Senior Network DevOps Engineer — Automation & IaC

Hyatt Hotels Corporation; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 91,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

Hyatt Hotels Corporation seeks an enthusiastic Network DevOps Engineer to join our Global Network Engineering and Operations team in Chicago. You will build, operate, and scale automated, testable, and auditable network infrastructure using software engineering practices.

Key responsibilities include designing IaC for device provisioning, building GitLab CI/CD pipelines, and developing automation with Python, Ansible, and Terraform.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of network engineering experience, with at least 2 years focused on network automation/DevOps practices.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Python scripting for automation and tooling.
• Practical experience with Ansible for device/config automation and Terraform for infrastructure provisioning.
• Proven ability to author and run GitLab CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployments.
• Solid networking foundation: L2/L3 concepts, VLANs, STP, routing (BGP, OSPF), WAN technologies, and common switching/routing/wireless/firewall platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to provision and manage network devices, services, and configurations.
• Build and own GitLab CI/CD pipelines for network automation, validation, and deployment.
• Develop automation and orchestration tooling using Python, Ansible, and Terraform.
• Implement automated testing (unit, integration, and device/system-level) for network changes - e.g., PyATS or equivalent.
• Create and maintain reusable automation libraries, templates, and modules for multi-vendor environments.
• Integrate network automation with inventory/CMDB systems (e.g., ServiceNow), monitoring, and ITSM.
• Troubleshoot production network and automation issues; perform root cause analysis and corrective automation.
• Author and maintain runbooks, design docs, and change control artifacts that support safe, auditable deployments.
• Participate in cross-functional projects: Network modernization, SD-WAN rollouts, PCI and security controls, site onboarding.
• Coach and mentor other engineers on automation best practices, testing, and Git-based workflows.

Skills

Python scripting

GitLab CI/CD

Network troubleshooting

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Hyatt Hotels Corporation seeks an enthusiastic Network DevOps Engineer to join our Global Network Engineering and Operations team in Chicago. You will build, operate, and scale automated, testable, and auditable network infrastructure using software engineering practices.

Key responsibilities include designing IaC for device provisioning, building GitLab CI/CD pipelines, and developing automation with Python, Ansible, and Terraform.