Network Automation Engineer

World Wide Technology Healthcare Solutions•Tallahassee, FL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

WWT is seeking a DEVOPS Engineer who will serve on a team of technical engineers in support of multiple government programs. Candidates will be the architect of our CI/CD pipelines, the guardian of our cloud environments, and the bridge between our Software Engineering and IT Operations teams. Your mission is to ensure our software is delivered quickly, reliably, and securely. The ideal candidate will possess good communication, presentation, and writing skills. They will have a proven track record of being a problem solver and team player who is capable of working in a technically challenging environment supporting the Navy.

Requirements

BA/BS or equivalent years of combined experience and training.
5+ years of IT experience with 1-2 years of hands on experience working with the technologies listed above.
DoD 8570 Certification: IAT Level II or higher (Security+ CE, CISSP, or equivalent).
Ability to maintain a minimum Secret U.S. government security clearance.

Nice To Haves

CCNP Enterprise, JNCIP Preferred
TS/SCI Preferred.

Responsibilities

Advanced Networking skills on wide range of network technologies OSPF, BGP, Static Routing, VPNs/IPSEC, LAN/VLAN Creating/Maintenance/Operation, TCP/IP Configuration/Management, Securing Layer 2 and Layer 3 networks (STIGs)
Network Automation: Design, develop, and maintain Ansible playbooks and roles to automate the provisioning, configuration, and management of multi-vendor network devices (e.g., Cisco, Arista, Juniper).
Infrastructure Management: Manage and optimize core network infrastructure, including switching, routing (OSPF, BGP), and security appliances.
CI/CD Integration: Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for network changes, ensuring rigorous testing and validation before deployment to production environments.
Standardization: Create and enforce standardized configuration templates using Jinja2 to minimize configuration drift across the global network.
Monitoring & Performance: Develop automated monitoring solutions and telemetry dashboards to proactively identify and resolve network performance issues.
Collaboration: Work closely with DevOps and Security teams to integrate network automation into the broader infrastructure ecosystem and ensure security compliance (e.g., automated firewall policy updates).