Overview
Location: Remote
Shift: US First Shift (EST)
Experience Level: 7+ years
We are seeking a Greenfield Network Automation Engineer to design and build automation from the ground up for Arista-based environments.
The role will 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, test, and operations to deliver frictionless self-service for internal customers while improving reliability, speed, and security is a key to the role.
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 (57 yrs), YAML, JSON, infrastructure-based scripting.
- Networking: Knowledge of VXLAN, BGP, EVPN; experience with Arista switches and CloudVision Portal (CVP).
- Experience: 57 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 general team with direct responsibilities and an ability to juggle competing priorities and adapt to changes in project scope.
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelors 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)
- Familiarity with network monitoring and telemetry tools
Seniority level
- Mid-Senior level
Employment type
- Full-time
Job function
- Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
- Outsourcing and Offshoring Consulting
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