Network Automation Developer

Job Description

Key responsibilities

• Learn and improve company’s processes related to network management and seek opportunities to build automated solutions

• Develop automation solutions for network management

• Develop automation solutions for self-service of network services

• Develop, maintain & support Ansible playbooks

• Develop, maintain & support automation solutions built in AWS

• Develop efficient ways to deploy & run automation solutions

• Participate in network automation community of practice

• Become a point of contact for existing and new network tools

• Drive improvements in the processes around selected network tools

• Manage data quality for selected tools

• Design and maintain the configuration of selected tools based on business demand

• Participate in evaluating new tools

• Cooperate closely with network designers and network operations

• Apply good development and documentation practices

Experience in the following areas is a must

• Solid understanding of Ansible and real-world experience in developing Ansible playbooks to manage network infrastructure

• At least an intermediate experience in Python

• Solid understanding of AWS offerings and how they can be used in solution design

Other required qualification and skills

• Skilled in designing solutions that address complex integration challenges while considering scalability, security, performance, and maintainability

• Solid understanding of IP-based communication networks (on the level of CCNA)

• Understanding of network management and network operations

• Real-world experience with CI/CD and SW testing

• Strong willingness to keep learning new technologies

• Able to establish good working relationships globally and collaborate with networks of employees at all levels

• Preferred certifications: CCNA and higher, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Developer Associate

• Strong written and verbal communications skills, including the ability to communicate with both technical and business audiences

Advanced knowledge and proven real-world experience

• SW development

• Programming

• SW versioning using Git

• Database design and usage, SQL

• AWS: IAM, API GW, Lambda, Storage

Intermediate knowledge

• Network design

• Configuring network devices (for example Cisco)

• Ansible

• Python

• Data management, data science or data engineering

• Non-sql databases

Our offer

• Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment

• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally

• Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern

• Pension and health insurance contributions

• Internal reward system plus referral program

• 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution

• Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, Lítačka, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card

• Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, Foodora, and Mall.cz discount programs

• Up-to-date laptop and iPhone

• Parking in the garage for drivers or showers for bikers

• Competitive salary, incentive pay, and many more

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

VISA Sponsorship:

Travel Requirements:

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

Shift:

Valid Driving License:

Hazardous Material(s):

Required Skills:

Automation Solutions, Automation Solutions, Change Catalyst, Cloud Computing, Customer-Focused, Demand Management, Deployment Automation, End User Computing, Ethical Standards, Group Policy Management, Intrapersonal Communication, ITIL Service Delivery, IT Infrastructure Management, Network Administration, Network Automation, Network Communications, Network Configuration Management, Network Infrastructures, Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Concepts, Oral Communications, Professional Etiquette, Security Management, Server Hardware Configuration, Software Development, Sourcing Services {+ 1 more}

Preferred Skills:

Job Posting End Date:

06/27/2025

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