Network Automation Engineer – TS/SCI On-Site

Dell; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Dell in Chantilly, VA seeks a Network Automation Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain automated network infrastructure for federal IT workloads. The role emphasizes performance, stability, and scalability of next-generation networks, collaborating with software and platform engineers.

Responsibilities include deploying automation, troubleshooting topology and policy enforcement, and supporting fast rollouts with Open vSwitch, REST APIs, and Kubernetes networking concepts.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and deploying enterprise WAN architectures with core routing (BGP/OSPF/EIGRP) and overlay networks.
• Hands-on with SD-WAN platforms and centralized policy enforcement with ZTP and dynamic path selection.
• Proficiency in Python and Ansible for production automation and REST API consumption.

Responsibilities

• Create and implement changes through automation.
• Deliver simple, sustainable, and repeatable solutions and processes.
• Operate and troubleshoot network routing, interconnectivity, platforms, performance, and configurations; including Linux and tooling.
• Maintain standards across the networking toolset and ensure compliance with policies.
• Work with Network Architect on rollout of new designs and deployment tooling.

Skills

Python

Go

Ansible

REST APIs

Open vSwitch

Kubernetes networking

CNI (Kubernetes)

MetalLB

SONiC

Cumulus NOS

SD-WAN

BGP/OSPF/EIGRP

Zero-touch provisioning

Tools

Terraform

GitOps workflows

NETCONF/RESTCONF

Job description

Dell in Chantilly, VA seeks a Network Automation Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain automated network infrastructure for federal IT workloads. The role emphasizes performance, stability, and scalability of next-generation networks, collaborating with software and platform engineers.

Responsibilities include deploying automation, troubleshooting topology and policy enforcement, and supporting fast rollouts with Open vSwitch, REST APIs, and Kubernetes networking concepts.