Staff Engineer, Automation Script Specialist

Req ID: 136358

Remote Position: Yes

Region: Americas

Country: USA

Summary

We are seeking an experienced network automation script specialist to drive innovative test transformation. Your mission is to create an automation script framework that enables the development of new automation scripts that can seamlessly integrate into existing software development pipelines to intelligently verify PR code changes. This person will analyze existing network automation scripts and develop a list of automation script enhancements to optimize the verification phase of the product SDLC process. This includes using AI to design, develop, and enhance new and existing automation scripts. Experience with integrating agentic AI workflows into automation scripts to provide test failure problem determination and suggest possible remediations is a must.

You will be part of a team that collaborates with the larger DevTestOps Team and software development teams to build an immersive, intuitive, robust, and full-featured control center for managing and operating world-wide network automation test infrastructure. The Test Automation Control Center will consist of a set of cloud-hosted applications controlling multiple physical on-prem systems distributed worldwide. Control capabilities cover scheduling, monitoring, analyzing, and reporting tests from the initial developer Pull Requests to the final release regression validation. Managed equipment includes the entire range of Celestica switches, high-performance IXIA traffic generators, and a variety of equipment commonly found in data center racks. You will use your knowledge of AI agents to integrate intelligent workflows that select the best automation test cases to run, diagnose test failures for rapid resolution, and analyze test coverage to provide predictive product quality assessment.

Detailed Description

You are someone who views a "test failure" not as a manual ticket to close, but as a data point for an AI agent to analyze. You prefer building ecosystems over writing one-off scripts, and you are comfortable investigating product failures one minute and integrating agentic AI agents into a CI/CD pipeline the next.

Required Experience

• Expert Development: Proven experience building complex automation script frameworks using extensive sets of common libraries.

• Testing Infrastructure: In depth experience running, triaging, and debugging automation scripts.

• Networking & Hardware Context: Familiarity with high-performance networking environments, specifically SONiC, OpenBMC, and data center hardware management.

• AI/ML Application: Practical experience integrating AI agents or LLM-based workflows into software applications to automate decision-making and analysis.

• Engineering Rigor: Deep understanding of test-driven development (TDD), CI/CD pipelines, and robust software engineering practices.

• Systems Thinking: Ability to bridge the gap between cloud-hosted software and physical hardware distributed across global sites.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

Infrastructure & SDLC Integration

• Architect & Design: Lead the design and implementation of a robust, automation script framework that enables AI to quickly create new automation scripts that will run within a confederation of Automation Testbeds.

• Full-Stack Development: Maintain and enhance existing automation scripts to maintain hardened execution reliability.

• AI Integration: Integrate agentic AI workflows to automate resolution of script failures.

• End-to-End Visibility: Analyze script failures to identify software components that are below accepted reliability standards.

• Collaboration: Work closely with DevTestOps and software development teams to ensure the control center provides services to engineers to assist with debugging and retesting updated scripts.

Network Automation & Hardware

• Network Protocol Proficiency: Understanding of L2/L3 protocols (STP, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VXLAN), port features (LLDP, MLAG, and ACLs), network services (SNMP, DHCP, DNS), and network security (SSL, DoS).

• Traffic Generation: Hands-on experience with high-performance traffic generators, specifically IXIA (IxNetwork/IxLoad) or Spirent.

• Hardware Use Experience: Familiarity with using and configuring IXIA, network switches, and network servers.

Software Engineering & SDLC

• Advanced Scripting: Mastery of Python (the industry standard for network automation) and its testing frameworks (PyTest, Robot Framework).

• CI/CD Integration: Experience integrating automation scripts into Azure DevOps or BitBucket Pipelines.

• Framework Architecture: Ability to move beyond "linear scripts" to build modular, reusable automation scripting framework that can evolve with AI advancements.

Soft Skills

• Analytical Transformation: The ability to audit legacy scripts and identify specific "technical debt" to be replaced by AI-driven optimizations.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Ability to speak the "language" of both hardware network engineers and cloud software developers.

• Strategic Vision: Capacity to see the "Test Automation Control Center" as a holistic product rather than a collection of isolated scripts.

Hard Skills

• REST API & Webhooks: To connect cloud-hosted control applications with on-prem physical hardware.

• Cloud Infrastructure: Familiarity with hosting automation controllers in environments like AWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Linux Systems: Advanced knowledge of Linux environments for switch management and script execution.

Technical Environment

This role operates at the intersection of high-speed networking and modern cloud software. You will be working with:

• Hardware: Celestica Switches, IXIA Traffic Generators, Hyperscaler Racks.

• Software: SONiC, OpenBMC, Kubernetes/Docker, Cloud-hosted Microservices.

• Intelligence: AI-driven diagnostics and predictive quality analytics.

• Automation Frameworks: Expert-level knowledge of SPyTest and Python-based automation.

