Contracts Lead

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

Arista Networks, Inc. is currently seeking an experienced Contracts Lead to join its commercial legal team. This position will focus on assisting with responses to public tenders, RFPs, public and private solicitations, routine drafting of high-volume agreements as well as supporting the contracts lifecycle management process, and administration of other commercial contract matters. It requires working cross-functionally with other departments throughout the organization both domestically and internationally, moving projects forward as the key legal stakeholder.

What You'll Do

• Serve as the primary legal point of contact and responder for Indian public tenders/RFPs, private RFPs, vendor and due diligence questionnaires.
• Handle high-volume drafting including MAFs/LOAs, NDAs, evaluation agreements, participation agreements and other channel agreements to support Arista's sales and partner organizations.
• Work directly with all teams and departments at Arista to manage intake and tracking of all commercial legal contract requests.
• Manage all aspects of Arista's contracts lifecycle management process starting at template and contract generation through execution and filing.
• Data entry and analytics to provide visibility on overall commercial activity at Arista.
  
  

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of proven and relevant experience working as Contracts administrator/manager with a top tier MNC or reputed corporate house.
• Hands-on experience navigating GeM (Government of India e-Marketplace) and other electronic tendering portals and/or experience with Indian government tendering processes and bid related documentation.
• Hands-on experience with drafting, negotiating and managing basic commercial contracts.
• Proficiency with legal and business technologies, such as DocuSign, Microsoft Office, G-Suite, Zoom, Salesforce.com, Egnyte, and Adobe.
• Demonstrates, commitment, positive, integrity and transparency.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A team player who is comfortable working closely with all Arista organizations and departments at any level upto executive management.
• Demonstrated experience as a motivated contributor who shows initiative and is willing to provide independent judgment and strategic thinking.
• Quick learner, with excellent time management and prioritization skills, who is familiar with setting appropriate expectations in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with cloud services and enterprise software is preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, or a related field.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Proficiency with enterprise software specifically, Salesforce, G-Suite, Microsoft Office, and Adobe.
• Willingness to work in a fast-paced environment and open to a flexible time schedule.
  
  

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.