Network Automation Lead (WAN/LAN)

IBM • WASHINGTON, US

Company

IBM

Location

WASHINGTON, US

Type

Full Time

Job Description

Introduction
A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You’ll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat. Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role you’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm investigate ideas outside of your role and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your role and responsibilities

The Network Automation Lead is responsible for leading the design development deployment and maintenance of network automation solutions. This role ensures network operations are efficient scalable and aligned with business and IT objectives leveraging automation tools scripts and frameworks.

Required education
None
Required technical and professional expertise

  • Lead cross-functional teams of network engineers automation engineers and DevOps personnel.

  • Mentor and coach team members in network automation practices and tools.

  • Drive collaboration between IT network operations and business stakeholders.

  • Define and implement network automation strategies aligned with enterprise goals.

  • Develop innovative solutions for reducing errors improving reliability and increasing efficiency.

  • LAN/WAN VLANs VPNs SD-WAN MPLS BGP OSPF EIGRP STP QoS IPv4/IPv6.

  • Network security concepts: firewalls ACLs segmentation zero-trust principles.

  • Network monitoring telemetry and observability tools (SNMP NetFlow streaming telemetry).

  • Scripting/Programming: Python Bash PowerShell Go or similar.

  • Automation Frameworks : Ansible Terraform Puppet Chef SaltStack.

  • Network Orchestration : Cisco NSO VMware vRealize NetBrain or vendor-specific solutions.

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Date Posted

12/04/2025

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