What are the responsibilities and job description for the Network Automation Engineer position at Brilliant Infotech?
Job ID : CGEMJP00276709
Title : Network Automation Engineer
Location : Denver, CO (Onsite)
Expected Duration : 6 Months
Cisco or Juniper certifications (CCNA / CCNP / JNCIP), Networking, Networking Automation, Routing and switching
JOB DESCRIPTION :
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, and / or related work experience.
- Excellent understanding of routing and switching protocols, network architecture, TCP / IP, and OSI model. Candidate should be well versed in IPv4 and IPv6.
- Strong knowledge of industry specifications and standards IEEE, ANSI, Fiber (Multimode, Single mode, UTP, etc.), Bridging, Switching, Routing, Ethernet and Transport technologies and protocols.
- Minimum of five (5) years of network engineering experience.
- Cisco or Juniper certifications (CCNA / CCNP / JNCIP) or equivalent.
- Scripting / Coding background with Python and similar languages.
- Integration and working with RESTful / HTTP services.
- Strong working experience across various networking vendor platforms (Cisco, Juniper, Arista, F5, A10)
- Modeling and markup languages such as YANG, XML, and JSON.
- Experience with network automation related frameworks (Ansible, Napalm, Nornir, Netmiko, or Paramiko)
- Experience driving large-scale automation efforts and production deployments.
- Proficient database working experience (SQL, MongoDB, Redis)
- Strong systems and Linux / UNIX experience a plus.
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills a must.
- Excellent organizational and communication skills both verbal and written.
- Software Defined Network architecture, deployment knowledge, and integration a plus (Cisco ACI, Arista Cloud Vision, Juniper Apstra, NSX-T, etc.)
- Working experience with Tufin, F5 BIG-IQ, A10 Harmony, Science Logic, InfoBlox, or Juniper Security Director a plus.
- Responsible for the creation, maintaining, and execution of automation tasks in a mixed network and cloud infrastructure environment.
- Develop and drive customer self-service tooling, automation workflows, and driving operational accuracy and efficiency.
- Automation of network focused change efforts including network configuration tasks, standardization updates, software upgrades, provisioning, compliance auditing, and validation of changes in support of our operational department.
- Working on evolving needs and planning surrounding automation and orchestration in a platform as a service environment (network cloud).
- Design and implement self-service solutions around operational needs.
- Input into architecture design around software defined networks, network automation, and orchestration while maintaining best practices in large scale environments.
