Federal Major Account Manager - (Army - SOCOM, COCOM) at AristaNetworks

What You'll Do Join a team which is driving the transformation to Software Defined Cloud Networking via automated solutions to the world’s largest Enterprise customer base, the U.S. Federal Government.  You will partner with some of the most skilled Customer Engineers in the industry in addition to our Professional Services and Executive teams to help them understand how to execute on your customer’s behalf. Our sales teams have a culture of team success, where you’ll collaborate and be supported by like minded sales professionals. This role typically reports to a Regional Sales Manager or Area VP of Sales.                                                                     The Federal Major Account Manager position will be aligned to our DoD Agency practice and focus on the Army's SOCOM and COCOM. This role will be instrumental in leading the pursuit, capture and  development of both customer and partner relationships with an emphasis on both vertical and horizontal growth. You will develop a 3-year Arista business plan that is measurable to the growth of our FED Sales revenues. Alternate Locations: DMV Area - Reston, VA (Northern Virginia), Bethesda, MD, Fort Mead, MD Job Responsibilities: • You will leverage your in-depth Federal Sales background to lead sales strategies to meet revenue goals within the Federal DOD (Army, SOCOM, COCOM) • The Client Executive will be responsible for consultative selling and solution development efforts that best address Federal customer needs, while coordinating the involvement of all necessary company resources including sales operations, service, and management, in order to meet account performance objectives and customer expectations • You will identify, develop and close sales opportunities across the Arista product portfolio including high performance Data Center Campus, and AI Networking platforms in addition to Arista Cloud Vision (network automation & telemetry). • Establishing productive, professional relationships with key personnel in assigned agencies • Creating and executing targeted account plans in concert with partner managers and sales engineering team. • Establish customer demand through pre-engagement planning, research, and solution alignment to mission. • Manage and align year 1 to year 3 business priorities across a named account territory. • Create a marketing plan aligned with named accounts and territory.