Automation Engineer
vantage point consultingIselin (NJ)
Automation Engineer
Posted today
vantage point consultingIselin (NJ)
SENIORITY
Senior
About the role
Job Description: Job Description Automation Engineer Network Observability
Pyramid Level: P3C
Experience: 6 years in Network Automation or Infrastructure Automation
Job Summary:
We are looking for an Automation Engineer to develop and maintain automation capabilities supporting enterprise network operations. The role focuses on automating network diagnostics, configuration management, compliance validation, change execution and operational workflows using Ansible, Python and modern DevOps practices.
The engineer will work closely with Network Operations, Network Engineering and Observability teams to reduce manual effort and improve operational reliability.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop Ansible playbooks for network diagnostics, configuration deployment and operational workflows.
Build automation for multi-vendor enterprise networks.
Develop Python and NodeJS utilities supporting network operations.
Integrate automation with monitoring tools, ITSM platforms, CMDBs and notification systems.
Automate configuration backup, compliance validation and drift detection.
Build automated diagnostics for routing, switching, wireless, SD-WAN and firewall environments.
Create reusable automation libraries and playbook repositories.
Support CI/CD pipelines for automation content.
Participate in troubleshooting complex network issues using automation.
Maintain automation documentation and coding standards.
Required Skills:
Automation Ansible
AWX / Automation Controller
YAML
Git
Jenkins or Azure DevOps
Programming Python
JavaScript / NodeJS
Bash
PowerShell
Networking
Working knowledge of: TCP/IP
Routing
Switching
VLANs
BGP
OSPF
QoS
Wireless
SD-WAN
Firewalls
VPNs
Network APIs
Experience with: REST APIs
NETCONF
RESTCONF
Cisco APIs
Arista APIs
Palo Alto APIs
Infrastructure Linux
Docker
Kubernetes
Terraform
Cloud networking
Databases PostgreSQL
MongoDB
MySQL
Preferred SkillsCisco DevNet certification
Red Hat Ansible certification
Experience with Cisco Catalyst Center, Arista CloudVision or OpenText Network Automation.
Experience with Service Now integration.
Familiarity with streaming telemetry and event-driven automation.
Experience building automated network diagnostics and self-healing workflows.
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