What you’ll be doing

• Provide technical support and consultancy in the design, development, and application of network automation systems.
• Responsible for estimating the time and type of resource needed to support deliverables for complex, high impact and high value network automation projects.
• Drives efficiency and scalability through the tools and automation framework within the org and from the open source community.
• Identify network automation requirements and develop functional and design specifications.
• Use devops methodologies and manage network using software.
• Work with internal teams to set the pace and policies for automated functionality in the network space.
• Work with and mentor Network Automation engineers and provide team leadership.
• Write and maintain software to solve complex network management and monitoring tasks.
• Write and maintain software for deploying and auditing configuration of network devices.
• Write and maintain software for monitoring network health, including metrics collection, visualization, and alerting.
• Write and maintain software tracking network utilization over time to assist capacity planning models.
• Write proper tests and documentation for all tools.
• Collaborate with other teams to design and implement tools that help automate end-to-end processes that involve the network infrastructure.
• Integrate existing open source software tools and participate in those open source projects in order to contribute any new features or bug fixes.
• Implement and publish APIs for clients to consume platform services in a consistent way.
• Work with product owners to prioritize features for ongoing sprints and implement features based on service line demand, industry trends, known defects, and issues.

Skills required for the job

• Strong proficiency in Python and experience with relevant frameworks (e.g., Fast API, Django, Flask).
• Solid understanding of software development principles, including object-oriented programming and design patterns.
• Experience with network automation/orchestration tools (e.g., Ansible, Napalm, Nornir) and network management systems is a plus.
• Ability to architect, design, implement, support, and evaluate tools and services with a security, scalability, and performance mindset in the area of Network Automation.
• Understanding of IP Networking and it’s future direction.
• CCNP/CCIE or equivalent desirable.
• Ability to analyze customer’s deployed network technologies, existing playbooks and design documents to create automation solutions.
• Understanding of RESTful APIs and experience in designing and developing API endpoints.
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals, protocols, and technologies is a plus.
• Familiarity with telecom-specific concepts such as OSS/BSS, network provisioning, and service orchestration is a plus.
• Knowledge to Design and implement Net Dev Ops processes and CI/CD pipelines.