project Manager (PDL)

Arista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven, client-to-cloud networking for large data center, campus and routing environments. Arista is a well-established and profitable company with over $8 billion in revenue. Arista’s award-winning platforms, ranging in Ethernet speeds up to 800G bits per second, redefine scalability, agility, and resilience.  Arista is a founding member of the Ultra Ethernet consortium. We have shipped over 20 million cloud networking ports worldwide with CloudVision and EOS, an advanced network operating system. Arista is committed to open standards, and its products are available worldwide directly and through partners.

At Arista, we value the diversity of thought and perspectives each employee brings. We believe 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 the Great Place to Work Survey for Best Engineering Team and 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 quality and performance standards in everything we do.

Who You’ll Work With

You will work closely with cross-functional internal teams including data center network engineers, infrastructure and cloud architects, security and compliance teams, operations and service delivery teams, as well as account and sales stakeholders. Externally, you will collaborate with banking and BFSI client stakeholders such as IT leadership, risk and compliance teams, and application owners, along with third-party vendors, OEMs, and service providers to ensure aligned delivery, regulatory compliance, and successful execution of enterprise-scale data center networking projects.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and maintain project summary data.
• Develop and maintain a plan covering the scope, time and dependencies.
• Develop and maintain risk and issue registers.
• Provide clear communication between the project and account teams and the customer.
• Managing the performance of the project teams and taking appropriate action
• Providing technical expertise when required.
• Providing point of escalation for the project team and/or the customer when required.
• Lead end-to-end planning and execution of data center networking projects, including migrations, consolidations, expansions, and upgrades.
• Manage cross-functional teams including network engineers, infrastructure architects, security, and operations.
• Collaborate closely with banking domain stakeholders to understand compliance, security, and operational requirements.
• Define project scope, goals, deliverables, timelines, and resource plans.
• Ensure alignment of project outcomes with business objectives, regulatory mandates, and SLAs.
• Identify and mitigate project risks, issues, and dependencies in a proactive manner.
• Drive governance through regular status reporting, dashboards, and stakeholder communication.
• Ensure adherence to change management, audit, and compliance protocols specific to the banking environment.
• Support budget management, cost optimization, and vendor coordination for infrastructure components.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation for project lifecycle, technical designs, and change control.

Leadership & Teamwork

• Ability to overcome major challenges and operate on a cross-functional, cross-organizational basis.
• Ability to provide coaching, advice and guidance to the project team.
• Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and appropriate manner.
• Ability to provide constructive and timely feedback.
• Ability to negotiate and resolve conflicts in a constructive manner.

• 10+ years of experience in IT project management, with at least 5 years handling data center networking projects.
• Strong exposure to Banking or Financial Services industry standards and regulatory frameworks (e.g., RBI, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001).
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional teams in a project management environment.
• Ability to deliver projects to schedule, budget and quality.
• Solid technical understanding of networking technologies: LAN/WAN, routing, switching, firewalls, load balancers, SDN, cloud interconnects, etc.
• Hands-on experience in managing projects involving data center migration, disaster recovery (DR), network segmentation, and hybrid/cloud deployments.
• Proficient in project management tools (e.g., MS Project, JIRA, ServiceNow).
• Knowledge of ITIL framework and experience working in Agile/DevOps environments.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMP / PRINCE2 / ITIL / Scrum certifications.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid network models.
• Understanding of network security and compliance within banking infrastructure.
• Experience in vendor and third-party service management.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Electronics, or related field.
• Master’s degree or MBA is a plus.

Arista stands out as an engineering-centric company. Our leadership, including founders and engineering managers, are all engineers who understand sound software engineering principles and the importance of doing things right.

We hire globally into our diverse team. At Arista, engineers have complete ownership of their projects. Our management structure is flat and streamlined, and software engineering is led by those who understand it best. We prioritize the development and utilization of test automation tools.

Our engineers have access to every part of the company, providing opportunities to work across various domains. Arista is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with development offices in Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, and the US. We consider all our R&D centers equal in stature.

Join us to shape the future of networking and be part of a culture that values invention, quality, respect, and fun.