Network Automation Engineer for Carrier-Grade Ops

Ampcus Inc; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ampcus Inc. is seeking a Network Support & Automation Engineer to join our Salt Lake City team.

You will troubleshoot, support, and automate enterprise network environments, applying Python/Go scripting, Ansible, Terraform, and CI/CD practices to improve reliability and efficiency. Responsibilities include resolving complex routing and switching issues, implementing IaC, and developing automation dashboards and monitoring integrations while coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience supporting enterprise or service provider network environments.
• Hands-on experience troubleshooting routing, switching, WAN, and MPLS environments.
• Experience with packet capture and protocol analysis tools such as Wireshark.
• Strong scripting and programming experience with Python, Go, PowerShell, Bash/Shell.
• Experience building network automation solutions leveraging APIs, NETCONF, RESTCONF, SSH, or SDKs.
• Hands-on experience with Ansible, Terraform, Git, Jenkins or similar CI/CD platforms.
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and GitOps methodologies.
• Understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), testing, and version control practices.
• Preferred certifications: CCNP/CCIE, DevNet Professional, Terraform Associate, AWS/Azure Networking Certifications.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and support complex enterprise and carrier-grade network environments.
• Analyze and troubleshoot Layer 2 and Layer 3 network issues across LAN, WAN, and Datacenter infrastructures.
• Troubleshoot and configure network devices utilizing routing and switching protocols including: BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, MPLS, HSRP, STP, Multicast, VSS.
• Analyze and troubleshoot private IP/MPLS carrier networks utilizing BGP peering.
• Support sophisticated WAN architectures including Customer Edge (CE) routers, BGP routing policies, QoS configurations, and traffic engineering.
• Perform packet capture analysis and network traffic discovery to identify root causes and drive incident resolution.
• Coordinate with Datacenter technicians and external vendors to diagnose and resolve hardware-related issues including ports, cables, optics, modules, and network devices.

Skills

Python

Go

Bash/Shell

REST APIs

Wireshark

SNMP

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Ampcus Inc. is seeking a Network Support & Automation Engineer to join our Salt Lake City team.

You will troubleshoot, support, and automate enterprise network environments, applying Python/Go scripting, Ansible, Terraform, and CI/CD practices to improve reliability and efficiency. Responsibilities include resolving complex routing and switching issues, implementing IaC, and developing automation dashboards and monitoring integrations while coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure