Network Automation DevOps Engineer
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Job Summary
Thales is a global technology leader trusted by governments institutions and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of aerospace and space cybersecurity and digital identity were driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.
Thales has been present in the Republic of Indonesia for 45 years in the defence aerospace and space domains delivering a wide range of civil and defence solutions that highlight our strong commitment to working with the Indonesian government and local recent years our innovative solutions in air traffic management systems and telecom satellites have further strengthened our presence in the country alongside our digital portfolio of solutions such as biometrics data protection and cybersecurity now serving the needs of diverse customers in civil sectors.Position Summary
We are looking for a Network Automation DevOps Engineer whose core mission is to automate networking functions simplify network operations and maintain an accurate real time network inventory.
The ideal candidate has strong DevOps foundations (Python Ansible Git CI/CD) and understands network technologies well enough to automate their configuration validation and lifecycle management.
This role focuses heavily on creating automation workflows APIs data models and CI/CD processes that support modern network operations at scale.
Key Responsibilities
Network Automation
- Develop automation for network device configuration provisioning and validation using Python and Ansible.
- Create reusable automation frameworks and playbooks for multi-vendor network environments.
- Build scripts/tools to extract normalize and maintain network inventory (topology hardware details interfaces IPs routing policies etc.).
- Automate routine network operations such as:
- VLAN creation and updates
- Interface provisioning
- ACL / firewall policy updates
- Routing configuration templates
- Compliance checks and automated drift detection
Data & Inventory Management
- Build and maintain a central authoritative network inventory (CMDB or database).
- Integrate with device APIs SNMP NetConf/RESTConf or vendor SDKs to retrieve realtime state.
- Ensure configuration accuracy by correlating intended vs. operational state.
- Automate documentation generation (network diagrams configuration reports audit logs).
DevOps & CI/CD for Networking
- Design CI/CD pipelines that validate and deploy network configuration changes safely.
- Implement automated testing (linting syntax validation intent checks compliance policies).
- Use Git workflows to manage network configuration as code.
- Integrate with change management and approval workflows.
Collaboration & Support
- Collaborate with network teams to translate manual tasks into automation workflows.
- Support incident response with automation enabling faster diagnostics and remediation.
- Provide documentation training and best practices to improve adoption of automation tools.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Strong experience in Python for automation APIs data parsing and tooling.
- Hands-on expertise with Ansible (especially network automation modules).
- Proficient in Git GitOps workflows and code lifecycle management.
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure or network configuration.
- Solid understanding of networking concepts:
- IP addressing routing basics VLANs VRFs
- Firewall rules ACLs
- Device configuration models (CLI YANG APIs)
- Knowledge of data structures (JSON YAML) and network inventories.
- Experience interacting with network devices via:
- REST APIs
- Netmiko / NAPALM / Paramiko
- NetConf / RESTConf
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with network vendors (Cisco Juniper Arista Fortinet Palo Alto etc.).
- Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform for network providers).
- Experience with network monitoring/telemetry (gNMI streaming logs SNMP).
- Familiarity with CMDB tools or custom database modeling.
- Certifications such as CCNA/CCNP Cisco DevNet or equivalent automation credentials.
Soft Skills
- Strong analytical mindset with a passion for automation.
- Ability to simplify complex manual operations into reliable automated workflows.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills.
- Proactive curious and collaborative approach with network engineers and DevOps teams.
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Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Continuous Integration
- APIs
- Automotive software
- Test Cases
- Electrical Engineering
- Junit
- Distributed Control Systems
- Testng
- Java
- Test Automation
- Programmable Logic Controllers
- Selenium
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