Senior Network Automation Engineer (REF5428A)

Company Description

As Hungary’s most attractive employer in 2025 (according to Randstad’s representative survey), Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions is a subsidiary of the Deutsche Telekom Group. The company provides a wide portfolio of IT and telecommunications services with more than 5300 employees. We have hundreds of large customers, corporations in Germany and in other European countries.

DT-ITS recieved the Best in Educational Cooperation award from HIPA in 2019, acknowledged as the the Most Ethical Multinational Company in 2019. The company continuously develops its four sites in Budapest, Debrecen, Pécs and Szeged and is looking for skilled IT professionals to join its team.

Job Description

Automation Engineer responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting automation solutions across our Network infrastructure.

This role requires strong scripting capabilities (NSO & Python), solid understanding of network architecture, and experience with CI/CD processes and release governance.

The ideal candidate has the following profile:

• 60% NSO & Python
• 25% Network Architecture understanding
• 15% CI/CD & release governance

Qualifications

Required Skills

• NSO & Python
  • Experience with network automation frameworks (e.g. Cisco NSO, Ansible, Terraform, Python)
  • Understanding of infrastructure as code / network-as-code principles
  • Strong experience developing and maintaining Cisco NSO service packages
  • Deep understanding of NSO architecture, service models (CFS/RFS), FASTMAP and service plan lifecycle
  • Solid Python3 skills with strong OOP principles and experience in transactional systems
  • Maintain NSO Application and be the goto resource for NSO topics and issues
  • Ability to work with APIs and data models (REST, JSON/YANG)
  • Experience with automated testing frameworks (Robot Framework preferred)
• Network Architecture understanding
  • Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (L2/L3, BGP, VPNs, IPsec, VRF, segmentation)
  • Worked within a Network Operations or Engineering environment
  • Experience of Cisco ACI, IOX-XE, NXOS
• CI/CD & release governance
  • Experience and knowledge of Git-based workflows and CI/CD pipelines (build, test, release)
  • Experience with release management in multi-service network automation platforms.
  • Good Linux knowledge including scripting and containerized environment
• General
  • Strong troubleshooting capability & skills in complex distributed automation environments.
  • Ability to think in end-to-end service models, not just device-level configs
  • Ability to translate business/service requirements into technical workflows
  • Attention to Detail
  • Ability to mentor and coach team members
  • Ownership mindset: takes issues end-to-end until resolution
  • Strong cross-team collaboration skills (Dev, Ops, ServiceNow, vendors)
  • Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to different audiences
  • Proactive in identifying improvements and optimisation opportunities
  • Strong self-learning capability, especially around new tools/platforms

Nice to have skills:

• Understanding of network virtualization (VXLAN, EVPN)
• Experience with telemetry & streaming (gNMI, OpenConfig)
• Certification: Cisco DevNet Associate / Professional

Additional Information

* Please be informed that our remote working possibility is only available within Hungary due to European taxation regulation.