Network Automation Engineer (Enterprise)

Rate: €550-€600 per day B2B

Location: Budapest onsite 3 days, 2 days remote

Duration: 12 months initially, view to extend

Role: Network Automation Engineer

As part of the Network Engineering team you will be responsible for:

• Design, develop and maintain network automation solutions, configuration templates and operational workflows to improve consistency, scalability and resiliency
• Evaluating client requirements and find suitable solution with the primary focus on Campus/Branch wired and wireless network
• Collaborate with other technology and infrastructure teams to deliver the solution
• Facilitate the development of high level design patterns, standards, configuration templates
• Develop the execution and test plans for network changes

We expect you:

• Able to organize your work and deliverables in a dynamically changing work environment
• To be a good partner in solving challenging requirements
• Able to communicate clearly and convey information in a consistent manner
• Willing to learn new technologies

Essential technical skills:

• 5-7 years work experience in system integrator or enterprise field
• Strong Python programming and scripting skills
• Hands-on experience with network automation platforms such as Ansible and/or Cisco NSO
• Experience with API-based network automation and programmability (REST APIs, NETCONF, YANG)
• Experience with Git-based development workflows and source control
• Solid routing and switching knowledge, specifically: OSPF, BGP, MPLS, RSTP, EtherChannel
• Working experience with Catalyst product line (preferably Catalyst 9000)
• Good understanding of network security techniques such as IPSEC, MACSec, MAB/802.1x
• Good understanding of Wireless (preferably Cisco)
• Conceptual knowledge of QoS

Desired technical skills:

• Work experience with overlay based solution (SDWAN, SD Access, ACI, EVPN-VXLAN)
• Work experience with IOT networks
• Knowledge of endpoint profiling (ISE, Armis, Forescout etc.)
• Work experience with Catalyst Center (formerly DNA Center)
• Experience with Terraform, Netconf
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated infrastructure deployment
• Understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and Network-as-Code principles
• Experience with Ekahau