Network Automation Specialist - L3

Base Salary Range: $90000 - $120000

Job Title: Network Automation Specialist - L3
Job ID: 87640
Location: Vancouver, BC—Hybrid 3x a week onsite

Overview:
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.  

What You’ll Do:

• 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
• Set up 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)

• 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 the configuration of Aruba, Juniper, and Fortinet equipment would be considered an asset
• Experience in provisioning, maintaining, and supporting enterprise networks, firewalls, and related dependencies would be considered an asset

Salary Range: $90,000 - $120,000 CAD

Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. If you are selected to move forward in the process, we will contact you directly. If you do not hear from us, we encourage you to continue visiting our website for other roles that may be a good fit.
 
 
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