Tech Manager I – Network Automation Lead’ will be part of the IT Infrastructure team that Deployment & Operational support for Network, services and requirements across the Flipkart Corporate ,Supply Chain and Customer Support centers. The IT Infrastructure team is also responsible for managing heterogeneous environments & generating metrics related to Network performance, capacity, availability, failure rates, etc. Specific experience with Large scale WAN, Campus LAN, Campus WLAN, Voice network, Data Center networking  & Security is must with strong technical orientation & creativity in problem solving.

Responsibilities & requirements :

• Design, develop, and implement automation workflows to streamline network operations and processes, utilizing tools such as Ansible, Python.
• Collaborate with network engineering teams to identify opportunities for automation, ensuring alignment with business objectives and network architecture standards.
• Perform rigorous testing of automation scripts and tools in a lab environment before deployment in production to ensure reliability and efficiency.
• Manage and maintain the network automation infrastructure, including version control systems and automation servers, to ensure high availability and performance.
• Develop custom scripts to automate data collection for network performance monitoring and generate reports for analysis by the network operations team.
• Implement security practices within automation workflows to safeguard network data and infrastructure from unauthorized access or breaches.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues within automated processes, applying debugging tools and techniques to ensure minimal disruption to network services.
• Document automation processes, including code comments, user manuals, and operational procedures, to ensure knowledge transfer and adherence to best practices within the team.
• Drive automation within the team and influence others .
• Ability to handle multiple complex tasks in a dynamic environment, with tight deadlines concurrently.
• Mentoring the next layer members in the team.
• Generate meaningful reports to improve the team's performance.
• Automation of repetitive network tasks through efficient, reusable code minimizes human error and boosts operational efficiency

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