Automation Engineer (Cisco CNC Upgrade)

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Automation Engineer (Cisco CNC Upgrade) based in United States. This role focuses on building and advancing network automation solutions across large-scale, multi-vendor service provider infrastructure. You will work with Cisco CNC, Cisco NSO, Nokia NSP, Python, APIs, and modern network programmability technologies. The position plays a key role in improving network reliability, operational efficiency, and engineering consistency. You will automate configuration, validation, monitoring, compliance, remediation, and maintenance activities. The role also emphasizes telemetry-driven automation, observability, CI/CD, safe change controls, and automated troubleshooting. You will collaborate closely with network engineering teams to reduce manual intervention and standardize operational practices. This is a fully remote opportunity for an engineer who enjoys combining networking expertise with software-driven automation.

Design, develop, and maintain network automation solutions using Cisco CNC, Cisco NSO, Nokia NSP, Python, APIs, and related technologies, supporting configuration, maintenance, validation, and operational activities across multi-vendor environments. Build automated pre-checks and post-checks that validate routing, interfaces, adjacencies, reachability, synchronization, and overall network health before and after changes. Develop capabilities to detect and remediate configuration drift, synchronization issues, and deviations from established network engineering standards. Integrate automation platforms with inventory, telemetry, monitoring, alarming, ticketing, and source-of-truth systems to create more connected and efficient operational workflows. Develop telemetry-driven and closed-loop automation that identifies network issues and enables appropriate automated remediation, while troubleshooting controller, API, device-level, and automation failures through structured root-cause analysis. Identify repetitive manual processes and recurring failure patterns that can be reduced through automation, improving reliability and engineering efficiency across the network. Maintain safe and reliable automation practices through testing, CI/CD, version control, rollback mechanisms, change validation, and blast-radius controls, while creating dashboards, operational tooling, documentation, and runbooks that improve visibility and troubleshooting. Requirements Demonstrated understanding of service provider networking concepts and technologies, including TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS, SNMP, and network telemetry, with professional experience supporting or engineering large-scale service provider networks. Hands-on experience with network automation and orchestration platforms such as Cisco CNC, Cisco NSO, Nokia NSP, or comparable technologies, combined with strong Python skills for automation, tooling, and API integrations. Experience working with REST APIs, NETCONF/RESTCONF, YANG, or other network programmability technologies, as well as Linux/Unix environments and troubleshooting of automation platforms and integrations. Practical experience with network monitoring, telemetry, configuration validation, operational troubleshooting, and the investigation of network automation failures and integration issues. Familiarity with Git, CI/CD, automated testing, version control, and software development practices for maintaining production-grade network automation solutions. An Associate’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field is preferred, or equivalent practical experience, along with at least three years of experience in software engineering, network engineering, or network automation support roles. Strong analytical, troubleshooting, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities, with the ability to work effectively with network engineering teams and translate operational challenges into scalable automation solutions. Benefits Estimated base salary of $77,100–$118,600 USD annually , with actual compensation determined by factors such as geographic location, experience, skills, certifications, and organizational needs. Eligibility for a discretionary annual incentive plan for non-sales roles. Fully remote work arrangement within the United States. Health, dental, and vision insurance. 401(k) retirement savings plan. Paid time off, including paid parental leave. This position is not eligible for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future.

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