Network DevOps Engineer

FEDITC is seeking a Network DevOps Engineer to work at Scott AFB, Illinois. A United States Citizenship and an active Secret DoD Security Clearance is required to be considered for this position.

Responsibilities:

Determines opportunities to make process improvements and remove toil through automation

Acts as a change advocate, encourages culture change and modernizes legacy workflows

Creates and maintains a suite of network and system’s automation tools

Able to work as a sole contributor, working autonomously on projects.

Typical duties include:

Automates the provisioning and upgrades of network routers and switches

Maintains and improves a network CI/CD pipeline through Gitlab CI and EVE-NG

Builds ad hoc Python scripts to interact with various network APIs

Automates lab environments, maintaining test/dev/production environments

Assists network and systems engineers with their daily workflow

Experience/Skills:

5+ years of Python development experience

Ability to create basic Flask and Django REST APIs

Expertise with network automation libraries such as Netmiko, Scrapli, and pyATS

Familiarity with templating engines such as Jinja2

Interaction with databases through SQLAlchemy

Can call REST APIs through the requests and httpx libraries

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Gitlab CI experience preferred

Experience creating and running Docker/Podman containers

Knowledge of network emulation platforms such as Cisco CML, EVE-NG, and GNS3

Experience in areas such as network design and implementation, LAN/WAN interfacing, security, Internet protocols and TCP/IP, and server and network infrastructure

Additional Preferred Skills:

Previous experience automating infrastructure

Public repository of network automation projects

Understanding of domain driven design practices

Experience with network specific APIs (NETCONF, RESTCONF, gNMI)

Ansible expertise

Knowledge of document processing languages such as Markdown and LaTeX

Basic knowledge of terraform

Experience with distributed computing

Knowledge of frontend languages/frameworks

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field or equivalent work experience

Certification:

A professional certification, such as Cisco Devnet Professional is highly desired

Clearance:

Active Secret clearance is required.

Must be a US Citizen and pass a background check.

Maintain applicable security clearance(s) at the level required by the client and/or applicable certification(s) as requested by FEDITC and/or required by FEDITC’S Client(s)/Customer(s)/Prime contractor(s).

Benefits:

Medical

Dental

Vision

401K with 4% match

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Life and Disability Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Dependent Care Reimbursement Program

Group Term Life Insurance

Supplemental Life and A&D Insurance

Short & Long Term Disability

Life Discount Program

FEDITC, LLC. is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace and provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment. We do not employ AI tools in our decision-making processes. Regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran. FEDITC, LLC. ensures that all employment decisions are made in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Our commitment to non-discrimination in employment extends to every location in which our company operates