Senior Network Automation Engineer

Job summary

We are seeking a Senior Network Automation Engineer with 8+ years of network engineering experience and deep expertise in Python, Ansible, Terraform, and REST APIs to design and build enterprise-grade automation solutions for our global DDoS mitigation network infrastructure. You will automate provisioning and management of BGP routing, GRE tunnels, VRFs, firewall policies, and multi-vendor network devices (Juniper MX/SRX, Arista) across multiple sites.

What you will do

• Design and build enterprise-grade network automation solutions to provision, configure, and validate network infrastructure at scale across multiple global locations
• Integrate network device APIs and automation protocols (Junos PyEZ, REST APIs, vendor-specific SDKs) to build programmatic workflows for device configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting on Juniper MX/SRX and Arista platforms
• Build and maintain Jinja2 templates for generating network device configurations 
• Build and maintain Terraform modules for AWS infrastructure and network resources
• Develop and maintain Python-based REST APIs and CLI tools for network provisioning and customer management
• Design and deploy serverless architectures using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and CloudWatch for network automation APIs and event-driven workflows
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, AWX/Ansible Tower) for network changes with automated testing, validation, and rollback capabilities to ensure safe, reliable deployments
• Implement automated testing frameworks to validate network configurations, routing protocols (BGP, anycast routing), VLANs, VRFs, GRE tunnels, firewall policies, and DDoS mitigation rules before production deployment
• Manage MySQL/MariaDB databases for network configuration state and customer provisioning data
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, observable, and scalable systems
• Participate in architecture reviews and code quality initiatives
• Contribute to operational excellence through logging, alerting, and performance tuning
• Be on call to support our infrastructure and services

What you will have

• 8+ years of experience in network engineering and automation
• 5+ years of hands-on Python experience for network automation
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRFs, NAT, firewalls, and load balancers
• Hands-on experience automating network devices from vendors such as Juniper and Cisco
• Experience working with network device APIs and automation protocols (NETCONF, REST APIs, RESTCONF)
• Hands-on experience with Ansible for network automation and configuration management
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools, specifically Terraform, to manage and automate network and cloud resources
• 2+ years of AWS cloud experience (Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, VPC, CloudWatch, IAM)
• Experience designing, validating, and deploying network configuration changes at scale
• Experience integrating automation workflows into CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins)
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative, proactive work style

Nice to have

• Experience with front-end frameworks like Angular/ReactJS

Benefits

• Generous time off policies
• Top shelf benefits
• Education, wellness and lifestyle support

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