Network and Infrastructure Automation Engineer

The Network Engineer is project planning for both transformation and innovation. This tech professional will align with SAFE Agile principles and help Rockwell Automation create the best, on-demand IT Network products and services.

You will report to the Senior IT Manager in USA, and work in hybrid model in Katowice.

Your Responsibilities:

• Introduce new networking technologies or improve existing technologies to transform existing capabilities and services.
• You will support the design, development process on infrastructure code, configuration, and topology version control & CI/CD workflows
• Design, develop, implement orchestration workflows for infrastructure configuration, backup and management
• You will have RPC based (Netconf/Restconf) or programmatic (Python, Java, C or other) experience to support APIs providing network orchestration
• Familiarity with "network as code" or "infrastructure as code" concepts
• Prepare detailed network documentation including logical network diagrams, test plans, configurations, and security standards in Microsoft Visio.
• Mentor and provide training to junior level personnel in technical complexities of assigned work.
• Monitor and analyze network performance and offer support to troubleshoot issues related to a breadth of networking technologies including Cisco routers, switches, Palo Alto firewalls and wireless solutions within the network infrastructure scope.
• Plan and perform new deployments, version upgrades and bug fixes on routers, switches, wireless controllers as per company's standards adhering to suitable and stable versions as per Cisco's recommendations.
• Automate network deployment, monitoring, management procedures by use of automation tools and scripting (including but not limited to Python, Github).
• Promote use of new technologies, work with vendors and research and test new hardware/software products in labs and present to improve performance, reliability and reduce costs.
• Provide design, implement and offer support to Cisco Data Center technology (Nexus, UCS, ACI, 6500, 9500).
• Manage enterprise DDI (DNS/DHCP/IPAM) solution.
• Help design multi-server environments including cloud platforms such as - Azure, AWS (Amazon Web Services), VMware, EHC (Enterprise Hybrid Cloud), NSX (Network Virtualization and Security platform) by developing High-Level network designs (HLDs) and recommend best security practices.
• Develop, standardize, implement, and maintain network topologies and security solutions that suits the requirements of manufacturing processes across all Rockwell Automation's manufacturing plants.
• Design, implement and support main global customers' converged business and manufacturing/industrial networks in parallel with business strategies.
• Coordinate design and implementation procedures to deploy industry leading SD-WAN, SD-Access, Stealthwatch, Umbrella infrastructure to provide secure, network platforms across the enterprise.
• Provide technical subject matter expertise, design, implement and ensure delivery and high availability of Rockwell Automation's Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN). Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), Virtual Private Network (VPN), extranets.

The Essentials - You Will Have:

• Bachelor's Degree - Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• At least five years of progressive experience in the Network Engineering field
• Experience with software development at an enterprise level, using modern SDLC practices (Agile, CI/CD),

The Preferred - You Might Also Have:

• Technology preferred: Ansible / Terraform, Python or any major programming language.
• Pulumi, CloudFormation, Go, Puppet, Salt, Azure DevOps, GitLab, Jenkins

What We Offer:

Our benefits package includes …

• Comprehensive mindfulness programs with a premium membership to Calm,
• Volunteer Paid Time off available after 6 months of employment for eligible employees
• Company volunteer and donation matching program – Your volunteer hours or personal cash donations to an eligible charity can be matched with a charitable donation,
• Employee Assistance Program,
• Personalized wellbeing programs through our OnTrack program,
• On-demand digital course library for professional development,... and other local benefits!

At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this or other roles.