Eight or more years of experience designing, automating, and supporting network platforms in a large, globally distributed enterprise environment.
Hands-on experience engineering and operating Versa Networks SD-WAN, including Versa Director, Analytics, Controller, and branch appliance capabilities, or comparable enterprise SD-WAN platforms.
Deep knowledge of BGP, OSPF, route redistribution, IPsec, quality of service, VRFs and segmentation, NAT, DNS, DHCP, firewall policy, resilient underlay and overlay design, and secure internet access patterns.
Experience building CI/CD pipelines for network infrastructure using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or equivalent tools, including automated testing, code quality checks, approval controls, and deployment rollback.
Experience creating network automation services and integrations using Python, FastAPI, Go, JavaScript, REST APIs, data models, and structured formats such as JSON and YAML.
Experience with automated network testing and validation frameworks such as pytest, pyATS, Batfish, or equivalent tools.
Experience with network observability and performance management using Datadog, Versa analytics, SNMP, syslog, streaming telemetry, dashboards, and event correlation.
Experience with cloud networking and connectivity across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, including secure, multi-region, and highly available architectures.
Working knowledge of Linux, containers, secrets management, role-based access control, vulnerability remediation, and secure software development practices.
Experience working within Agile engineering teams and ITIL-aligned incident, problem, and change management processes.
Ability to produce clear architecture documentation, low-level designs, engineering standards, implementation plans, test plans, and operational runbooks.
Relevant certifications such as Versa Networks certification, CCNP Enterprise, Cisco DevNet Professional, cloud networking certification, or equivalent are preferred.
