Senior Network Automation Engineer - Remote Python & CI/CD

Visa Hunt; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Network Automation Engineer to design and implement production-grade automation across multi-vendor networks using Python and modern APIs. This remote, full-time role emphasizes shipping scalable solutions, code quality, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

The ideal candidate has 12+ years of experience, strong Python skills, and a solid networking foundation, plus hands-on work with Netmiko, NAPALM, Nornir, or Scrapli and familiarity with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Networking, or related field.
• 5+ years of network automation experience.
• Strong Python development skills including OOP, testing, and packaging.
• Deep networking fundamentals including routing, switching, and BGP.
• Hands-on experience with Netmiko, NAPALM, Nornir, or Scrapli.
• Experience with modern network APIs (NETCONF, RESTCONF, gNMI).
• Strong experience with Ansible and Jinja2 templating for network automation.
• Familiarity with NetBox, Nautobot, or other source-of-truth platforms.
• Strong Git-based workflows and CI/CD experience.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop network automation solutions in Python using Netmiko, Nornir, NAPALM, and Scrapli.
• Build automation pipelines for configuration management, deployment, and validation across multi-vendor environments.
• Develop integrations with network APIs including NETCONF, RESTCONF, gNMI, and vendor-specific APIs.
• Implement source-of-truth platforms such as NetBox or Nautobot and drive automation from authoritative data.
• Build infrastructure-as-code for network configuration using Ansible, Terraform, and Jinja2 templating.
• Implement network testing and validation using pyATS, Genie, Batfish, and Suzieq.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines for network changes including pre-deployment validation and rollback.
• Build observability and telemetry pipelines using gNMI, streaming telemetry, and modern analytics platforms.
• Implement intent-based networking patterns and self-healing network workflows that converge to desired state.
• Automate compliance and audit workflows across the network estate, ensuring policy alignment.
• Partner with network engineering teams to automate high-impact manual workflows.
• Develop reusable libraries, frameworks, and abstractions for automation efforts.
• Mentor network engineers on Python development and modern automation patterns.
• Stay current with network automation tooling and vendor API evolution.

Skills

Python development

Networking fundamentals

Git-based workflows

Communication skills

APIs (NETCONF/RESTCONF/gNMI)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Networking

Tools

Netmiko

NAPALM

Nornir

Scrapli

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Network Automation Engineer to design and implement production-grade automation across multi-vendor networks using Python and modern APIs. This remote, full-time role emphasizes shipping scalable solutions, code quality, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

The ideal candidate has 12+ years of experience, strong Python skills, and a solid networking foundation, plus hands-on work with Netmiko, NAPALM, Nornir, or Scrapli and familiarity with