Description

Lead network automation engineering and CI/CD platform architecture for large-scale enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain Arista AVD-based automation frameworks for Day-0, Day-1, and Day-2 operations across routing, switching, data center, and campus environments.
• Architect and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps for automated network provisioning, testing, and deployment.
• Translate network designs into reusable, modular automation artifacts including roles, collections, templates, and pipelines.
• Implement automated testing, validation, and deployment workflows including linting, pre-checks, topology validation, and config diffs.
• Develop automated configuration compliance checks and remediation workflows to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and security standards.

Required Skills

• 7+ years of network engineering experience in large enterprise or service provider environments, with 5+ years in network automation.
• Hands-on experience with Arista automation using AVD in production enterprise environments.
• Advanced proficiency with Ansible, Python, and data models (YAML, JSON).
• Proven expertise building and operating CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure or network automation.
• Solid understanding of Git-based workflows, code reviews, and release management.
• Deep knowledge of enterprise networking concepts including routing, switching, EVPN/VXLAN, BGP, and OSPF.
• Experience working with device APIs and modern automation interfaces such as eAPI, REST, and gNMI.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or equivalent experience.

Preferred Skills

• Experience integrating network automation with ITSM platforms (e.g., ServiceNow).
• Exposure to cloud networking automation in AWS, Azure, or hybrid environments.

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree