Network Automation Engineer – Secure WAN & SDN Expert

AT&T; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 89,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement program

Paid Time Off and Holidays

Job summary

AT&T Global Public Sector in Chantilly, Virginia seeks a Network Implementation Engineer Automation Specialist to deliver and implement customer network requirements within SLAs across CAN/LAN, WAN, and security domains. The role emphasizes documenting designs, enabling automation, and driving secure, scalable network deployments.

Required TS/SCI with polygraph and extensive DoD-aligned experience. Lead design, build, and maintain automated deployment workflows for multi‑vendor data centers,

Qualifications

• 10 years of combined work history and education required ( Doctorate + 3 years, Master + 4 years, Bachelor + 6 years, etc.).
• DoD 8140 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2 required.
• Experience in network engineering, including design and implementation.
• Production network hardware/software configurations for Cisco and/or Juniper.
• Experience with MPLS WANs or similar WAN protocols and related tools.
• Hands-on in routing protocols (OSPF/BGP) and switching (VLANs, 802.1q, port-channels).
• Proficient with cryptographic devices (KG-175s, KG-142s).
• Automation proficiency: Ansible, Terraform, or Python; CI/CD pipelines for network changes.
• Source-of-truth integrations (NetBox DCIM) to drive automated configurations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure internal standards and procedures are followed.
• Operate in a demanding, fast-paced environment.
• Interpret customer requirements and apply standard network design approaches for service delivery.
• Fully document network designs with diagrams, BOMs, cabling sheets, configurations, and other docs.
• Provide technical expertise to network engineers and technicians.
• Solve complex problems with scalable solutions.
• Support and implement automation policies and deployment.
• Design secure network configurations aligned with DISA STIGs and policies.

Skills

Python

Ansible

Terraform

Automation

Education

DoD 8140 IAT Level 2

Tools

Cisco

Juniper

Job description

AT&T Global Public Sector in Chantilly, Virginia seeks a Network Implementation Engineer Automation Specialist to deliver and implement customer network requirements within SLAs across CAN/LAN, WAN, and security domains. The role emphasizes documenting designs, enabling automation, and driving secure, scalable network deployments.

Required TS/SCI with polygraph and extensive DoD-aligned experience. Lead design, build, and maintain automated deployment workflows for multi‑vendor data centers,