Senior Network Engineer I

• Proven design and implementation experience in different networking technologies such as Routers & Switches, Firewalls, WAN, Network Monitoring Tools, and Network security infrastructure.
• A passion to find out network operations use cases and automate them using tools such as Ansible and Python.
• An eagerness to listen to business, abstract the complexity from it and provide intelligent automated solutions.
• A comprehensive Networking background, who has then moved towards automating the daily network operational and compliance tasks.
• A passion to automate everything, and nothing can stop you from finding a way to do that.

• Be working closely and collaboratively with expert network architects and great engineers.
• Be a key contributor to drive adoption of Network Automation practices and operating models across all Global Network teams.
• Be accountable for establishing technical level relationships and partnering with all business disciplines and other MI teams to define and implement the network automation solution.

• Submit reports in a timely manner, ensuring delivery deadlines are met.
• Promotes the documenting of project progress accurately.
• Provides input and assistance to other teams regarding projects.

• Provides technical expertise and support to people inside and outside of the department.
• Demonstrates knowledge of job-relevant issues, products, systems, and processes.
• Demonstrates knowledge of function-specific procedures.
• Keeps up-to-date technically and applies new knowledge to job.
• Uses computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to enter data and/ or process information.

• Understands and meets the needs of key stakeholders.
• Develops specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish work.
• Determines priorities, schedules, plans and necessary resources to ensure completion of any projects on schedule.
• Collaborates with internal partners and stakeholders to support business/initiative strategies
• Communicates concepts in a clear and persuasive manner that is easy to understand.
• Generates and provides accurate and timely results in the form of reports, presentations, etc.
• Demonstrates an understanding of business priorities

• 3-5 years experience as a Network Engineer with Designing and Implementing complex networking.
• 3-5 years of experience with automating network functions using tools such as Ansible, Python and Terraform.
• 3+ years of experience with the administration of Ansible Automation platform to support network automation.
• 3+ years of experience in building Network test and deployment automation pipelines using Git and CICD tools such as GitActions, Jenkins, Harness & Helm charts.
• 2+ years experience as being part of network operations team.

• Certification in network and/or security technologies (e.g., CCIE, CCNP, CISSP, Cisco DevNet etc.)
• Expertise in developing Ansible automations to manage network devices (Cisco, HP, Checkpoint, PaloAlto, etc.). Be comfortable with designing ansible framework to support automations use cases, well defined roles, functions, filters.
• Experience working in DevOps and Test-driven culture and managing code life cycle using Git and related processes & tools.
• Knowledge with python web development (Apache, Flask, WSGI, Docker, K8's, HTML/CSS) to create custom network management tools
• Experience with writing Infrastructure as a Code for Cloud network components (VPC, RT, TGW, WAN, Shared Services) as well as Firewalls as a Service, SDWAN, SSE/SASE.
• Experience with writing automations for Compliance management, Configuration management, SoT, Golden configs etc.
• Experience in Network automation software, libraries, and tools such as Netmiko, Nornir, Netbox, PyATS, Genie, F5 SDK, Pan-os-python etc.
• Experience managing AAP (Ansible Automation Platform) admin functions, backups, recovery, upgrade, integrations, best practices, governance, KPI reports
• Knowledge with Load Balancers viz F5 - GTM/LTM, Cloud equivalent
• Knowledge managing Linux platforms.
• Experience working in a Scrum team or other Agile methodologies.
• Experience in researching emerging technologies and trends, standards, and products and synthesizing into clear technology roadmaps and strategies.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for a wide range of audiences including executives, business stakeholders, and IT teams.

• Implementation of WAN, LAN, and datacenter networks with a focus on mission-critical, customer-facing applications and services
• Technical knowledge in networking (Cisco and non-Cisco) with an emphasis on Datacenter networks, WAN, LAN, Network security and Management tools and core network services such as DNS, NTP & IPAM.
• Demonstrated experience in delivering written documents detailing network solutions and diagrams
• Strong understanding of network infrastructure automation, instrumentation, and monitoring platforms and the emerging technologies in this area
• Strong influencing skills and an ability to overcome barriers while driving change

• Graduate degree in an engineering or computer science discipline and/or equivalent experience/certification

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