Network Automation Engineer

About Hydra Host

Our Company

Hydra Host is a fast-moving startup that has built a GPU compute marketplace to power AI Factories. This network features a proprietary architecture and paradigm for on-demand bare-metal hosting, providing significant resilience, security, and performance gains over traditional cloud compute. We seek innovative, self-sufficient technical professionals to contribute to the ongoing design, development, and scaling of this infrastructure.

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obility:
Hydra Host is building Brokkr, an ambitious bare metal management and AI Factory marketplace platform enabling independent datacenters to efficiently monetize their inventory. We’ve integrated more than three dozen datacenters and we are expanding quickly to disrupt the traditional hyperscale compute model. This is an opportunity to work with high-end HPC systems which are in great demand, and a massive array of datacenter architectures, servers, and OEMs that will turbocharge your career experie

nce.
We are seeking an experienced Network Automation Engineer to join our technology team and tackle the most ambitious challenge of their career. You will play a crucial role in automating, managing, and scaling our network infrastructure across a growing fleet of diverse global datacenters. As a Network Automation Engineer, you will tackle a critical company and industry challenge: how to standardize independent data center deployments and make robust network automations that can handle a wide array of vendors and architect

ures.
Key Responsibil

• ities:
  
  Design and implement network automation tools and frameworks to streamline configuration, deployment, and monitoring across partner datace
• nters.
  
  Develop and maintain scripts, playbooks, and pipelines for automated provisioning of network devices and ser
• vices.
  
  Integrate Brokkr’s platform with network management systems and APIs exposed by datacenter vendors and equi
• pment.
  
  Troubleshoot network issues and work through L2 and L3 support incidents with a focus on automation-based remedi
• ation.
  
  Monitor and improve network performance and uptime across diverse hardware and topol
• ogies.
  
  Ensure network security policies are enforced through configuration automation and compliance c
• hecks.
  
  Collaborate with infrastructure and systems engineers to support seamless deployment and scaling of bare metal reso
• urces.
  
  Contribute to the design and architecture of scalable, fault-tolerant network solu

tions.
Required Qualific

• ations:
  
  BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Networking, Engineering, or a related field. Equivalent experience ac
• cepted.
  
  Proven experience with network automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, and Netmiko/
• NAPALM.Hands-on experience with configuration and management of network equipment (Cumulus, SONIC, Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Mikro Tik,
• etc.).Strong programming/scripting skills in Python, Go, or similar lan
• guages.
  
  Deep understanding of network protocols and services (BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VPN, NAT, DHCP, DNS,
• etc.).Familiarity with REST APIs and SNMP for network device mana
• gement.
  
  Experience with CI/CD pipelines for network c
• hanges.
  
  Knowledge of Linux networking and troublesh

ooting.

Preferred Qualific

• ations:
  
  Certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, or Dev Net Associate/Professional are
• a plus.
  
  Knowledge of infrastructure as code (IaC) practices in networking enviro
• nments.
  
  Exposure to observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or
• Net Box.
  
  Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure is
• a must.
  
  Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate and be proactive in asking questions is

a

• nefits:
  
  Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits p
• ackage.
  
  Flexible working hours and remote work opportu
• nities.
  
  A supportive team environment with an emphasis on learning and
• growth.
  
  Access to cutting-edge tec

hnology

Compensation is made up of Salary/Bonus and

Equity.