Network Automation Architect

Architect and develop production-quality Python applications, libraries, and CLI tools for network automation, orchestration, and observability. Design clean, extensible architectures using patterns such as factory, strategy, adapter, and plugin-based systems to abstract vendor differences.Build and maintain API integrations (REST, GraphQL, gRPC,

JSON‑RPC) with platforms including

Develop internal Python packages with

Facilitate workshops, knowledge-sharing sessions, and pair programming. Author and maintain coding standards, architectural decision records (ADRs), and development guidelines.

Establish and enforce code quality tooling

PEP8 Ruff / Pylint Black MyPy Pre‑commit hooks Design and implement

CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins) for

Linting Testing Security scanning Build and release automation

Define Git workflows

Branching strategies Pull request standards Code review expectations Release management Create project templates, scaffolding, and cookiecutters to standardize automation development. Identify manual workflows and operational pain points, then design automation solutions to eliminate them. Prototype new tools, frameworks, and approaches from idea through production adoption. Improve observability by integrating automation platforms with logging, monitoring, and alerting systems. Contribute to technology roadmap and vendor evaluation from a software architecture and productivity perspective. Software Engineering (Primary) 7+ years of professional software development experience with Python as the primary language.

Advanced Python expertise

Type hints Dataclasses / Pydantic Async / await Context managers, decorators, generators Experience building Python libraries, packages, and CLI tools (Click, Typer, argparse).

Strong testing background

pytest, mocking, fixtures, TDD. Advanced Git skills (rebase, cherry‑pick, bisect, hooks). Hands‑on experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines. Solid grounding in SOLID principles, design patterns, and clean architecture. Experience writing technical documentation and developer guidelines.

Strong understanding of

Routing (BGP, OSPF) Switching VPNs and firewalls SD‑WAN Network security fundamentals

Experience automating at least two or more of

NetBox Arista VeloCloud Cisco Meraki Juniper Mist Palo Alto Prisma SD‑WAN Fortinet SD‑WAN Familiarity with Netmiko, NAPALM, Nornir, pyATS. Experience with JSON, YAML, XML, and Jinja2 templating. Terraform (including module or provider development) AWS networking and architecture Docker, Kubernetes, Linux Observability stacks (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK) Event-driven automation (Kafka, RabbitMQ, webhooks) Database integration (PostgreSQL, Redis, SQLite) Internal developer platforms, self‑service portals, or ChatOps Open-source contributions or public automation portfolio Relevant certifications (Cisco DevNet, CCNP/CCIE, AWS, Terraform)