Network Automation Engineer

We are seeking a hands-on Network Automation Engineer (Tooling & Automation) to design and implement network automation solutions, APIs, and services.

The candidate is responsible for building tools that enhance our networks through better monitoring, observability, and automated, compliant network infrastructure.

This is an individual contributor role (not a manager), but youll be expected to take ownership of components, contribute to design discussions, and collaborate closely with senior engineers and network teams.

• Experience: 58 years of professional software engineering or infrastructure automation experience.
• Programming: Strong hands-on programming experience in Python and/or Golang.
• APIs & Integration: Experience building and integrating with REST APIs, ideally including networkvendor APIs (e.g., Arista / CloudVision, Juniper, Aruba, Cisco, Palo Alto, F5, BlueCat).
• Network Automation Libraries: Familiarity with Scrapli, Netmiko, Nornir, or similar networkfocused automation tools.
• IaC & Configuration Management: Handson experience with Ansible, SaltStack, Terraform or similar tools.
• Containers & Orchestration: Familiarity with Docker and basic experience with Kubernetes or another orchestration platform.
• CI/CD: Experience contributing to or implementing CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.).
• Systems: Strong knowledge of Unix/Linux environments and shell scripting.
• Observability: Experience with at least some monitoring/observability tools such as Datadog, ELK, Splunk, Loki, Grafana, or similar.
• Engineering Fundamentals: Good understanding of the software development lifecycle and modern engineering practices (version control with Git, code reviews, testing).
• Soft Skills:
• Strong problemsolving skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently in a fastpaced environment and own tasks from concept through implementation.
• Clear communication skills, able to work effectively with both developers and network engineers.

Preferred / Nice to Have

• Experience mentoring junior engineers or acting as a technical lead on a project, even informally.
• Some experience with relational or nonrelational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB).
• Background or strong interest in network design, management, or monitoring (L2/L3, routing/switching, firewalls, load balancers, DNS/DDI).
• Experience working in financial services or another regulated, highavailability environment.