Lead DevOps-Network Automation Engineer

Role Overview

We are looking for Lead DevOps-Network Automation Engineer to shape and deliver network automation Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and platform engineering across our network environments. You will work with the Network Engineering and Product teams to turn network services into reliable self-service software-defined capabilities. You will be a technical authority and mentor and a key driver of our infrastructure modernization strategy.

What Youll Do

Architecture & Strategy

• Define and own IaC and network automation architecture standards and reusable module libraries for the Network Engineering team.

• Design and build platform capabilities (APIs self-service workflows golden templates) that let Product and application teams consume network services faster.

• Drive adoption of SDN and cloud-native networking patterns across Core Edge and SME environments.

• Evaluate emerging tools and recommend improvements with a clear business case.

• Partner with Cloud Platform Engineering Security and DevOps teams to integrate network infrastructure into the wider technology ecosystem.

Delivery & Engineering Excellence

• Lead end-to-end delivery of IaC and automation projects from requirements through production deployment.

• Design CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure with automated testing validation drift detection and safe rollback.

• Implement policy-as-code and compliance-as-code to enforce governance at scale.

• Establish GitOps practices so every change is version-controlled peer-reviewed and auditable.

Integrate automation workflows with our sources of truth

• Set coding standards review processes and documentation practices for infrastructure code.

Leadership

• Act as the technical point of contact for IaC and automation in Network Engineering.

• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers on IaC software engineering practices and tooling.

• Translate business and product requirements into scalable technical solutions and contribute to the modernization roadmap.
  

Required Qualifications

• 8 years in systems network or infrastructure engineering with at least 3 years focused on IaC and network automation.

• Strong hands-on Terraform (modules state management multi-environment) and Ansible (roles inventories AWX/Tower or equivalent).

• Strong Python for automation and tooling plus working Bash/Shell skills.

• Expert-level Git and Git-based workflows with CI/CD experience (Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI or Azure Pipelines).

• Able to understand troubleshoot and automate routing (BGP/OSPF) switching VLANs DNS/DHCP firewalls and load balancers; deep design expertise is a plus

• Working knowledge of at least one major cloud (AWS Azure or GCP) and its networking services (VPC/VNet Transit Gateway DNS).

• Policy-as-code; GitOps tooling (ArgoCD Flux).

• Experience mentoring engineers and leading delivery in a team setting.

• Strong understanding and experience with REST APIs and web streams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Network source of truth experience YANG/NETCONF/RESTCONF.

• Cisco automation (DNA Center NSO NX-OS programmability); SD-WAN/SDN exposure.

• Experience with network automation libraries (NAPALM Netmiko) and automated testing of infrastructure code.

• Docker Kubernetes Helm; Go or another programming language.

• Monitoring and observability include SLO/SLA tracking and Open Telemetry. Tools like New Relic and SolarWinds.

• ITIL or similar service management knowledge; large enterprise or global IT experience.

• Certifications such as Terraform Associate/Professional AWS/Azure/GCP networking or architect certifications CKA CCNP/CCIE (automation track) RHCE.

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Bachelors degree in computer science software engineering systems engineering information technology or a related field or equivalent experience required.
Masters degree in computer science software engineering systems engineering information technology or a related field or equivalent experience preferred.

Network source of truth experience YANG/NETCONF/RESTCONF.

• Cisco automation (DNA Center NSO NX-OS programmability); SD-WAN/SDN exposure.

• Experience with network automation libraries (NAPALM Netmiko) and automated testing of infrastructure code.

• Docker Kubernetes Helm; Go or another programming language.

• Monitoring and observability include SLO/SLA tracking and Open Telemetry. Tools like New Relic and SolarWinds.

• ITIL or similar service management knowledge; large enterprise or global IT experience.

• Certifications such as Terraform Associate/Professional AWS/Azure/GCP networking or architect certifications CKA CCNP/CCIE (automation track) RHCE.

Benefit offerings outside the US may vary by country and will be aligned to local market practice. The eligibility and effective date may differ for some benefits and for team members covered under collective bargaining agreements.

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity genetic information national origin age disability veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal state or local law.

The companys continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting training compensation benefits promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

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