Network Automation Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Brazil.

📋 Description

• Take charge of the health, modernization, automation, and ongoing enhancement of essential infrastructure platforms that facilitate network operations, observability, identity services, and enterprise infrastructure management.

• Assess problems and technical challenges, propose solutions, and test, modify, automate, and integrate systems.

• Influence the future direction of assigned platforms and services.

• Evaluate technical obstacles and identify the optimal route forward.

• Analyze business, operational, and technical requirements.

• Recognize technical, operational, and timeline risks early in the project lifecycle.

• Design, test, integrate, and automate solutions across various platforms.

• Assist with application onboarding, migrations, upgrades, and platform transformations.

• Contribute to platform integrations utilizing APIs, automation frameworks, and Infrastructure as Code principles.

• Define platform roadmaps and modernization strategies.

• Propel continuous improvement to boost reliability, scalability, security, and operational efficiency.

• Manage platform lifecycle activities, which include upgrades, migrations, vendor support, and decommissioning.

• Enhance automation capabilities and minimize operational complexity.

• Support compliance, audits, vulnerability remediation, and security initiatives.

• Collaborate with leadership and partner teams to align technology investments with business goals.

⛳️ Requirements

• Background in platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, network engineering with automation experience, DevOps engineering, site reliability engineering, or enterprise monitoring and observability.

• Proficiency in Windows Administration.

• Proficiency in Linux Administration.

• Experience with Ansible / AWX.

• Familiarity with ServiceNow integrations.

• Experience with GitHub / GitLab.

• Knowledge of REST APIs.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code.

• Background supporting vulnerability management, security remediation, penetration testing, audit readiness, and compliance requirements.

• Understanding of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines for network provisioning.

• Comprehensive knowledge of Azure cloud hosting architecture; experience with AWS is a plus.

• Working knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems sufficient for supporting vendor-hosted and appliance-based network management platforms.

• Experience in consuming and developing REST API integrations.

• Experience working collaboratively across teams.

• Extensive experience and sound judgment to plan and achieve goals.

• Ability to apply general principles to specific issues to derive conclusions and responses.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

• Significant experience in process improvement.

• Preferred: experience creating production-grade Python automation solutions.

• Preferred: familiarity with Cisco Management tools such as Cisco ISE, Catalyst Center, CMX, and Prime.

• Preferred: hands-on experience in software development, DevOps engineering, systems administration, or systems architecture within the public cloud AWS domain.

• Preferred: working knowledge of enterprise networking concepts and network management platforms.

• Preferred: exceptional judgment and decision-making capabilities.

• Preferred: analytical and reasoning skills to identify strengths and weaknesses of various solutions, conclusions, or methods.

• Preferred: strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a keen attention to detail.

• Preferred: experience integrating enterprise platforms via REST APIs.

• Preferred: experience with cloud-hosted application architectures.

• Preferred: experience managing vendor-supported applications and appliances.

• Preferred: experience with application lifecycle management, upgrades, migrations, and decommissioning.

• Preferred: experience in supporting platform modernization initiatives.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible, supportive environment.

• Well-being support through Be Well programs addressing financial, mental, physical, and social health.

• Customized development goals and ongoing feedback.

• Cutting-edge learning opportunities.

• Certifications with Microsoft, Google, and Amazon.

• Coaching and practical development experiences.

• Flexible, hybrid-friendly culture.