Network Automation Developer (Ashburn, VA)

Must-Have Skills: 

• 5+ years of Full Stack Software Development experience 
  • Must be Proficient in: 
    • Python  
    • Ansible  
  • Good CI/CD (continuous integration and continuous deployment experience):
    • Jira
    • Jenkins
• Network troubleshooting skills and knowledge (Route/Switch)  
  • Functional understanding of the theory of operation of a telecommunications network. 
    • Knowledge of the Layer 1-3, routing and switching, etc 
    • Understands at a high level how transport networks work  
  • Functional understanding of network protocols 
    • IP, IPv6, TCP, UDP, ARP, NAT, DHCP, DNS, HTTP and IPsec. 
  • Examples of relevant experience
    • CCNA or CCNP certifications
    • Worked in software development for an OEM (Nokia, Ericsson, Cisco, Ciena, F5 Networks, Juniper)  
    • Worked in a network lab testing environment  
• 4 Year Degree

Nice to Have Skills: 

• Prior Scrum Master experience: 
  • Managing and deploying Sprints
  • Proficient in the Agile methodology
• Specific Testing Technology Experience Needed: 
  • Robot Framework
• Test Automation Development Background: 
  • Ability to Design, Build, Test and deploy end to end automation testing solutions for complex applications 
  • Building testing architecture and Automation scripting  
  • Test Architecture experience 

Daily Responsibilities: Two Full Stack developers that will support with network functional automation development for OEM platforms that support our strategic Transport Networks. Will be working on:  

• Resources will using Python and ROBOT Framework, develop new functions for Transport Networks test case scenarios. 
• Integrate Functional scenarios and keywords developed using Python with Jenkins Orchestration engine for single click process automation solution.  
• Integrate execution results update to Jira for individual test case. 
• Develop configuration automation using Ansible. 
• Using Microservices architecture, develop API’s to retrieve package from Artifactory, deploy package to network element, using Python and ROBOT framework, automate Method of Procedure to upgrade network devices in Lab. 
• Interact with OEM network platform Subject Matter Experts, Business Architects, Operations teams, Project Managers, and vendors to implement software solutions for complex testing and certification requirements.  

Department: Preferred Vendors
This is a contract position