Network Automation Engineer

Company Description

PDDN is a provider of end-to-end software solutions and IT consulting Services and software development Company. is headquartered in Fremont, California with clients across the Silicon Valley and other Information technology Hubs in different states. With integrated solutions, software development, technical services, training and staffing support, we help customers achieve their technology goals allowing them to focus on their business.

Job Description

Role: Network Automation Engineer
Location: Denver, CO On site
Interview: Phone/Skype
Job Type: Contract

Job Description:
•Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, and/or related work experience.
•Excellent understanding of routing and switching protocols, network architecture, TCP/IP, and OSI model. Candidate should be well versed in IPv4 and IPv6.
•Strong knowledge of industry specifications and standards IEEE, ANSI, Fiber (Multimode, Single mode, UTP, etc.), Bridging, Switching, Routing, Ethernet and Transport technologies and protocols.

•Minimum of five (5) years of network engineering experience.
•Cisco or Juniper certifications (CCNA/CCNP/JNCIP) or equivalent.
•Scripting/Coding background with Python and similar languages.
•Integration and working with RESTful / HTTP services.
•Strong working experience across various networking vendor platforms (Cisco, Juniper, Arista, F5, A10)
•Modeling and markup languages such as YANG, XML, and JSON.
•Experience with network automation related frameworks (Ansible, Napalm, Nornir, Netmiko, or Paramiko)
•Experience driving large-scale automation efforts and production deployments.
•Proficient database working experience (SQL, MongoDB, Redis)
•Strong systems and Linux/UNIX experience a plus.
•Excellent analytical and problem solving skills a must.
•Excellent organizational and communication skills both verbal and written.
•Software Defined Network architecture, deployment knowledge, and integration a plus (Cisco ACI, Arista Cloud Vision, Juniper Apstra, NSX-T, etc.)
•Working experience with Tufin, F5 BIG-IQ, A10 Harmony, Science Logic, InfoBlox, or Juniper Security Director a plus.
•Responsible for the creation, maintaining, and execution of automation tasks in a mixed network and cloud infrastructure environment.
•Develop and drive customer self-service tooling, automation workflows, and driving operational accuracy and efficiency.
•Automation of network focused change efforts including network configuration tasks, standardization updates, software upgrades, provisioning, compliance auditing, and validation of changes in support of our operational department.
•Working on evolving needs and planning surrounding automation and orchestration in a platform as a service environment (network+cloud).
•Design and implement self-service solutions around operational needs.
•Input into architecture design around software defined networks, network automation, and orchestration while maintaining best practices in large scale environments.
Cisco or Juniper certifications (CCNA/CCNP/JNCIP), Networking, Networking Automation, Routing and switching

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