Network Automation Engineer

Required Skills & Experience

• 5 years of experience automating workflows in a network environment.
• High proficiency leveraging Python specifically for automating network processes.
• Low-code/no-code platform experience.
• User-level experience with a ticketing platform such as Jira or ServiceNow.
• Reading and writing level ability with JavaScript.
• Current or expired network certification (CCNA, JNCIA, NetworkPlus, etc).

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Node-Red experience.
• Reading and writing level ability with Perl.

Job Description

The Network Automation Engineer will be focused on scripting automated tasks to support a core migration project. This is a multi-year effort to move traffic off legacy IP core to a new IP Core. This individual will develop processes/automation to support traffic moves. Additional responsibilities include:

• Discovery of network inventory.
• Assessment of the scope to develop automation from manual steps for Mobility IPE routers, IPAG VPLS routers, Dedicated Compute Unit (DCU), and Network Cloud (NC).
• Creation of automation steps for different use cases for migration.
• Creation of User Interface for each use case.
• Collect user requirements and user stories for each use case to be developed.
• The scope of the automation development may expand if new use cases are added to the scope for migration to the new IP Core.
• Ongoing development and support for changes to the command structure for each of the environments due to code upgrades.
• Manage security compliance for the newly developed tools to standards. Participation in planning meetings.