Network Automation Engineer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with network security or designing IT systems and networks for large commercial enterprises or government agencies
• 3+ years of experience with firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, network segmentation, boundary protection, or vulnerability assessment
• Experience designing and securing cloud or enterprise network architectures
• Experience with Palo Alto, Cisco, or Juniper firewalls
• Experience automating infrastructure using an infrastructure-as-code framework such as AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or Terraform
• Experience developing automation with TypeScript, Python, PowerShell, Bash, APIs, or orchestration tools
• Experience with routing, switching, VPNs, security groups, network access controls, and traffic inspection
• Experience using network monitoring, flow logs, and centralized logging to analyze traffic and troubleshoot connectivity and using Git, CI/CD workflows, and packet analysis tools such as Wireshark
• HS diploma or GED
• Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification within 3 months of start date

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AWS networking services, including VPC, Transit Gateway, Gateway Load Balancer, Network Firewall, Client VPN, NAT Gateway, or VPC endpoints, and developing AWS Lambda functions or custom infrastructure integrations
• Experience deploying or automating Palo Alto VM-Series firewalls in AWS
• Experience with AWS CDK and TypeScript
• Experience creating automated infrastructure tests, configuration validation, or policy-as-code controls
• Experience with multi-VPC inspection architectures and centralized firewall services
• Experience with Ansible or Python-based network automation
• Experience integrating network telemetry with Elastic, Splunk, or another SIEM platform
• Experience building cyber ranges, test environments, or other disposable cloud infrastructure
• Knowledge of DoD cybersecurity requirements, including STIGs and the DoD Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide
• Ability to communicate technical architecture and automation concepts to engineers, operators, and mission stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Design and automate secure, cloud-based cyber range networks.
• Translate operational and security requirements into reusable infrastructure components that deploy virtual networks, routing, firewalls, VPN services, traffic inspection, logging, and monitoring capabilities.
• Automate network deployment, firewall integration, configuration validation, and environment teardown using infrastructure as code, scripting, APIs, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity SMEs, platform engineers, vendors, and range operators to develop secure and reliable network architectures.
• Troubleshoot routing, traffic inspection, firewall, and interoperability issues while ensuring each environment remains isolated from corporate networks, other ranges, and unauthorized external systems.

Benefits

• health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits
• paid leave
• professional development
• tuition assistance
• work-life programs
• dependent care
• recognition awards program