Sr. Network Automation Engineer

Senior Network Automation Engineer :
Automation being a huge part of global network strategy, we are looking for an enthusiastic team member with passion to innovate and excel, to join our amazing Network DevOps team as Senior Network DevOps Engineer. The Network DevOps team is responsible for Global Network and automates, maintains and manages the Core network services, Network Monitoring tools and Security infrastructure. The team is tasked to automate 100% of the Global Network operations and find innovative ways to improve the global end-user experience. We are building the next generation innovative and self-healing Network Automation platform and are eager to find people to help us achieve these goals and beyond.

The ideal candidate has:
- Proven design and implementation experience in different networking technologies such as Routers & Switches, Firewalls, WAN, Network Monitoring Tools, and Network security infrastructure.
- A passion to find out network operations use cases and automate them using tools such as Ansible and Python.
- An eagerness to listen to business, abstract the complexity from it and provide intelligent automated solutions.
- A comprehensive Networking background, who has then moved towards automating the daily network operational and compliance tasks.
- A passion to automate everything, and nothing can stop you from finding a way to do that.

You will:
- Be working closely and collaboratively with expert network architects and great engineers.
- Be a key contributor to drive adoption of Network Automation practices and operating models across all Global Network teams.
- Be accountable for establishing technical level relationships and partnering with all business disciplines and other MI teams to define and implement the Network Automation solution.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Minimum qualifications and experience required:

- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical field experience/certification
- 7+ years’ experience as a Network Engineer with Designing and Implementing complex networking.
- 4+ years of experience with automating network functions through tools such as Ansible, Python, Terraform etc.
- 3+ years of experience in building Network test and deployment automation pipelines using project management tools (e.g., Git, Jira, Confluence)
- 3+ years of experience in public cloud security (e.g., AWS, Azure)
- 2+ years’ experience with Infrastructure automation solutions; deployment, management, and orchestration across multi-cloud environments using Terraform.
- 1+ years’ experience with CI/CD pipelines (Git-Actions, Jenkins, or Harness) or security tooling for cloud-native deployments.
- 1+ years’ experience with Palo alto firewalls provisioning using automation.
- Expertise in Terraform in secure Infrastructure provisioning.

Technical Skills required:

- Certification in network and/or security technologies (e.g., CCIE, CCNP, CISSP, Cisco DevNet etc.)
- Developing Ansible automations to manage network devices (Cisco, HP, Checkpoint, PaloAlto, etc.)
- Experience working in DevOps and Test-driven culture and managing code life cycle using Git and related processes & tools.
- Knowledge with python web development (Apache, Flask, WSGI, Docker, K8's, HTML/CSS) to create custom network management tools.
- Experience with writing Infrastructure as a Code for Cloud network components (VPC, RT, TGW, WAN, Shared Services) as well as Firewalls as a Service, SDWAN, SSE/SASE.
- Experience with writing automations for Compliance management, Configuration management, SoT, Golden configs etc.
- Knowledge with Load Balancers viz F5 - GTM/LTM, Cloud equivalent
- Experience in Network automation software, libraries, and tools such as Netmiko, Nornir, Netbox, PyATS, Genie, F5 SDK, Pan-os-python etc.
- Knowledge managing Linux platforms.
- Experience with container technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker, etc.)
- Experience with both private and public cloud infrastructure and interfacing programmatically through APIs
- A proactive approach to identifying problems, performance bottlenecks, and areas for improvement.
- Experience working in a Scrum team or other Agile methodologies with a proven track record.
- Experience in researching emerging technologies and trends, standards, and products and synthesizing into clear technology roadmaps and strategies.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills for a wide range of audiences including executives, business stakeholders, and IT teams.

General networking background expected:
- Technical knowledge in networking (Cisco and non-Cisco) with an emphasis on Datacenter networks, WAN, LAN, Network security and Management tools and core network services such as DNS, NTP & IPAM.
- Demonstrated experience in delivering written documents detailing network solutions and diagrams.

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

- As an individual contributor or member of a project team support successful implementation of Network Automation projects
- Provides technical input to the overall architectural and operational discussions around Network Automation infrastructure and tools.
- Act as a network developer to create innovative solutions and write python and Ansible code on daily basis.
- Act as an active contributor in delivering our products in time by participating and delivering work through Agile scrum practices.
- Conducts research, design and implementation of Network infrastructure Automation solutions and build standard practices across enterprise operations.
- Make contributions to other Network automation solutions that enhance the operations and cost structures of the environment.
- Create and make available project documentation with a focus on communicating technical features and functions of solutions.
- Work closely with department leadership and service providers to support alignment of plans with solution delivery.
- Participate in and suggests improvements to standards configuration, change management processes and practices.
- Proactively identifying and resolving key technical issues.
- Develop test plans, implementation plans, and project timelines for various projects and tasks.
- Stay up to date with the latest Devops technologies and best practices.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $70.00 - $80.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Routers & Switches, Firewalls, WAN, Network Monitoring Tools: 3 years (Required)
• Hospitality Industry - (Hotels): 3 years (Required)
• Ansible: 3 years (Required)
• Python: 3 years (Required)
• Terraform: 3 years (Required)
• Designing and Implementing complex networking: 7 years (Required)
• PM tools (Git, Jira & Confluence): 3 years (Required)
• Public Cloud Security (AWS & Azure): 3 years (Required)
• CI/CD pipelines (Git-Actions, Jenkins or Harness): 1 year (Required)
• Palo Alto Firewalls: 1 year (Required)
• Navigating organizations through complex transformations: 1 year (Required)
• Build collaborative relationship with stakeholders: 1 year (Required)
• Setting and achieving performance metrics and KPIs: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• CCIE, CCNP, CISSP or Cisco DevNet Certification (Required)

Work Location: Remote