• AI/ML: Familiarity with rapid software development using AI tools such as Claude Code.

• DevOps: Advanced experience with GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps or Jenkins, and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).

Physical Demands

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.

• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.

• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.

• Occasional travel may be required.

Salary

The stated range includes Base Salary and target Short-Term Incentive (STI) compensation only. A comprehensive benefits package is offered in addition to this range.

The range described in this posting is an estimate by the Company, and may change based on several factors, including but not limited to a change in the duties covered by the job posting, or the credentials, experience or geographic jurisdiction of the successful candidate.

118K - 184K

Typical Experience

• 10 to 15 years

Typical Education

Bachelor degree or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Educational Requirements may vary by Geography

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.

Required. Celestica is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws. This policy applies to hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral and other aspects of employment and also states that retaliation against a person who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice will not be tolerated. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.Celestica is an E-Verify employer. Location: This is a remote position, with travel as necessary. We are open to considering candidates close to any of our US locations in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Texas, Arizona, Oregon or California as well as locations near major airports such as the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and Pacific Coast. COMPANY OVERVIEW: Celestica, Inc. (NYSE: CLS; TSX: CLS) is a technology leader dedicated to driving customer success and market advancements. With deep expertise in design, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and platform solutions, Celestica enables critical data center infrastructure for AI, cloud, and hybrid cloud and advances technologies in high-growth markets. With a talented team and a strategic global network, Celestica helps its customers achieve competitive advantages. Today, Celestica delivers innovative supply chain solutions globally to customers in strategic two operating and reporting segments: Advanced Technology Solutions (ATS) and Connectivity and Cloud Solutions (CC): ATS: This segment serves customers in complex, regulated and high-reliability markets such as Industrial & Smart Energy, Aerospace & Defense, Semiconductor Capital Equipment, and HealthTech. It is engineering led, with deep expertise in design, manufacturing and lifecycle solutions. CCS: This segment focuses on high-performance technology solutions and services for the data center, serving hyperscalers, digital native customers and enterprises. Celestica's Platform Solutions offering provides innovative and customizable computing, storage and networking solutions enabling AI-driven growth. Built on a legacy of trust and performance, Celestica has earned its reputation by delivering results in complex and fast-changing markets. Celestica exceeds customer expectations by identifying trends and staying ahead of the curve. Backed by comprehensive capabilities and a global network across North America, Europe and Asia, Celestica helps customers gain competitive advantage with the quality, flexibility and resiliency they need to respond quickly to shifts in demand. Guided by a bold vision to accelerate market advancements, Celestica delivers innovative solutions and technologies that turn complexity into opportunity. Anchored in teamwork and commitment, Celestica strives to be the most trusted partner to its customers and colleagues worldwide. Celestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted.Celestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.

Celestica is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

This policy applies to hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral and other aspects of employment and also states that retaliation against a person who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice will not be tolerated. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Celestica is an E-Verify employer.

Location: This is a remote position, with travel as necessary. We are open to considering candidates close to any of our US locations in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Texas, Arizona, Oregon or California as well as locations near major airports such as the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and Pacific Coast.

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

Celestica, Inc. (NYSE: CLS; TSX: CLS) is a technology leader dedicated to driving customer success and market advancements. With deep expertise in design, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and platform solutions, Celestica enables critical data center infrastructure for AI, cloud, and hybrid cloud and advances technologies in high-growth markets. With a talented team and a strategic global network, Celestica helps its customers achieve competitive advantages.

Today, Celestica delivers innovative supply chain solutions globally to customers in strategic two operating and reporting segments: Advanced Technology Solutions (ATS) and Connectivity and Cloud Solutions (CC):

ATS: This segment serves customers in complex, regulated and high-reliability markets such as Industrial & Smart Energy, Aerospace & Defense, Semiconductor Capital Equipment, and HealthTech. It is engineering led, with deep expertise in design, manufacturing and lifecycle solutions.

CCS: This segment focuses on high-performance technology solutions and services for the data center, serving hyperscalers, digital native customers and enterprises. Celestica's Platform Solutions offering provides innovative and customizable computing, storage and networking solutions enabling AI-driven growth.

Built on a legacy of trust and performance, Celestica has earned its reputation by delivering results in complex and fast-changing markets. Celestica exceeds customer expectations by identifying trends and staying ahead of the curve. Backed by comprehensive capabilities and a global network across North America, Europe and Asia, Celestica helps customers gain competitive advantage with the quality, flexibility and resiliency they need to respond quickly to shifts in demand. Guided by a bold vision to accelerate market advancements, Celestica delivers innovative solutions and technologies that turn complexity into opportunity. Anchored in teamwork and commitment, Celestica strives to be the most trusted partner to its customers and colleagues worldwide.

Celestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted.

Celestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.