* Design and evolve the network automation framework (source of truth, templating, validation, change control).
* Build idempotent automation to provision and operate data centre fabrics at scale.
* Integrate with vendor APIs and SDKs (e.g. Arista EOS, NetQ etc.)
* Capture network intent as code, ensuring peer reviews and quality gates.
* Instrument the network with telemetry, alerting, and SLOs to drive automated remediation.
* Adhere to NetDevOps practices and share knowledge across the team.
* Collaborate with network and platform engineers to translate designs into automated workflows.
* Deliver frequent, incremental improvements through safe, tested changes.
* Monitor vendor and industry developments and propose practical adoption paths.
Your Present Skillset
* Advanced Python development for production-grade tools and services.
* Go (preferred) for performant tooling.
* Strong Ansible experience (roles, collections, YAML/JSON data models).
* Git proficiency including branching, pull requests, and semantic versioning.
* Observability fundamentals (Prometheus, Grafana, logging and tracing).
* Source of truth/CMDB systems (NetBox, Nautobot etc.).
* Linux networking (iptables, DHCP, DNS) and strong Bash scripting.
* Workflow orchestration (Temporal or equivalent).
* Network validation and testing tools (pyATS, NAPALM etc.).
* Containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
* Secure secrets and configuration management (Vault, PKI best practices).
* Experience with data centre fabrics, QoS, and high-performance networking is a plus.