Network Engineer

DXC 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

Project description

The IT Department is seeking a Network Engineer with 2+ years of experience to maintain and evolve the network across our offices, data centres and public clouds. The team is responsible for network services across all Luxoft locations (45+) and Public Clouds (mainly Azure, but also have AWS and GCP).A key focus of this role is network automation and the practical use of AI: we are moving from manual operations to an automated, data-driven model.

Responsibilities

• 1. Operate and maintain the stability and performance of network infrastructure within the EU (offices, DCs, Azure).2. Design and build automation for routine network operations (config generation, compliance checks, provisioning) using Python, Ansible and Terraform.3. Develop and integrate AI automation to the existing solution based on Open Hands.4. Maintain NetBox as the single source of truth: validate data, improve data quality and automate synchronisation with monitoring and CMDB.5. Keep monitoring up-to-date, reduce alert noise and propose improvements (incl. anomaly detection / AIOps approaches).6. Keep Confluence documentation accurate; automate its generation from NetBox and IaC where possible.

SKILLS

Must have

• Core Requirements1. 2+ years of hands-on experience with enterprise or ISP networks.2. Solid understanding of TCP/IP, routing and switching; working knowledge of BGP and OSPF.3. Hands-on experience with at least one NGFW platform (Palo Alto Networks, Cisco Secure Firewall, FortiGate or similar):- Security policies and NAT- Site-to-Site IPSec and remote access VPN4. Basic experience with public cloud networking (Azure or AWS): VNet/VPC, subnets, security groups, VPN gateways.5. Basic scripting and automation skills:- Python or Ansible for routine network tasks- Familiarity with Git6. Active use of AI tools in daily work (ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude or similar) for scripting, troubleshooting or documentation, and strong interest in AI-driven automation.7. Experience with monitoring systems (Zabbix, PRTG, LibreNMS or similar).8. CCNA or equivalent knowledge.Nice to have- Palo Alto Panorama, HA configuration- Terraform or other IaC tools- NetBox or another CMDB/IPAM- Experience building scripts or small tools that use LLM APIs- CCNP or equivalent

Nice to have

Python, Ansible, Linux, Azure Networking