Network Automation Specialist L3

Vancouver - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Who we are:

For over 25 years Global Relay has set the standard in enterprise information archiving with industry-leading cloud archiving surveillance eDiscovery and analytics solutions. We securely capture and preserve the communications data of the worlds most highly regulated firms giving them greater visibility and control over their information and ensuring compliance with stringent regulations.

Though we offer competitive compensation and benefits and all the other perks one would expect from an established company we are not your typical technology company. Global Relay is a career-building company. A place for big ideas. New challenges. Groundbreaking innovation. Its a place where you can genuinely make an impact and be recognized for it.

We believe great businesses thrive on diversity inclusion and the contributions of all employees. To that end we recruit candidates from different backgrounds and foster a work environment that encourages employees to collaborate and learn from each other completely free of barriers.

Your role:

The Network Automation Specialist L3 is primarily responsible for the planning and development of a comprehensive automation framework for network and firewall infrastructure. They will design and build orchestration tools for configuration and testing as well as tools for network monitoring and visibility by utilizing sflow syslog snmp and scripting.

Your responsibilities:

Design deploy and support automation and scripting solutions to drive new capabilities visibility and efficiency for network and firewall appliances.
Build Ansible code for configuring monitoring and analyzing network and firewall appliances using but not limited to RESTful APIs.
Build Python provisioning workflows such as Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) Python Jinja2 template rendering PostgreSQL inventory and automated device onboarding.
Design and develop Flask-based self-service portals and configuration management platforms exposing JSON REST APIs that enable network operations teams to safely configure provision and manage network devices through intuitive web interfaces.
Develop troubleshooting and debugging code to identify problems.
Explore different network operations activities and identify use-cases for automation.
Create meaningful reports and graphs from collected netflow sflow J-flow or IPFIX records.
Setup logging and monitoring for network devices and create useful dashboards and graphs.
Participate in the creation of documentation including: Runbooks how-to user guides & technical how-to support guides and Method of Procedures (MoP).

About you:

Minimum of 5 years experience in a Network Automation capacity with strong coding skills in Python JavaScript and Bash.
Strong experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and modern automation workflows including CI/CD pipelines Git-based source control RESTful APIs and configuration management systems.
Proficient in Python (including libraries such as Netmiko Paramiko and NetConf/RESTCONF) with hands-on experience building JSON-based automation workflows and REST APIs for interface/VLAN provisioning pre-deployment validation real-time progress tracking robust error handling and full PostgreSQL audit trails.
Experience integrating secret management systems (Secret Server OpenBao or similar vault solutions) with Python automation scripts for secure credential retrieval rotation and runtime access management.
Experienced in optimizing Python Flask PostgreSQL applications for network automation including efficient device inventory schemas execution logging and sFlow analytics persistence.
Experienced in Jinja2 template-based configuration generation with PostgreSQL-backed inventory and automated validation workflows for network device configuration.
Experienced in integrating Telegraf sFlow data into Python workflows for pre/post-change traffic validation and capacity-aware provisioning decisions.
Experience with complex enterprise network architecture planning design and implementation.
Solid knowledge and experience in deploying and managing Linux systems.
Experience with OpenSource software and/or service management tools and applications (OpenStack OpenShift Zabbix JIRA Confluence Jenkins etc.)
Knowledge of network protocols including TCP/IP UDP HTTP FTP ARP ICMP etc.
Experience in configuration of Aruba Juniper and Fortinet equipment would be considered an asset
Experience provisioning maintaining and supporting enterprise networks firewalls and related dependencies would be considered an asset

Compensation:

Global Relay advertises the pay range for this role in compliance with British Columbias pay transparency laws. Individual pay rates are determined by evaluating factors such as expertise skills education and professional background.

The range below reflects the expected annual base salary which is only one element of our comprehensive total rewards package designed to reflect our company pay philosophy culture and values. We aim to foster an inspiring work environment and support employees work-life rhythms. We provide a comprehensive extended health benefits program including virtual healthcare and a wellness allowance. Employees also receive annual allotted vacation days which increase based on tenure. Other benefits include: Paid sick days maternity/parental enhancement program bonus and an RRSP contribution matching program.

For Vancouver-based employees we provide a subsidized meal program courtesy of our talented in-house culinary team!

British Columbia - Base salary range

$90000$120000 CAD

What you can expect:

At Global Relay theres no ceiling to what you can achieve. Its the land of opportunity for the energetic the intelligent the driven. Youll receive the mentoring coaching and support you need to reach your career goals. Youll be part of a culture that breeds creativity and rewards perseverance and hard work. And youll be working alongside smart talented individuals from diverse backgrounds with complementary knowledge and skills.

Global Relay is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity equity and inclusion.

We seek to ensure reasonable adjustments accommodations and personal time are tailored to meet the unique needs of every individual.

To learn more about our business culture and community involvement visit .

Required Experience:

Who we are:For over 25 years Global Relay has set the standard in enterprise information archiving with industry-leading cloud archiving surveillance eDiscovery and analytics solutions. We securely capture and preserve the communications data of the worlds most highly regulated firms giving them gre...