Senior Automation Engineer

Project overview

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES:

• Responsible for elicitation, analysis, and documentation of business requirements.
• Research and exploration of user requirements, costs, and benefits in support of documentation required for the demand management process.
• Responsible for analyzing the business needs to identify new processes and process improvements that will meet those needs.
• Documents current business processes and models to define requirements and/or gaps.
• Analyze detailed system factors including input/output requirements, information and paper flow, hardware, and software needs.
• Analyze “soft" system factors including roles, responsibilities, policy, culture, etc.
• Evaluate the impact of potential software and process changes on the organization.
• Develop and facilitate groups as necessary in pursuit of eliciting and defining requirements.
• Assist in the creation of the business case documentation.
• Understanding of architectural consistency and usability standards.
• Defines and develops user test cases and validates test results during testing.
• Executes unit and functional test cases.
• May conduct system demonstrations and training sessions, as well as participate in design/review of training content.
• Plays a third level support role by helping to troubleshoot and resolve issues with production systems.
• Participates in associate meetings and communicates any concerns to management.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Engineering and Production Services teams to understand technical solutions and define strategies for network automation to accelerate time-to-market and reduce operational inefficiencies.
• Develop and maintain a catalog of automation services that can be leveraged for common instrumentation, automation, and operational needs to identify and remediate network events.
• Provide next level escalation support for production triage efforts.
• Manage a continuous improvement / continuous development (CI/CD) pipeline for network development and testing
• Makes complex modifications to existing software applications and modules in accordance with high-level specifications, application support, and industry standards
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior members of the team
• Establishes and maintains a repository of reference architectures, deploys data best practices and lessons learned to drive efficient business development initiatives and continuously explore ways to shorten time to production.
• Applies technical knowledge and customer insights to create a modernization data roadmap.
• Collaborates with other Architects in developing complex end-to-end Enterprise data solutions.
• Determines security requirements by evaluating business strategies and requirements.

Requirements

Associate is expected to operate at a proficient level across the following areas of technical knowledge and skill:

Job Title: Senior Automation Engineer

Experience Range:

Foundational Skills:

Skills:

Job Facts: Contract W2 | 6 Months | No Travel Required | On-site | Depends on Experience

Skills: Python, Django, Flask, SQLAlchemy, Git, JIRA, Jenkins, RHEL, Cisco, Routers, Switches

Reference: Dice Id: 91124171 | Position Id: 15696-33923-1790973661

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Business, or another related field or equivalent work experience.
• Proven experience leading data migration requirements from legacy systems into a new ERP (Sage X3) environment
• Strong hands-on expertise in requirements elicitation, documentation, and management, with emphasis on data mapping, transformation rules, and validation
• Deep understanding of data structures, data quality, and migration best practices, with the ability to identify gaps and risks early
• Self-driven and accountable professional with strong stakeholder management and communication skills, able to drive outcomes with minimal oversight
• Working knowledge of Confluence and JIRA.
• Experience in any of the following business areas is desired: Sales operations, order entry, accounting, finance, procurement, warehouse operations, order management, and order fulfillment.
• Minimum of 3-5 years’ business analysis or systems analysis experience is preferred.
• Bonus: Sage X3 experience (ERP).
• Ability to organize and prioritize work.
• Detail oriented, proactive, creative, and efficient
• Intermediate level abilities in Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio, and Word
• Familiarity with application integration methods to include understanding of data mapping process.
• Ability to effectively work both independently and collaboratively in a team environment
• Ability to work on simultaneous and complex projects, with domain expertise in at least one business area.
• Expertise in ERP solution selection and implementation is a plus
• Ability to communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences in written and non-written format
• Ability to work with all levels of associates
• Ability to work with minimal supervision in a very dynamic environment
• Ability to learn new systems and tools
• Knowledge of software development life cycle methodologies, processes, and procedures.
• Active listener
• Effective in a variety of formal/informal presentation settings: one-on-one, small, and large groups.
• Education: bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or in related fields
• More than 12 Years of relevant experience
• Strong software development and design skills (Python), understanding of SDLC, agile methodologies and tooling
• Strong programming skills and development experience: Python and frameworks such as Django, Flask, Jinja, SQLAlchemy
• Strong communication skills to explain strategy, clarify requirements, facilitate successful testing and adoption.
• Experience with Git, Jira, Jenkins, Continuous Build systems with automated testing (unit and end-to-end testing)
• Experience with Infrastructure as code, Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOA & OOD).
• OS Platforms: Cisco, RHEL
• Automation: Configuration via Ansible
• Experience with workflow tools/frameworks, Pronghorn
• Network Systems: Routers, Switches, Firewalls, Load Balancers, F5 GTM, LTM, IPAM, DDI, Avi, SDN
• Experience in using Agile Tools such as Jira & Confluence
• Use of Agile Processes and providing a leadership role in the various agile ceremonies (Scrums, Retrospectives, Sprint Planning, Program Planning & Backlog Grooming) as product owner
• Experience of software architecture and development
• Scripting: Python/Perl/Shell Scripting
• Source Code Management: GIT/Subversion
• Testing: Unit/Functional/Integration/Performance/Security
• CICD PIpelines & Tools: Jenkins/Ansible
• Good understanding of Application Management
• Auto build/test/deployment
• Security Integration: Active Directory/LDAP/OAuth/Public Key Infrastructure and Certificates
• Logging: Splunk & ELK
• Demonstrable leadership skills in design of platforms, planning & delivering projects
• Good communication skills to facilitate priorities and tasks to all involved parties such as the team, stakeholders, scrum master and senior management
• Good Familiarity with software architecture:
• API design & architecture
• Analytical Thinking
• Architecture
• Result Orientation
• Solution Design
• Technical Strategy Development
• Application Development
• Collaboration
• Data Management
• DevOps Practices
• Risk Management
• Agile Practices
• Automation
• Influence
• Solution Delivery Process
• Test Engineering

Project details

Houston/Dallas, TX

6+ Months

Job Description:

• Python developer with a minimum of 12 years of professional experience as a part of a software development team focusing on network automation
• Works with Architecture and Engineering to develop software systems that manage networking constructs like firewalls, load balancers, SDN, routers and switches
• Understands complex interconnectivity, topology and relationships of client server, virtual, container and physical environments
• Incorporates KPI metrics into all deployed, modified, or scripted components for which individual has responsibility
• May collaborate with external programmers to coordinate delivery of software applications built offsite
• May provide technical direction and system architecture for individual initiatives
• Serves as a fully seasoned/proficient technical resource focusing in Network Automation
• Provides technical knowledge and capabilities as a team member and individual contributor
• Makes complex modifications to existing software applications and modules in accordance with high-level specifications, application support, and industry standards
• Start: flexible
• Duration: 6 Months
• Remote: onsite
• Location: Houston, TX, US, US