Job Description
Automation Engineer – Configuration Management
Professional Services | Network Automation
Role Summary
Hands-on delivery engineer responsible for building a network configuration automation platform
in a client environment. Works under the technical direction of the Automation Consultant,
participating in discovery sessions and owning the build and validation of the config automation
pipeline from lab through client environment delivery.
Key Responsibilities
Participate in configuration management discovery sessions alongside senior engineers and
client SMEs
Build golden config templates for agreed device types against a defined data model schema
and compliance baseline
Develop and integrate an automated config deployment pipeline into existing CI/CD tooling
with Ansible Automation Platform as the execution engine
Implement pre/post deployment validation using an agreed testing framework (PyATS, Robot
Framework, or Arista ANTA)
Build automated drift detection against the golden config baseline with configurable autoremediation
and manual-gate remediation workflows
Migrate and validate automation from lab environments to client target infrastructure
Contribute to operational runbooks and knowledge transfer sessions
Participate in agile ceremonies — stand-ups, sprint demos, and retrospectives
Required Skills & Minimum Experience
Skill Min. Years
Network automation engineering (design and delivery)-4 years
Ansible and Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) / AWX- 3years
Python for network automation (Netmiko, NAPALM, nornir, or equivalent)- 3years
Jinja2 templating for network configuration rendering -2years
Git / GitOps workflow -3years
CI/CD pipeline development (GitLab CI, Jenkins, or equivalent) -2years
Cisco IOS / IOS-XE / NX-OS -3years
Arista EOS -2years
Core network protocols — BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRFs, ACLs -3years
Pre/post validation frameworks — PyATS, Robot Framework, or Arista ANTA -2years
Network Source of Truth tooling — NetBox, Nautobot, or equivalent -1years
YAML / JSON data modelling -2years
Linux / Bash -2years
Preferred
Fortinet or Versa SD-WAN experience
ServiceNow integration experience
Client-facing professional services delivery experience
