OpenStack SDN Network Automation Engineer

Nebul; Den Haag; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Nebul in the Netherlands is hiring a Network Automation Engineer to design, provision, and maintain the network backbone of Nebul's private cloud platform, focusing on high availability, security, and scalable AI workloads.

You will automate configurations across data centers and hybrid environments using Python, Ansible, and related tools, collaborate with security teams, and contribute to self-service deployment, observability, and documentation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing and automating networks in OpenStack environments.
• Deep knowledge of SDN, Neutron, routing, switching, and Layer 2/3 protocols.
• Hands-on experience with automation tools like Ansible, Python, Terraform or similar.
• Familiarity with Linux networking, VPNs, VXLAN, BGP, and cloud firewalls.
• Understanding of network security, segmentation, and compliance requirements.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex distributed systems and communicate issues clearly.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage software-defined networking (SDN) within OpenStack environments (e.g., Neutron)
• Automate network configuration, monitoring, and management using Python, Ansible, or similar tools
• Ensure secure and efficient connectivity across data centers, cloud, and hybrid environments
• Develop and maintain provisioning systems, APIs, and templates for self-service deployment
• Monitor network performance and capacity; implement observability and alerting
• Collaborate with security teams to enforce segmentation, encryption, and access policies
• Troubleshoot complex, real-time network issues
• Contribute to the design of high-availability, fault-tolerant architectures
• Document processes and share knowledge across platform and operations teams
• Stay current with SDN, NFV, and automation trends in OpenStack and cloud-native ecosystems

Skills

OpenStack SDN

Network automation

Python

Ansible

Terraform

Linux networking

VXLAN/BGP

Network security

Tools

Ansible

Python

Terraform

Job description

Nebul in the Netherlands is hiring a Network Automation Engineer to design, provision, and maintain the network backbone of Nebul's private cloud platform, focusing on high availability, security, and scalable AI workloads.

You will automate configurations across data centers and hybrid environments using Python, Ansible, and related tools, collaborate with security teams, and contribute to self-service deployment, observability, and documentation.