Network Automation Engineer (Remote)

Seeking a Greenfield Network Automation Engineer to design and build automation from the ground up for Arista-based environments.

The role will be to architect and implement playbooks, frameworks, and automated test suites that provision, monitor, and validate large-scale network topologies running Arista EOS. This is a hands-on role spanning software engineering, network engineering, and DevOps – owning the full SDLC, integrating with CI/CD pipelines, and establishing the standards, controls, and telemetry needed for a high-scale, secure automation platform. Collaboration across development, testing, and operations to deliver frictionless self-service for internal customers, while improving reliability, speed, and security, is a key aspect of the role.

Additional Responsibilities

• Design & Build Greenfield Automation
• Architect reusable Ansible/Python frameworks, roles, and modules for Arista EOS.
• Develop abstracted device classes/methods to provision, configure, and monitor devices at scale.
• Automated Testing & Quality
• Create maintainable automated test suites and integrate into CI/CD (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD).
• Monitor execution, analyze failures, perform root cause analysis, and publish clear, actionable bug reports.
• Provisioning, Observability & Security
• Implement automation for provisioning/validation via REST, OpenConfig, gNMI and Ansible.
• Build logging/metrics/telemetry and security controls so the platform runs efficiently and flawlessly.
• Standards, SDLC & Enablement
• Own/evolve security and development standards, controls, and documentation across the full SDLC.
• Translate business/technical workflows into executable Ansible/Python code and authoritative runbooks.
• Contribute to internal enablement: documentation, code reviews, and mentoring on automation best practices.

Required Qualifications

• Automation & Scripting: Ansible and/or Python (5–7 yrs), YAML, JSON, infrastructure-based scripting.
• Networking: Knowledge of VXLAN, BGP, EVPN; experience with Arista switches and CloudVision Portal (CVP).
• APIs & Tools: REST, OpenConfig, gNMI; Git; CI/CD (Jenkins/GitLab); Linux (preferred); Itential (preferred).
• Experience: 5–7 yrs in network infrastructure; proven SDLC delivery; automation design patterns; security controls.

Soft Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication (written, verbal, and presentation) skills are a must.
• Proven ability to work independently with minimal supervision and as part of a global team with direct responsibilities and an ability to juggle competing priorities and adapt to changes in project scope.

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE or equivalent.
• Experience qualifying/automating Arista EOS networks at scale and working with Arista CVP.
• Terraform for network automation.
• CCIE (Data Center or Routing & Switching)
• Experience in large-scale data center deployments
• Familiarity with network monitoring and telemetry tools