Network Automation Engineer

Millennium is a global, diversified alternative investment firm, founded in 1989, which manages $69.5 billion in assets. Defined by evolution, innovation and focus, Millennium's mission is to deliver high-quality returns for our investors. Millennium seeks to empower talented professionals with the sophisticated expertise, resources and technology to pursue a diverse range of investment strategies across industry sectors, asset classes and geographies.

The Network Automation Team is responsible for creating innovative tools that enhance our organization's networks through advanced monitoring and the development of new compliant network infrastructures. By working closely with various departments across the organization, we strive to streamline processes, allowing engineers to focus on more complex tasks rather than the routine day-to-day operations.

The Network Automation team plays a pivotal role in ensuring the efficiency and reliability of our network systems. We are committed to implementing cutting-edge automation solutions that not only improve network performance but also ensure compliance with industry standards and organizational policies.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate primarily with network engineers, as well as tech support, Data Center Management, InfoSec, and other teams to develop new in-house tools and automation of workflows, maintain existing tools, and serve as the "glue" that integrates various systems.

• Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies, and processes to ensure the highest quality product platform.
• Implement orchestration on top of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automation.
• Develop and maintain scalable and robust internal APIs, CLIs, and packages.
• Participate in the design and implementation of CI/CD pipelines.
• Perform code reviews, promote best practices within the team.
• Optimize for asynchronous collaboration with our global team.
• Interest in learning about designing, managing and monitoring Networks.

Qualifications

• Full understanding of the software development lifecycle.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Golang

• Knowledge of using APIs including those provided by PaloAlto and F5 APIs and configuration.
• Knowledge of network-focused automation libraries (Scrapli, Netmiko, Nornir, etc.).
• Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) automation tools such as Ansible, SaltStack, and Terraform.
• Hands-on experience with API development and integration.
• Familiarity with container orchestration services.
• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to clearly communicate complex concepts to stakeholders, developers, and network engineers.
• Strong knowledge of Unix/Linux.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Some experience with relational and non-relational databases.
• Experience with monitoring/observability stack (Datadog, ELK, Splunk, Loki, Grafana).