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Network Automation Engineer (Hybrid Schedule)

Conexess Group
Contract
Remote
United States

Our History:

From our start in 2009, Conexess has established itself in 3 markets, employing nearly 200+ individuals nation-wide. Operating in over 15 states, our client base ranges from Fortune 500/1000 companies to mid-small range companies. For the majority of the mid-small range companies, we are exclusively used due to our outstanding staffing track record.



Who We Are:

Conexess is a full-service staffing firm offering contract, contract-to hire, and direct placements. We have a wide range of recruiting capabilities extending from help desk technicians to CIOs. We are also capable of offering project-based work.



Conexess Group is aiding a large healthcare client in their search for a Network Automation Engineer. This is a long-term opportunity with a competitive compensation package.



This position requires candiates local to the following areas to report onsite on a flex basis:


  • Philadelphia, PA

  • Morris Plains, NJ

  • Bloomfield, CT

  • Nashville, TN


******We are unable to work C2C on this role******



Responsibilities:


  • Deliver infrastructure as code that has had automated end-to-end testing, documentation via published work & development processes & standards.

  • Greatly reduce repetitive boring manual tasks so you can work on the fun challenging projects that advance efficiency and operational integrity of IT infrastructure.

  • Interact with network engineers to create innovative solutions to reduce network impacting incidents, improve speed and accuracy of changes, reduce manual work and also enhance network tooling visibility.

  • Build REST APIs using Python.

  • Work closely with QA team to include automated testing into the build pipeline

  • Work with the team to improve process, practice and tools in support of software development and delivery by improving our existing pipeline

  • Documenting the existing standards and develop designs to improve the efficiency of the automation solutions

  • Work in an Agile framework, and will be part of the Scrum ceremonies like Sprint Planning, Daily Stand up, Sprint review and retrospective etc.

  • Maintains the continuous integration servers used by the team. Support the team during code releases.

  • Responsible for resolving infrastructure related events if an issue arises.


Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree (Business or Computer Science preferred) or equivalent work experience.

  • 4+ years of Python development experience

  • 3+ years of solid DevOps experience.

  • Expert in automation with solid experience in Network automation with Python.

  • Four years’ experience with Django & Django Rest Framework

  • Expertise with building end to end pipelines.

  • Extensive experience with CI tools such as Jenkins.

  • Experience with using Ansible Vault and creating Ansible Playbooks

  • Strong background in Linux, with a focus on RedHat in an enterprise production environment.

  • Experience using configuration management software like Ansible or Puppet.

  • Experience with Kubernetes, Docker

  • Experienced with Agile development environment

  • Proficient understanding of code versioning tools especially Git

  • Experienced with REST and SOAP API integrations

  • Two to four years’ experience with modern web technologies (such as Angular, Node, Grunt, Gulp, Webpack, Bootstrap, TypeScript, HTML5, etc.) Emphasis on Angular/TypeScript

  • Exposure to RESTAPI, web applications testing like SoapUI, Postman etc.

  • Experience coding automation tests in a web application environment (Selenium, pytest etc.)

  • Experience in cloud services (AWS, Azure or GCP) is a plus

  • Strong interest in learning new and emerging technologies.

  • Networking experience (e.g. protocols, routing, switching, filtering, firewall rules, etc.) is a plus​​​​​​


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