Python Software Engineer - Network Management & DDI

Job Title:

Python Software Engineer – Network Management & DDI Position

Description:

Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract Python Software Engineer – Network Management & DDI with our client located in Riverton, UT.

Job Description:

We are looking for a Python Software Engineer to design and develop software platforms for enterprise network and infrastructure management, with a particular focus on DNS, DHCP, and IP Address Management (DDI/IPAM). This is primarily a software development role. You will build Python services, APIs, automation frameworks, and integrations that manage network resources and provide infrastructure capabilities as programmable, self-service services.

You will work closely with networking, datacenter, compute, storage, and platform engineering teams to transform traditionally manual network-management processes into scalable, API-driven software solutions.

Job Responsibilities:

Python Software Development:
Design, develop, test, and maintain production-quality software primarily in Python. Build scalable backend services, APIs, libraries, and automation frameworks for infrastructure and network management. Apply modern software engineering practices including code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, version control, API design, and software lifecycle management. Design software that can reliably operate across multiple datacenters and large infrastructure environments. Troubleshoot complex software and distributed-system problems and implement sustainable fixes.

Network Management Software – DNS, DHCP & IPAM:
Design and develop software solutions for enterprise DNS, DHCP, and IP Address Management (DDI/IPAM). Build software for automated IP allocation, reservation, discovery, reclamation, and lifecycle management. Develop APIs and workflows for managing DNS records, DHCP configuration, subnets, address pools, leases, and related network resources. Build integrations between DDI/IPAM platforms and compute, networking, provisioning, cloud, and datacenter systems. Develop software to automate network-resource onboarding and configuration across multiple datacenters and environments.

Help establish authoritative infrastructure data and source-of-truth models for network resources.

APIs, Automation & Platform Integration:
Design and implement REST APIs and other programmatic interfaces for network and infrastructure services. Build integrations with infrastructure platforms, CMDBs, provisioning systems, and automation frameworks. Develop event-driven and workflow-based automation for infrastructure lifecycle management. Build solutions that dynamically allocate and recycle IP addresses and other network resources for compute infrastructure. Integrate network-management services with bare-metal provisioning, PXE/network boot, virtualization, and cloud workflows.

Enable infrastructure capabilities to be consumed through APIs and self-service platforms rather than manual operational processes.

Reliability & Observability:
Build monitoring, metrics, logging, and health‑check capabilities into network‑management services. Implement dashboards and alerting using technologies such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or similar platforms. Define and track service metrics such as availability, latency, capacity, error rates, and resource utilization. Participate in incident response and root‑cause analysis for software and network‑management services. Improve reliability through automation, testing, observability, and operational tooling.

Job Qualifications:

5+ years of relevant experience Bachelor's degree required Software Engineering:
Strong Python programming skills and professional software development experience. Experience designing and developing production backend services…