Cloud Network Automation Engineer (Ansible)

This is a long-term contract position with our Client, which is a Fortune-50 Telecom company. The role is planned for 2022 extension and can be fully remote.

Pay range is $65-73/hr and only W2 candidates will be considered for this position.

Top skills our client is looking for include: Ansible, programming (in Python or Go), containerization, and the public cloud.

Cloud Network Automation Engineer - Ansible (REMOTE)

Can be full-time virtual remote, with flexibility.

Responsibilities

· Architecture, design and engineering of automation for zero-touch-provisioning and network device configuration management of cloud infrastructure.

· Drive automation at all stages of software development, release, and operations.

· Provide advanced expertise in the development of network test, validation and integration plans on projects and assurance of network integrity.

· Provide technical guidance and educate the team on CI/CD, automation toolsets and processes.

· Effectively communicate engineering solutions through detailed high and low-level diagrams.

· Participate in conversations with various teams to brainstorm for new ideas and ways to improve network automation.

· Design, plan and implement complex underlay networks at data center scale.

Skills and experience

Successful candidates will have:

· Strong Routing and Switching expertise

· Strong skills with automation using Ansible

· Experience with programming languages such as Python, Go

· Hands-on experience with using source control: Git, GitHub

· Experience with Server virtualization, containers (VMware, Kubernetes)

· Experience with Kubernetes networking

· Experience with VMware NSX is a plus

· Public cloud experience is a plus

· Excellent communications skills both verbal & written

· Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent experience

· 5+ years of professional experience in large enterprise or carrier space

· Professional networking certifications a plus, CCNA/CCNP/CCIE or equivalent