Senior Network Development Engineer

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Senior Network Development Engineer in Canada new

NetBrain
Full time
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Canada
10/28/2026
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Toronto

Responsibilities

Design and develop validation frameworks and automation infrastructure for drivers, parsers, Runbooks, Intents, assessment logic, and integrations.
Build verification engines, conformance checks, diffing and baseline tools, and utilities for resource development teams.
Build and operate simulated and virtualized network environments using emulated devices, captured device data, and containerized topologies.
Translate customer environments and real-world network scenarios into measurable resource coverage standards.
Analyze coverage across supported devices and technologies, identify gaps, and implement resources to close them.
Validate resource behavior across platform upgrades for compatibility, scalability, and stability under production-scale data.
Investigate customer-reported resource issues, perform root cause analysis, and deliver preventive fixes.
Track resource quality metrics including coverage, accuracy, parsing success rate, and release readiness.
Collaborate with Product Management, Development, and Support to improve resource architecture, authoring efficiency, and lifecycle processes.
Research emerging networking technologies and AI-assisted techniques to expand coverage or improve validation efficiency.
Occasionally support resolution of complex customer issues.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Math, Physics, Engineering, or a related field is required; a Master’s degree is preferred.
5–8 years of software development experience, including automation frameworks or developer-facing tooling.
Strong Python skills and hands-on experience designing frameworks rather than only writing scripts, including tools such as pytest, unittest, or Robot Framework.
Strong computer science fundamentals, data structures, and algorithms knowledge.
Experience with REST APIs, data parsing and transformation, and JSON, YAML, or XML.
Experience with CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions, and Git.
Working knowledge of networking fundamentals including OSI, TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, VLAN, ARP, routing, switching, and device CLI output and configuration.
Ability to own projects from scoping and design through release.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and fluency in English.
Preferred qualifications include deeper knowledge of MPLS, VXLAN, load balancing, network security, and L2–L4 packet forwarding.
CCNA, CCNP, equivalent certification, or hands-on network engineering experience is preferred.
Experience with EVE-NG, GNS3, Cisco CML, Netmiko, NAPALM, or Ansible is preferred.
Experience building parsers or normalizing multi-vendor device data is preferred.
Familiarity with AWS, Azure, GCP, SDN, or SD-WAN is preferred.
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, virtualized environments, or Selenium is preferred.

Benefits

Estimated base salary is CAD 96,000–CAD 110,000 plus potential bonus.
Benefits include 401k and medical/dental coverage; additional details are available from the recruiter.

NetBrain

NetBrain builds a no-code network automation platform that empowers IT operations teams to effectively manage and scale complex hybrid multi-cloud networks. Designed for large enterprises and managed service providers, it automates critical processes like diagnostic troubleshooting, outage preven...

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