Sr. Network Automation Engineer (DevNet/DevNetOps) Contract

Position Title: Sr. Engineer – Network

Automation Engineer (DevNet/DevNetOps)

Location: Dubai, UAE

Type: 12 Months Extendable

Network Automation Engineer function (DevNet/DevNetOps) is to codify the network state (aka

infrastructure as a code) and automate configuration roll out to the devices and routine operational tasks.

You will be the network automation engineer will be responsible for codifying and automating its private

cloud on-prem network as well as scripting for the few other network tasks.

The candidate must be able to describe in details the infrastructure or topology he is administering or used

to administer, what administrative tasks did he automate and how.

The candidate must be able to describe his stakeholder management experience – it’s important for the

interviewer to tell whether the candidate understands and accept the concept of e2e accountability for

the accepted task.

Hard-skills required:

– Understanding of network concepts, mainly routing. CCNP certification would be a big plus.

Deep understanding of MP-BGP and EVPN protocols and their implementation in DC fabrics would

be even a bigger plus.

– Track record of automating infrastructure tasks (Network,Linux) using Python or any other

programming language (however knowledge of Python and its applications for infrastructure

automation is a must).

– Track record of automating configuration management using Ansible or any other

configuration management tool (however knowledge of Ansible is a must).

– Track record of using Git and Jenkins to store and deliver infrastructure configuration,

including track record in writing Jenkins pipelines, including pre- and post-implementation tests.

– Understanding of YAML data-modeling and its purpose in infrastructure automation.

Hard-skills nice to have:

– Understanding of SQL, sufficient to organize storage of network data in a SQL database in a

structured format.

– Understanding cloud networking (a known public cloud provider solution architect associate

or network specialization certification is a big plus).

– Track record of using Terraform.

– Experience in building and maintaining NMS and inventories using open source tools (Netbox,

Telegraf, Nagios, Zabbix, icinga, InfluxDB, Grafana, ELK)

Soft skills required:

Understanding of Agile delivery methodology, ability to plan and execute the work based on

the agreed backlog and report all impediments proactively and clearly.

– Understanding of the concept of e2e accountability for the task and stakeholder

management. Track record in stakeholder management is required.

– Ability to approach critical situations fully engaged, yet with cool mind and tolerance to the

environment that can be stressful at these critical times.

– Understanding of ITSM practices and tolerance for going through tight change management

protocols.

– Clear oral and written English.

– Understanding that some network changes can only be done out of working hours and

acceptance that therefore out of hours work will occasionally occur.

– Readiness to be on-call as L3 support as a part of rotation (not immediately required, but can

be required in the future)