Network Automation Engineer

Job description

Job Requirements*

• Automation & Orchestration Engineering
• Develop and maintain network automation platforms using industry‑standard orchestrators (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, Python, NSO, SaltStack, StackStorm ).
• Build scalable workflow engines to automate provisioning, configuration, compliance, and operational tasks.
• Implement reusable automation modules, libraries, and pipelines with strong testing and validation.
• Data Modelling
• Create and maintain data models ( YANG , JSON, YAML, XML ) for configurations, inventory, and service definitions.
• Map network business requirements to logical service models and templates. Establish relationships between topology, inventory, and configuration datasets
• Workflow Execution & Orchestration
• Design and implement multi-stage workflows for provisioning, change management, upgrades, and rollback routines.
• Integrate orchestrators with external systems (ITSM, CI/CD, CMDB, monitoring, IPAM).
• Implement task scheduling, dependency handling, and distributed execution capabilities.
• Standards, Governance, and Guardrails Define automation development standards, coding guidelines, and peer‑review processes. Implement guardrails for safe automation execution (pre‑checks, simulation modes, drift detection). Ensure secure handling of credentials, API keys, secrets, and sensitive network data.
• Compliance & Validation Automate policy enforcement and configuration compliance using templates and rules (e.g., security baselines, golden configs). Develop continuous-validation pipelines for posture checks, drift remediation, and audit reporting.
• Inventory, Topology, and Versioning Build and maintain dynamic inventory systems for devices, services, and configurations. Implement configuration version control, differential analysis, and automated rollback mechanisms.
• Maintain topology databases to support dependency mapping and impact assessments
• Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP) Develop automated onboarding w

Qualifications

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING