DevOps Network Automation Engineer

DevOps/Network Automation EngineerGlobal Software Firm seeks a DevOps/Network Automation Engineer.An ideal candidate will have Enterprise Network Engineering experience, and write scripts with Python or Ansible to automate processes.This is a permanent w-2 position. Hybrid schedule for candidates living in Chicago, NYC, Kansas City, Denver, or Dallas.Compensation is competitive including base (anticipated in 160-190k +/- range), bonus, equity, comprehensive benefits (medical, dental, vision), 401k, unlimited pto, and more.The DevOps Engineers primary responsibilities are to develop applications and write code to automate network-related functions, gather telemetry data, develop monitoring and reporting related to network devices and behavior, as well as identify areas that can benefit from automation.DevOps Engineers are top-level technical contributors with advanced industry knowledge and expertise in automation development, programming, networking, and related hardware and software. Individuals must demonstrate a versatile skill set in a variety of technologies applicable to developing automation for networking infrastructure. This role will specifically focus on deploying automation and analytics to support the network, and to develop custom tools to enable the organization to be more effective. The networking team supports a large and complex array of devices that require monitoring, telemetry, configuration management and custom analytics. The focus of this position is to create tools and write automation code that enable the organization to more effectively support the enterprise network, resolve problems faster, proactively resolve problems before they become critical, and reduce the amount of network impacting events.Day to Day:Develop and manage internally developed tools for supporting and maintaining critical network infrastructure.Work with the networking team to understand requirements for infrastructure automation.Deliver automated troubleshooting, alerting, and tooling to resolve complex networking issues.Gathering metrics, telemetry, and configuration data from a large variety of networking devices.Experience:Strong software development background with at least 3 years of software development projects in the network engineering space.Automation experience on multiple platforms (e.g. Cisco (Routing/Switching and ASA/FP), Palo Alto, VMware/NSX-T, Load Balancing/GSLB (F5), Arista switching, Aruba switching/wireless, Cumulus switching).Experience developing custom API's3+ years Python experience including tools related to network engineering (Eg: Netmiko, PyATS, etc)Working knowledge of AnsibleExperience working with external REST API'sWorking knowledge of relational (e.g. SQL style database) and nonrelational database systems (e.g. Splunk/Elk)Working knowledge with data dashboarding platform (e.g. Grafana)Ability to work in a team environment (including, but not limited to sharing and reusing of existing code, strong documentation, and leveraging Git for code management).