Senior Network Automation Engineer

Senior Network Automation EngineerLocation: Minneapolis, MN (Onsite) Duration: 6 Months of Contract Required Skills: Networking Automation Security Architecture Automation & Modern Infra Focus Automation Python SDN Cloud Enterprise / Data Center Heavy Routing Switching DatacenterDetailed Job Description: A Senior Engineer in Core Infrastructure Network Connectivity and Automation is responsible for:Deploying, and maintaining high-performance and scalable network solutions for data centers, including core switches, edge routers, load balancers, and other related network equipment.Implementing network automation solutions to streamline repetitive tasks such as configuration management, provisioning, and monitoring of data center networks.Working with automation tools and scripting languages (e.g., Python, Ansible) to develop solutions that simplify network management and increase operational efficiency.Assisting in capacity planning, evaluating network performance, and identifying areas for improvement to scale the data center network.Staying current with emerging technologies in data center networking, including SDN, and network automation, and evaluating how they can be implemented to enhance network operations.Leading and effectively triaging complex issues across systems in many environments, primarily in the data center.Taking the lead in root cause analysis.Being an active participant in planning activities and contributing to strategic planning.Assisting staff/principal engineersTeam Overview: Our team of engineers help support, build, and innovate our network connectivity and automation capabilities. Our engineers will work with other engineers to implement, manage support, troubleshoot, and improve all areas of network connectivity as well as collaborate with application/development teams. Technology solutions we are responsible for include the following services: Cisco & Fortinet based routers, SDWAN, switch campus. remote site, data canter and cloud infrastructure, multiple vendor wireless technologies, Infoblox DNS/DHCP/IPAM, global and local load balancing solutions, security solutions to include firewalls, proxies, VPN, web application firewalls SSL decrypt, NAC, network monitor/packet capture analysis and cloud-based computing solutions. Our engineers work on various squads with respect to expertise and cross-domain knowledge in remote site connectivity, data center connectivity, network security, telecom services, and tools and automation services.Key Responsibilities:Configuration, installation, and support of large enterprise platforms/products from start to finish.Keeping up with industry trends and being an advocate for the standards.Leading all phases of a large capability or set of products or processes.Ensuring the quality of one or more teams' output.Identifying opportunities in the SDLC, application support, reliability, and monitoring; and recommending tools and standards to be used across teams to improve efficiency.Understanding and influencing the broad architecture of multiple systems or processes.Being up to date on evolving standards, platform features, and critical vendor and community provided technologies.Solving highly complex issues often applying new approaches.Fully understanding consequences and risks of changes to the systems or processes they support.Regularly delivering projects on-time and constantly working to make accurate estimates and deliver on those estimates.Owning the technical testing and performance of the products or process they support.Tackling hard/complex debugging, triaging, incident response, and reverse-engineering tasks.Providing feedback on products outside of their core area.Basic Qualifications:5 years of relevant experience with bachelor's or advanced degree in IT, Computer Science, business or related field, OR appropriate industry certification(s) OR equivalent relevant professional experiencePreferred Qualifications:7-8 years of relevant professional experienceBachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related fieldAppropriate industry certification(s) (Examples: Cisco, Fortinet, Juniper, Palo Alto. F5, AWS)Prior work experience in a large global enterprise (1000 sites) Azure, GCP or AWS and hybrid cloud expertise.Experience driving automation efforts.Development and architecture experience for network connectivity and security solutions.