Job Description
STRATEGIC STAFFING SOLUTIONS (S3) HAS AN OPENING!
Strategic Staffing Solutions is currently looking for a Network Automation Engineer for a contract opportunity with one of our largest clients located in Charlotte, NC!
Title: Network Automation Engineer
Location: Charlotte, NC (Hybrid schedule)
Duration: 12+ Months
Role Type: W2 Contract Engagement
Job Description:
This Team works on telecom automation. Candidate will be responsible for partnering with teammates to design, deliver, and support automated solutions for data and transport networks.
- Extend and customize nautobot for network automation and inventory management
- Design, develop and maintain Django applications and RESTful APIs
- Deploying and maintaining container solutions for new and existing applications
- Implement testing strategies with CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions
- Construct and overlay network topology maps with GIS visualizations
- Configure alerts and dashboards using Grafana and Prometheus
Typical Functions
- Foster positive working relationships with network architects and network support to refine and implement technical, security and business requirements of increasing scope and complexity
- Demonstrate increasing competence to design, develop, release, and maintain automation offerings for data and transport networks with appropriate safeguards to bolster network reliability
- Support automated provisioning and system upgrades, configuration management of systems over time and automation orchestration
- Maintain end user and developer documentation for various offered automation solutions; lead pair programming/knowledge transfer sessions on a regular basis to keep users up-to-date on new products and product enhancements as well as train junior team members
- Keep abreast of new technologies, frameworks, hardware and software to improve operational efficiency
Required experience
- 3-5 years of relevant experience
- Ability to work effectively in an Agile team-based environment
- Strong expertise in programming/scripting with Python, bash, etc.
- Strong knowledge of Django ORM and Celery
- Hands-on experience with Nautobot
- Hands-on of orchestration and automation tools such as Ansible, Puppet, Terraform
- Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions for CI/CD
- Experience with Linux/Unix based systems
- Proficiency in container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes
Desired Qualifications
- Hands-on experience with network devices such as routers, switches, firewalls, and VPNs
- Solid understanding of networking concepts, including TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6, and routing protocols like BGP and OSPF
- Exposure to monitoring/observability tools and API-driven network management
- Hands-on experience in installing, configuring, and scaling Prometheus and its associated exporters
- Strong skills in developing custom dashboards, managing data sources, and creating alerts within Grafana
*Beware of scams. S3 never asks for money during its onboarding process