Senior Technical Marketing Engineer – Network Automation

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

📋 Description

• Collaborate with Product Management to identify, validate, and refine automation-related capabilities and use cases.

• Design and promote customer workflows utilizing NQE, APIs, and CI/CD-driven verification processes.

• Improve existing product integrations and create new ones across the network and IT ecosystem.

• Construct and maintain laboratory environments for demonstrations, technical validation, and exploration of automation use cases.

• Create technical documentation, including training materials, demo guides, and sales enablement resources.

• Work alongside Marketing to produce whitepapers, solution briefs, blogs, presentations, and videos.

• Equip Sales and Solutions teams with automation-centric demos, messaging, and technical training.

• Represent Forward at customer meetings, webinars, and industry events.

• Share thought leadership on network automation, NetDevOps, and intent-based networking.

• Collect field and market insights to influence the product roadmap and automation strategy.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of experience in roles such as Technical Marketing Engineer, Sales Engineer, Network Engineer, or another customer-facing technical position.

• In-depth understanding of enterprise networking concepts, including routing, switching, and network change management.

• Familiarity with NetDevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, or infrastructure-as-code workflows related to networking.

• Knowledge of source control systems (Git), API integration, and the development of automation against network data models.

• Practical experience with network automation tools and frameworks (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, Python, REST APIs, or similar technologies).

• Experience managing complex enterprise networks across on-premises, virtualized, and cloud environments.

• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform and a basic understanding of virtualization and containerized environments.

• Proven capability to develop and maintain lab environments for demonstrations and technical validation.

• Strong communication and presentation abilities, with the capacity to convey complex ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Networking, or a related discipline.

• Ability to collaborate effectively across Product, Sales, and Marketing teams.

• Working knowledge of data query and transformation languages (e.g., GraphQL, JSONPath, or a query engine such as Forward's NQE).

• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and practical experience in exploring AI-driven use cases within network operations or data analysis.

• Basic knowledge of Linux administration.

• Awareness of Forward or similar network visibility, verification, or analytics platforms.

• Experience presenting at conferences, webinars, or customer-oriented technical events.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plans.

• Flexible work schedule and remote work options.

• Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.

• Collaborative and innovative work environment.