Network Automation (Terraform) Engineer

We are seeking a qualified Network Automation Engineer with at least 5 years of hands on experience in enterprise networking, network automation, and SDN technologies. The ideal candidate will design, develop, validate, and maintain automation solutions that adhere to industry best practices—spanning Cisco NX OS/Catalyst platforms.

This role requires expertise in automation frameworks, scripting, network provisioning, troubleshooting workflows, and NX OS/Catalyst operational tooling.

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Key Responsibilities

Network Automation & Development

• Design, build, and maintain network automation frameworks to streamline provisioning, configuration, compliance, and lifecycle operations.

• Develop automation using Python, Ansible/ Terraform, REST/NETCONF/NMI APIs, and YAML.

• Implement Infrastructure as Code using:

o Ansible Tower / AWX

o GitLab repositories

o Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines

o CyberArk Vault for secure credential and secrets handling.

• Establish coding standards, documentation practices, and reusable automation modules.

Architecture, Governance & Best Practices

• Translate business requirements into scalable network automation architecture.

• Define automation governance, templates, naming standards, and deployment guidelines.

• Conduct code reviews and enforce security, compliance, and audit rules.

• Recommend enhancements and assess emerging technologies.

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Experience in the following Network automation:

NX OS & Catalyst Deployment

• Provision devices using provided templates:

o Interfaces, VLANs, IPs, hardening constructs

o HSRP, LACP port channels

o ACLs

o Static & dynamic routing (OSPF/BGP)

• Perform automated validation and compliance checks.

Network Health Monitoring, Logs & Troubleshooting

• Automated health checks (fabric topology, device status, endpoint connectivity).

• Fault detection & remediation for NX-OS/Catalyst

• Collect diagnostic logs & performance data for RCA.

• Automate network devices backup with version control.

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Required Qualifications

• At least 5 years of enterprise networking & automation experience.
• Cisco CCNP, CCIE Professional

• Red Hat Ansible Tower / Terraform Certified