Senior Network Automation Engineer

**Positions are open to Mexican Citizens and official residents of Mexico.****Location: Guadalajara (hybrid)****Strong English interpersonal skills required**:**About the AstraZeneca**:**AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused pharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious disease. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. At Astra Zeneca, we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to work**:**We are seeking a Senior Network Automation Engineer responsible for developing IT network infrastructure automation solutions and standards that meet or exceed business performance expectations.**:**The role holder will be owning end to end product life / maturity cycle from Evaluation, Selection, Purchase, Design, Implement, Operate, Optimize and Retire.**:**This position will design, develop and deliver automation platforms, CI/CD pipeline to support deployment automation, day-two automation, and Network Reliability and Operation Functions.**:**The position is responsible for creating detailed solution designs and documentation that supports the development, implementation and operations of enterprise-class network used globally across AZ locations.**:**This role will support cross-departmental collaboration and internal communications with staff throughout the organization and service providers while promoting a positive work environment that supports consistency and drives efficiencies.**:***This role will work closely with the Network Reliability Engineering (NRE), Network Product Engineering and TSM teams, and multi-functional technology teams like Cyber Security, Cloud and Workplace Enterprise Services (WES) teams. Etc.**:**Scope**:- ** Main objective is to develop and to manage the Network Analytics & Automation consulting practice with responsibility for resource skill development, implementation methods and tools, project delivery, utilization / bench management, financials, quality delivery of proposed solutions, and escalation management.**:- ** Develop critical practice artifacts such as discovery questionnaires, implementation work breakdown components and structures, estimating models, staffing plans, standardization on tools and the development of Best Practice outputs, service offerings, profit and loss.**:- ** Accountable for delivering on the Network analytics & Automation strategy (Reference architecture, Tool sets, Verticals, Use Cases, GTM artifacts).**:- ** Discover and analyze the drivers motivating the team to initiate their Network Automation & Analytics journey and present findings and observations.**:- ** Discover the current state of the AZ network infrastructure and Network Automation/analytics toolset & platform and present findings and observations related to readiness.**:- ** Work with the wider organization to develop the Network Automation & Analytics TCO / ROI analysis / and Funding requirements.**:- ** Assist in the development of internal communication plans to enable adoption.**:**The Main Responsibilities**:- ** Architecting, designing, and implementing next generation deployment architecture and automation and observability solutions**:- ** Network Architecture, Project Planning, Network Automation & Analytics. AIOps, Infrastructure as Code, Network Orchestration architecture.**:- ** Network Observability and design for automation systems enhancements, architecture level support for overall data structure and service modelling**:- ** Network Coding Development**: Develop Network Automation Engineer scripts and code for various platforms using languages like Python, etc utilizing your expertise in Cisco and Ruckus technologies.**:- ** Automation Solutions**: Design and implement automation solutions for network provisioning, configuration management, monitoring, and troubleshooting.**:- ** IaC Implementation**: Promote and practice Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles, enabling network infrastructure to be defined, versioned, and managed through code.**:- ** Tool Expertise**: Utilize tools such as Ansible, GitLab, and CI/CD pipelines to automate network tasks and streamline deployment processes.**:- ** Network Optimization**: Identify and implement network optimizations and improvements, enhancing performance, security, and efficiency.**:**Network Automation Engineer Build and Execution Experience on Below**:- **Network planning and design, including scenario planning and inventory management.**:- ** Establish roadmap for automation efforts leveraging incident data and critical network assets to enhance troubleshooting workflows.**:- ** Provisioning of deployed physical devices and services and the deployment and provisioning of virtual devices**:- ** Collection of network data pertaining to devices, systems, software, network topology, traffic, and services in real-time**: