Network Engineer III NetDevOps

Job Title : Network Engineer III NetDevOps

Job Location : Atlanta, GA

Job Duration : 3+months

Job Description :

• Design, implement, and maintain network automation solutions to enhance operational efficiency and reduce repetitive manual tasks, contributing to scalability efforts.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and develop scalable automation scripts for network configuration management.
• Implement configuration management practices to standardize system configurations, utilize templates, and ensure consistency across environments, detecting configuration drifts and auto-remediating.
• Investigate network-related incidents, performance issues, and outages. Utilize automation tools to diagnose and remediate problems efficiently.
• Utilize tools such as Gluware, Ansible and Python to automate network tasks, configuration management, and provisioning of network devices using infrastructure-as-code principles.

• Create development workflows against APIs across network vendors such as Cisco, Juniper, Arista, SilverPeak, F5, Palo Alto, Citrix Netscaler, etc.

• Utilize Git or other SCM tools for version control and collaboration on network automation code.
• Enhance security and ensure compliance by identifying vulnerabilities, enforcing security policies, and automating remediation tasks.
• Evangelize best NetDev engineering practices and processes as code, fostering automation, version control, and consistency within and across teams.
• Document processes, best practices, and architectural decisions.
• Foster cross-team collaboration between network operation engineers and development teams to enhance overall system performance and availability.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Five or more years of hands-on experience in network automation, DevOps, or a related field.
• Bachelor s degree in a related field or equivalent professional experience.
• Certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, DevNet or equivalent.
• Experience with network systems (Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Palo Alto, F5, Citrix Netscaler, etc.)
• Familiarity with network protocols and technologies (e.g., BGP, OSPF, VLAN, VXLAN, VPN, EVPN).
• Proven experience with configuration management and vulnerability remediation.
• Hands-on experience with tools such as Gluware, Ansible, Terraform, and Python to automate network device configurations, deployments, and workflows.
• Familiarity with Netbox, Nautobot, IP Fabric, Forward Networks, Git and CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment in a network environment.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail, particularly in diagnosing and resolving network issues.
• Strong understanding of DevOps practices and software development processes.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams and articulate complex technical issues.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Ability to create Javascript, Python scripts, Regular expressions, while understanding common data formats, and performing API requests programmatically.

• Understand network management protocols such as RESTCONF and NETCONF

• Ability to use Git to version control source code
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and collaborative environment
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to design and implement network automation solutions using REST APIs
• Proven ability to work with with.
• Understanding of DevOps practices and principles for continuous integration and deployment
• Understanding of Agile methodologies
• In-depth understanding of network infrastructure systems (routing, switching, load balancing, firewalls)