Senior Network Automation Engineer - IaC, Cloud & Security

Ares Management; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Dental Benefits

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Job summary

Ares Management in Los Angeles seeks an experienced Enterprise Network Engineer to design, implement, and automate secure global network infrastructure across offices, data centers, cloud, and WAN. You will build resilient routing, SD-WAN, and hybrid cloud connectivity using Cisco, Meraki, Azure, and Palo Alto technologies.

The role requires advanced network and security expertise, IaC with Terraform/Ansible, and strong Python tooling for API integrations, CI/CD workflows, and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications, or a related discipline.
• CCNP, CCIE, or equivalent expert-level networking experience preferred.
• Microsoft Azure or Palo Alto Networks certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and automate enterprise network infrastructure across global offices, data centers, cloud, and WAN environments.
• Engineer resilient routing, switching, SD-WAN, wireless, and hybrid cloud connectivity using Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Meraki, and Microsoft Azure.
• Develop reusable Terraform modules, Ansible playbooks, Python tooling, and API integrations for network and security platforms.
• Build Git-based CI/CD workflows with code review, automated validation, approvals, deployment controls, and rollback capability.
• Design and operate Palo Alto Networks firewalls and secure network architectures incorporating segmentation, micro-segmentation, identity, and network access controls.
• Provide L3 engineering support, lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis, and improve performance, resiliency, disaster recovery, and operational efficiency.
• Create and maintain reference architectures, HLDs, LLDs, engineering standards, runbooks, and technical documentation.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, application teams, and vendors to deliver secure, scalable, and compliant network services.

Skills

Enterprise Networking

Network Security

Cloud Networking

Infrastructure as Code

Git-based CI/CD

Zero Trust

Cisco/Nexus

Azure

Palo Alto

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/Telecom

CCNP/CCIE or equivalent

Azure or Palo Alto certification preferred

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Python

GitHub/GitLab

REST APIs

JSON/YAML

Job description

Ares Management in Los Angeles seeks an experienced Enterprise Network Engineer to design, implement, and automate secure global network infrastructure across offices, data centers, cloud, and WAN. You will build resilient routing, SD-WAN, and hybrid cloud connectivity using Cisco, Meraki, Azure, and Palo Alto technologies.

The role requires advanced network and security expertise, IaC with Terraform/Ansible, and strong Python tooling for API integrations, CI/CD workflows, and governance.