Network Security Automation Consultant

Are you a Network Security Automation Consultant looking for your next exciting challenge? 🔍 If your answer is yes, then keep reading... this opportunity might be exactly what you're looking for 👀 🧐 WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN YOU?
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Minimum 10+ years of experience in Network Engineering and Network Automation.
• Strong hands-on experience with Python, Ansible, Jinja2, and Shell scripting.
• Proven experience designing and implementing Network Automation frameworks and strategies.
• Strong expertise in multi-vendor network environments, including Cisco, Juniper, Arista, and Fortinet.
• Experience with network automation tools such as Netmiko, NAPALM, PyEZ, Nornir, and Paramiko.
• Experience with Git, GitLab, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.
• Strong knowledge of routing, switching, network security, VXLAN-EVPN, multicast, QoS, and BGP.
• Experience with Network Source of Truth platforms, CMDB integrations, and Closed Loop Automation frameworks.
• Solid understanding of Linux administration and automation.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Fluent English. 👀 GOOD TO HAVE:
• Experience with data center fabric automation and spine-leaf architectures.
• Experience integrating automation solutions with ITSM platforms.
• Knowledge of monitoring, observability, and automated remediation frameworks.
• Experience generating network compliance reports, topology diagrams, and operational dashboards.
• Experience defining automation standards, governance models, and best practices.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers and leading technical initiatives. 🚀 WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?
• Define and maintain network automation standards, coding guidelines, and best practices.
• Design and implement automation solutions using Ansible, Python, Jinja2, and network automation frameworks.
• Develop and maintain reusable Ansible playbooks, roles, collections, plugins, and dynamic inventories.
• Automate device onboarding, provisioning, and configuration management for network and security infrastructure.
• Develop automated workflows for routing, switching, security, and multi-vendor network environments.
• Implement GitLab CI/CD pipelines for network changes, including automated validation, testing, deployment, and rollback procedures.
• Develop monitoring and validation solutions for network performance, connectivity, routing protocols, and infrastructure health.
• Automate remediation processes and integrate monitoring with operational and ITSM platforms.
• Build automation solutions for VXLAN-EVPN data center fabrics, traffic engineering, and network orchestration.
• Design and maintain Infrastructure as Code repositories, version control strategies, and deployment frameworks.
• Generate automated documentation, compliance reports, network inventories, and operational dashboards.
• Implement backup, disaster recovery, high availability monitoring, and automated recovery procedures.
• Collaborate with network, security, infrastructure, and operations teams to drive automation initiatives and improve operational efficiency.
• Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentoring to less experienced team members. 📅 WHERE AND WHEN?
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Location:
Porto, Portugal (Hybrid)
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Working Hours
9:00 AM to 6:00 PM 🤝 WHAT CAN

WE OFFER
YOU?
• Permanent contract 📋
• Competitive salary and benefits package 💸, including Health Insurance and flexible benefits.
• Career development opportunities 🚀 with annual performance and compensation reviews.
• Comprehensive onboarding program 📚 and access to leading learning platforms.
• Referral Program (BYB) 👫 with attractive rewards for successful referrals.
• International environment 🌏 with multicultural teams and global projects.
• Employee engagement initiatives 🎉 including team-building activities, recognition programs, diversity & inclusion initiatives, and corporate events. 💡WHO ARE WE? Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an Information Technology (IT) company founded in 1968, being part of the Tata Group. With a presence in 46 countries and over 500,000 employees, TCS is recognized as the #1 Employer in Europe by the Top Employers Institute 🥇 In our portfolio of services, we have information technology services, asset-based solutions, global consulting, engineering and industrial services, digital solutions and services, application maintenance and development, quality assurance and testing services, IT infrastructure and BPS 🎯 We stand out for our experience, reliability, passion, confidence, creativity and skills 💯 WELCOME, WE ARE WAITING FOR YOU 🚀