Network Security Automation Engineer

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Network Security Automation Engineer:

We are looking for a Network Security Automation Engineer to support the development and evolution of a network automation framework for a multi-vendor infrastructure, including data center fabric automation.

What you will do:

• Automate network configuration, device onboarding, monitoring, validation, and remediation
• Build and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, collections, and Python automation (Netmiko, NAPALM, PyEZ, Nornir)
• Develop Jinja2 templates for VLANs, IP addressing, routing, multicast, and QoS
• Create GitLab CI/CD pipelines for network changes, including validation, testing, and rollback
• Automate Juniper data center fabrics (spine-leaf, VXLAN, EVPN)
• Monitor network performance and connect remediation to ITSM and monitoring platforms
• Maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures

What we are looking for:

• Proven hands-on network automation experience in an enterprise or service provider environment
• Strong Python development skills applied to network automation
• Practical experience with Ansible and Jinja2
• Experience with Bash/Shell, YAML, and JSON
• Familiarity with NETCONF, RESTCONF, gNMI, gNOI, and vendor REST APIs
• Solid Layer 2/Layer 3 networking, routing, switching, and network security protocols
• Hands-on Linux system administration (Red Hat)
• Multi-vendor experience (Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Fortinet)
• Juniper VXLAN-EVPN and data center fabric experience is a strong plus

If this matches your background and you are interested in learning more, apply or send us your CV.