Network Automation Engineer

About the role

You'll be applying software engineering discipline to a problem set that most developers never encounter: the operational complexity of hyperscale AI datacenters and global backbone networks. The network infrastructure we run is too large and too fast-moving to operate manually — and your job is to build the platform that makes that scale manageable. Monitoring and alerting, config management, IP address planning, asset tracking, self-service automation — you're building the toolchain that the entire network team depends on.

Key responsibilities

• Architect and build the core modules of our network automation platform — turning network requests into self-service workflows and ticket-driven automated execution
• Write reliable, low-level drivers and API integrations for multi-vendor network devices: NVIDIA, Arista, Cisco, and others
• Build and continuously improve our next-generation network observability stack — traffic, device state, link quality — using Prometheus/Grafana, streaming telemetry, and related tooling
• Define precise monitoring metrics and multi-channel alerting strategies for VIP/Key Account networks, making sure we never miss an SLA commitment
• Develop, maintain, and expose API interfaces for our IP Address Management system, enabling fully automated allocation and reclamation of IP and VLAN resources across global infrastructure
• Own the integration between our DCIM and CMDB systems — the single source of truth for physical topology, rack positions, and logical assets — and keep it accurate and real-time as infrastructure changes
• Build and roll out bulk config deployment and automated change workflows, complete with pre-change syntax validation, compliance checks, and post-change automated verification
• Develop an automated config backup system with diff comparison and version control, so you always know what changed, when, and why

About you

• 3+ years in NetDevOps or network automation development
• Degree in CS, Software Engineering, Telecoms, or similar
• Solid network fundamentals — you genuinely understand BGP, OSPF, VXLAN, EVPN, and Spine-Leaf topology
• Proficient in Python for network automation; hands-on experience with Ansible, Netmiko, NAPALM, or Nornir in real production environments
• Experience deploying and customizing monitoring stacks: Zabbix, Prometheus + Grafana, Telegraf, or equivalent
• Familiar with IPAM tools (NetBox, Infoblox, or similar) and CMDB systems — both using them and maintaining them
• Comfortable with Git and CI/CD pipelines as part of your everyday workflow
• Familiar with network device programmable interfaces: RESTCONF, NETCONF, gRPC/gNMI
• Fluent in Chinese and English; experience working across international teams