Senior Network Automation Engineer - Python & Ansible Lead

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 128,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. seeks a Lead Network Automation Engineer to drive development and sustainment of automation across a multivendor network. You will lead a small team, mentor engineers, and ensure production-ready automation with repeatable practices.

The role emphasizes hands-on technical leadership, rapid deployment of scalable automation, and collaboration with network admins, engineers, and stakeholders to translate requirements into reliable automation solutions.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance required.
• 8+ years of related experience in networking or automation.
• Ability to work onsite in a secure customer environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain network automation solutions using Python and Ansible.
• Create Ansible playbooks, Python scripts, and reusable automation modules for CM, provisioning, patching, and operational tasks.
• Automate device configuration changes, software updates, backups, compliance checks, and validation across multivendor networks.
• Develop automation for Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Aruba, and other enterprise networking technologies.
• Implement automated configuration validation, state verification, and drift detection to improve reliability and compliance.
• Build automation for monitoring, reporting, inventory, and data collection.
• Create standardized, reusable automation components to reduce repetitive work and improve consistency.
• Add error handling, logging, validation, and rollback capabilities to automated changes.

Skills

Automation

CM

Network automation

Systems design

Tools

Python

Ansible

Job description

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. seeks a Lead Network Automation Engineer to drive development and sustainment of automation across a multivendor network. You will lead a small team, mentor engineers, and ensure production-ready automation with repeatable practices.

The role emphasizes hands-on technical leadership, rapid deployment of scalable automation, and collaboration with network admins, engineers, and stakeholders to translate requirements into reliable automation solutions.