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• GSSANL (Santa Clara, CA, 95050) | 05/19/26

Job Description Job Description:

Network Engineer

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Onsite/Hybrid

• Santa Clara, CA
  Client Kit
  BGV must be cleared to start What are the top 3 skills required for this role?
  
• Experience with network automation tooling: Ansible, Nornir, NAPALM, pyATS, Batfish, NetBox/Nautobot
  
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins) applied to network configuration workflows
  
• Knowledge of infrastructureascode concepts as applied to networking
  
• Experience in a dedicated network validation or solutions engineering lab environment

Certifications:

CCNP / CCIE

(Enterprise or Data Center), JNCIP, ACE, or equivalent professional level certification will help.

Job Description/ Responsibilities

• Lab Validation & Testing
  o Receive network use cases from architecture, engineering, or business stakeholders and translate them into structured lab test plans covering functional, performance, resiliency, and failure-scenario testing
  o Execute high-touch validation of enterprise networking technologies including switching, routing, wireless, SD-WAN, firewalling, and network automation platforms
  o Deliver complete validation packages including:
  o Logical and physical topology diagrams
  o Device configurations (sanitized and version-controlled)
  o Step-by-step test procedures and results
  o Pass/fail summaries with root cause analysis for failures
  o Go/No-Go recommendations with supporting evidence
  o Perform rack and stack of lab equipment when required — cable management, power sequencing, console access setup, and physical layer verification
  • Design & Documentation
  o Produce clear, detailed lab reports that can be handed directly to production engineering teams for deployment
  o Maintain up-to-date physical and logical topology documentation for all active lab topologies
  o Document configurations using version control (Git) so all tested configs are traceable and reusable
  o Build and maintain a library of validated reference architectures and design patterns
  • Vendor Collaboration
  o Partner with network vendors (Cisco, Arista, Juniper, Palo Alto, Aruba, etc.

) to conduct joint proof-of-concept testing and feature validation

o Drive vendor-supported test engagements including bug reproduction, feature requests, and interoperability testing

o Evaluate new hardware and software releases against defined acceptance criteria before recommending adoption

o Manage loaner equipment logistics and coordinate lab access for vendor engineers

• Automation & CI/CD
  o Write scripts (Python, Bash, Ansible) to automate repetitive lab tasks — device provisioning, configuration push, test execution, and results collection
  o Build or maintain CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) for automated configuration validation and regression testing
  o Develop test automation frameworks using tools such as pyATS, Robot Framework, Batfish, or NAPALM
  o Integrate lab test results into reporting dashboards or ticketing systems to provide traceability from test run to design decision
  

Additional Sills:

• Either skills or additional skills are required
  

Skills:

Category Name Required Importance Experience Areas of Expertise Infrastructure Yes 1

Iaas:

Automation & Analytics BMC Network Automation Yes 1

IaaS:

x86:

Windows & Services Data Center Profess

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JNCIP-DC

) Yes 1 Infrastructure Services Network Routing Yes 1 Skill_New Infra CI CD Pipelines Yes 1