Junior AI-Assisted Automation Scripting Associate (Apprentice)

Company Description

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 $9 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.

Job Description

Who You’ll Work With

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Junior AI-Assisted Automation Scripting Associate to kickstart their career in our fast-paced DevOps/IT Operations team. This is an excellent opportunity for a recent graduate or early-career professional with foundational knowledge in scripting and a keen interest in Generative AI. The role involves learning and applying automation principles by developing, testing, and maintaining scripts across Windows and Linux environments, significantly utilizing AI tools as a coding companion to accelerate development and quality.

In this role, you will work closely with Senior DevOps Engineers and technical mentors who will guide your professional growth, review your code, and assist with complex troubleshooting. As part of the DevOps and IT Operations team, you’ll collaborate with colleagues to automate maintenance, deployments, and monitoring across Windows and Linux lab environments. You will also leverage Generative AI coding assistants like GitHub Copilot as daily companions to accelerate script development and solve technical challenges.

What You’ll Do

AI-Guided Scripting: Work closely with senior engineers, leveraging Generative AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, internal coding assistants) to write, debug, and understand foundational Shell (Bash/Zsh) and PowerShell scripts.Automation Development: Assist in developing simple to moderate automation scripts for system maintenance, basic deployment tasks, data extraction, and monitoring checks on both Linux and Windows Lab systems.Learning & Adaptation: Quickly learn and apply standard scripting best practices, including proper error handling, logging, and security considerations, often by analyzing and refining AI-generated code snippets.Testing and Validation: Rigorously test and validate newly developed and modified scripts to ensure they function correctly and securely across target environments.Documentation Support: Help create clear, simple documentation and runbooks for automation processes and the scripts you develop.Version Control: Utilize Git for script version control, collaborating with the wider team on code check-ins and reviews.Basic Troubleshooting: Participate in the troubleshooting of automation failures and assist senior staff in identifying root causes related to script logic or environment configurations.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field.Foundational Scripting Knowledge: Academic or practical exposure to at least one primary scripting language: PowerShell or Shell (Bash/Zsh).Aptitude for AI Tools: Demonstrated interest, through academic projects or personal use, in leveraging Generative AI/LLMs (like ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot) for coding assistance.Basic OS Knowledge: General understanding of command-line interfaces and file system navigation in both Windows and Linux/Unix operating systems.Problem Solving: A strong desire to learn, an analytical mind, and a proactive approach to solving technical challenges.Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to clearly document work and ask effective questions.

Additional Information

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.