Network Security Automation Engineer
Plano, TX
Category: DevOps
Industry: Financial Services
Standard Hours: Open
Reference ID: JN -102026-109259
Date Posted: 10/29/2026
Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/gKJpy7
Description:
100% Remote USA
Third shift 10pm-6am CT / 11pm-7am ET
Our client seeks a Network & Security Automation Engineer to lead DevOps-focused networking initiatives. The role covers network automation, advanced troubleshooting, secure configuration, documentation, and incident response across on-premises and cloud environments. The engineer will develop automation using Python, APIs, and Ansible, support deployments and upgrades, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure resilient and secure connectivity.
Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.
Rate: $70.00 to $75.00/hr. w2
JN -102026-109259
Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement network automation to reduce manual health checks and errors.
- Design, implement, test, and support network deployments, expansions, refreshes, and upgrades.
- Lead technical discussions to translate business requirements into functional specifications.
- Create and maintain design documentation, diagrams, runbooks, and change orders.
- Perform advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis for network issues.
- Interface with business, architecture, cloud governance, and tools teams on features and initiatives.
- Support co-locations and LAN/WAN infrastructure across office and campus environments.
- Use monitoring and management tools to support large, complex data networks.
- Provide configuration and deployment assistance for routing, switching, wireless, and security.
- Standardize configurations and remediate vulnerabilities promptly.
- Plan and execute OS upgrades on network platforms to maintain standards.
- Provide technical expertise for secure network technologies and implementations.
- Participate in and respond to network and security incidents.
- Conduct proactive monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident response using defined toolsets.
- Offer technical leadership on problem calls and major incident bridges.
- Maintain documentation and contribute to enterprise learning platforms.
- Provide peer reviews and assist team members with deployments and best practices.
Experience Requirements:
- Advanced Python for NetDevOps and experience with APIs for automation.
- Proficient with data structures and formats such as SQL, JSON, YAML, XML.
- Experience with GitHub, GitLab, and using Co-Pilot.
- Hands-on Ansible experience including collections and playbook development.
- At least 3 years in network security and infrastructure support.
- At least 2 years using packet capture tools such as Wireshark and TCPdump.
- At least 2 years configuring and troubleshooting firewalls, IPSec site-to-site VPNs, and NAT.
- At least 2 years with AWS Cloud/DevOps technologies.
- Preferred: 3+ years in network automation with Python.
- Preferred: 4+ years in network communications, troubleshooting network, security, and cloud solutions.
- Proficiency with routing and switching platforms, TCP/IP, SD-WAN, and routing protocols.
- Advanced troubleshooting of firewalls, proxies, wireless, load balancers, and data/voice circuits.
- Experience with packet analysis tools such as Riverbed, Sniffer, and Wireshark.
- Experience with network management tools such as Riverbed and Spectrum.
- Experience in large, geographically dispersed environments.
- Strong oral and written communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and deliver customer service.
- Experience engaging technicians, dispatch, and management on major incident bridges.
- Work environment: support nights and weekends for maintenance windows as needed; operate in a Command Center with phone queue and incident tracking; minimal travel; work remotely; third shift 10pm-6am CT / 11pm-7am ET, contract only; tools exposure includes Palo Alto, F5, Forescout, Proxy, GlobalProtect, Akamai, switching/routing, SD-WAN, Wi-Fi, Wireless, ACI; DevOps tools AWS, Jenkins, Docker; operations tools Datadog, New Relic, Observe, PagerDuty, ServiceNow.
Education Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field.
Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.
W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
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