Senior Network Automation Engineer (Hybrid)

Charlotte, VT - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

For further inquiries regarding the following opportunity please contact our Talent Specialist Arun at (or) Tenish at

Title: Senior Network Automation Engineer (Hybrid)

Duration: 12 Months (with possible extension)

Location: Charlotte NC

Hybrid (preferred) 1-2 days/week onsite - preferable to candidates within 1 hour of Charlotte NC or Corning NY.

Schedule: M-F 8am - 5pm. OT possible. Some flexibility may be required due to work with global teams.

Anticipated as 12-month assignment. Possibility of extension based on demand.

Potential travel of up to 5% (for Corning NY candidates) domestic only. Expected as 1x per quarter travel onsite to Charlotte NC location.

Only W2 candidates are eligible for this position. Third-party or C2C candidates will not be considered.

Scope of Position:

Our client is seeking a Senior Network Automation Engineer to serve as a technical leader in designing developing and operating large scale network automation solutions across enterprise environments. This role requires deep hands on experience with Arista automation using AVD (Arista Validated Designs) strong Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and proven expertise building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for network automation.
The ideal candidate has an automation first mindset thrives in complex enterprise environments and partners closely with network engineering operations security and platform teams to drive standardization scalability and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities

Network Automation & Engineering

Act as a senior subject matter expert for network automation across routing switching data center and campus environments.
Design develop and maintain Arista AVD based automation frameworks for Day 0 Day 1 and Day 2 operations.
Translate network designs and standards into reusable modular automation artifacts (roles collections templates and pipelines).
Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code principles for network provisioning configuration and compliance.

CI/CD & Automation Platforms

Architect and maintain CI/CD pipelines for network automation using tools such as GitHub/GitLab Jenkins Azure DevOps or similar platforms.
Implement automated testing validation and deployment workflows for network changes (linting pre checks topology validation config diffs).
Enforce version control branching strategies and peer review processes for all automation code.
Integrate automation pipelines with enterprise systems such as ITSM IPAM and source of truth platforms where applicable.

Standards Quality & Governance

Ensure automation solutions align with enterprise architecture standards security policies and compliance requirements.
Develop automated configuration compliance checks and remediation workflows.
Produce and maintain clear technical documentation including design standards runbooks and automation usage guides.
Participate in architecture reviews and provide technical approval for significant network or automation changes.

Leadership & Collaboration

Serve as a technical mentor and leader for network and automation engineers.
Partner with operations teams to transition manual workflows into reliable automated solutions.
Collaborate cross functionally with security cloud DevOps and manufacturing/OT teams to deliver end to end automation.
Act as an escalation point for complex automation or network related issues.

Education and Experience:

Bachelors degree in Information Technology (minimum required)
** 7 years of experience in network engineering within large enterprise or service provider environments.
** 5 years of hands on network automation experience including large scale deployments.
** Enterprise experience is required. Manufacturing industry experience is preferred but not required.
Demonstrated experience leading or owning automation frameworks and standards.

Required Skills

Fluent in English with excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong interpersonal abilities to collaborate effectively across teams and stakeholders.
**Strong hands on experience with Arista automation using AVD in production enterprise environments.**
**Advanced experience with Ansible Python and data models (YAML JSON).**
**Proven expertise building and operating CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure or network automation.**
Solid understanding of Git based workflows code reviews and release management.
Deep knowledge of enterprise networking concepts (routing switching EVPN/VXLAN BGP OSPF).
Experience working with device APIs and modern automation interfaces (eAPI REST gNMI etc.).

Desired Skills

** Experience integrating network automation with ITSM platforms (e.g. ServiceNow). **
Exposure to cloud networking automation (AWS Azure) and hybrid environments.
Experience in manufacturing or OT network environments.
Familiarity with testing frameworks linting tools and automation validation pipelines.

Travel Requirement

Potential travel of up to 5% (for Corning NY candidates) domestic only. Expected as 1x per quarter travel onsite to Charlotte NC location.

Interview Process: 2 rounds - 45-minute video interviews. First round with direct manager and Architect second round with Director. 3rd round possible if required for candidate consideration.

About us: DivIHN the IT Asset Performance Services organization provides Professional Consulting Custom Projects and Professional Resource Augmentation services to clients in the Mid-West and beyond. The strategic characteristics of the organization are Standardization Specialization and Collaboration. DivIHN is an equal opportunity employer. DivIHN does not and shall not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race color religion (creed) gender gender expression age national origin (ancestry) disability marital status sexual orientation or military status.

For further inquiries regarding the following opportunity please contact our Talent Specialist Arun at (or) Tenish at Title: Senior Network Automation Engineer (Hybrid) Duration: 12 Months (with possible extension) Location: Charlotte NC Hybrid (preferred) 1-2 days/week onsite - prefer...