Network Programmer

** Candidate must have a ACTIVE SECRET Clearance and current IAT Level II certification **

Position Description and Job Duties:

We are seeking a Network Programmer with Ansible and Python experience to:

• Develop automated solutions that drive efficient change, automation, and configuration providing security administration, and compliance across networks.
• Write production grade code in modern program languages
• Apply DevOps lifecycle and DevOps methodology and CI/CD pipelines
• Implementation of REST APIs
• Build automated workflows and templates based on customer requirements
• Ensure workflows are configured properly to provide infrastructure capacity and performance management for forecasting and planning on future requirements
• Develop and maintain custom scripts that shall be used outside of automation tools when it is determined to be more efficient and less resource intensive
• Administer code reviews, workflows, and templates ensuring maximum efficiency
• Develop templates based on internal and external requirements as they are requested on automation request sites
• Optimize jobs or applications for maximum speed/scalability
• Support lifecycle and network application services hosted by customer as defined for effective design, deployment, management of IT services and all applications
• Provide infrastructure capacity and performance management to forecast and plan future requirements by developing custom scripts to increase efficiency
• Improve asset tracking communications and databases through automation efforts
• Participate in briefings with Senior stakeholders to reviews work/projects affecting customer
• Support development of F5 BIGIQ implementation.

Required Skills:

• Must have Secret or higher clearance
• 8 years of relevant experience with Network Engineering and Development including knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, GRE, IPsec, OpenSSL, script language
• Must have 1 years’ experience with network automation using Ansible and Python
• DoD 8570.01-M/8140.01 IAT Level II Certification (can be one of the following: Security or CySA )
• Relevant Computing Environment (CE) certification based on the equipment and software relevant to primary duties.
• Knowledge of common script languages [Python, HTML, XML, VBA, YAML]
• Understanding of DevOps lifecycles and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience writing production grade code in modern program languages
• Experience with REST API implementation
• Experience optimizing jobs or applications for maximum speed/scalability
• Ability to identify manual business processes and convert them to automated functions