Automation-Driven Network Engineer: AI & Cloud

Luxoft; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Luxoft is hiring a Network Engineer to maintain and evolve the network across offices, data centres and public clouds. The role emphasizes automation, data-driven operations, and AI integration, with a focus on Azure, AWS, and GCP environments.

You will design automations, manage NetBox data, and improve monitoring while adhering to security policies and network best practices. A CCNA or equivalent and hands-on NGFW experience are required.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on experience with enterprise or ISP networks.
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP, routing and switching; working knowledge of BGP and OSPF.
• Hands-on experience with at least one NGFW platform (Palo Alto Networks, Cisco Secure Firewall, FortiGate or similar).
• Basic experience with public cloud networking (Azure or AWS): VNet/VPC, subnets, security groups, VPN gateways.
• Basic scripting and automation skills: Python or Ansible for routine network tasks; Familiarity with Git.
• Active use of AI tools in daily work for scripting, troubleshooting or documentation, and strong interest in AI-driven automation.
• Experience with monitoring systems (Zabbix, PRTG, LibreNMS or similar).
• CCNA or equivalent knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain the stability and performance of network infrastructure within the EU (offices, DCs, Azure).
• Design and build automation for routine network operations (config generation, compliance checks, provisioning) using Python, Ansible and Terraform.
• Develop and integrate AI automation to the existing solution based on Open Hands.
• Maintain NetBox as the single source of truth: validate data, improve data quality and automate synchronisation with monitoring and CMDB.
• Keep monitoring up-to-date, reduce alert noise and propose improvements (incl. anomaly detection / AIOps approaches).
• Keep Confluence documentation accurate; automate its generation from NetBox and IaC where possible.

Skills

Networking

TCP/IP

Routing & Switching

NGFW

Public Cloud (Azure/AWS)

Python/Ansible

Git

AI tools usage

Monitoring

CCNA

Education

CCNA or equivalent knowledge

Tools

Terraform

NetBox

Zabbix

Job description

Luxoft is hiring a Network Engineer to maintain and evolve the network across offices, data centres and public clouds. The role emphasizes automation, data-driven operations, and AI integration, with a focus on Azure, AWS, and GCP environments.

You will design automations, manage NetBox data, and improve monitoring while adhering to security policies and network best practices. A CCNA or equivalent and hands-on NGFW experience are required.