Senior Network Automation Engineer – ToR & Rack-Scale

ZT Systems; Secaucus (NJ); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

ZT Systems in Secaucus, NJ seeks a Sr Senior Staff Network / ToR Switch / Console Automation Test Engineer to design, validate, and automate rack-scale networking and management infrastructure. You will develop testing frameworks and run validation across ToR switches, network fabrics, and console systems.

The role requires 8+ years in network validation and automation, strong Python/Ansible, Wireshark/IXIA/Spirent experience, and collaboration with hardware, firmware, and operations teams to

Qualifications

• 8+ years in network validation, test engineering, infrastructure testing, or network automation.
• Strong Ethernet networking, switching, routing, VLANs, TCP/IP knowledge.
• Experience with ToR switches, console servers, and rack-scale deployments.
• Hands-on with Python/Ansible/Shell scripting for automation.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute validation strategies for ToR switches and rack-scale networks.
• Develop and maintain automated test frameworks to improve coverage and scalability.
• Create test plans and verification methodologies for performance, reliability, and resiliency.
• Perform integration, regression, stress, and fault-tolerance testing.
• Collaborate across hardware, firmware, systems, and operations teams to resolve issues.
• Analyze telemetry, logs, and diagnostics to drive root-cause analysis.
• Support platform bring-up, lab deployment, and infrastructure qualification.

Skills

Test automation

Networking fundamentals

Root cause analysis

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Python

Ansible

Shell scripting

Wireshark

IXIA

Spirent

Telemetry platforms

Job description

ZT Systems in Secaucus, NJ seeks a Sr Senior Staff Network / ToR Switch / Console Automation Test Engineer to design, validate, and automate rack-scale networking and management infrastructure. You will develop testing frameworks and run validation across ToR switches, network fabrics, and console systems.

The role requires 8+ years in network validation and automation, strong Python/Ansible, Wireshark/IXIA/Spirent experience, and collaboration with hardware, firmware, and operations teams to