# Senior Staff Network Engineer, Automation

**Company:** [Crusoe](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/crusoe)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $245k – $295k/yr
**Experience:** 12+ years
**Skills:** Python, Go, Nornir, Ansible, Jinja2, CI/CD, Gnmi, Openconfig, Netconf, Yang, Netbox, Nautobot, Arista Eos, Juniper Junos, Nvidia/Mellanox
**Posted:** 2026-06-03

> Senior technical leader owning Crusoe's network automation platform, source of truth, intent-based config systems, and self-healing workflows across hyperscale multi-vendor fabrics. Requires 12+ years of production network automation experience with deep expertise in Python/Go, model-driven telemetry, and observability at 10K+ device scale.

## Job Description

## What You'll Be Working On
- Own the Network Automation Platform: Define the technical roadmap for Crusoe's automation stack, from source of truth and config generation through day-2 operations, telemetry, and closed-loop remediation across our global fleet.
- Build the Source of Truth: Design and own the authoritative data model (NetBox, Nautobot, or equivalent) that drives all network configuration, validation, and operational state across teams.
- Architect Intent-Based Configuration Systems: Lead the design and delivery of declarative, model-driven configuration pipelines using Python, Nornir, Ansible, Jinja2, and CI/CD, treating the network as code and making configuration drift impossible.
- Drive Model-Driven Automation: Own Crusoe's gNMI, OpenConfig, and NETCONF/YANG strategy for telemetry collection, configuration management, and state validation across multi-vendor fabrics (Arista, Juniper, NVIDIA/Mellanox).
- Build Self-Healing Workflows: Design and ship event-driven, auto-remediation systems that detect faults, correlate telemetry, and resolve known failure modes without human escalation.
- Define the Observability Platform: Set the technical direction for Crusoe's telemetry, metrics, alerting, and dashboarding stack including Prometheus, Grafana, and streaming gNMI.
- Influence Architecture for Automability: Partner with Network Architecture to ensure designs are automation-first from day one, deployable, validatable, and operable programmatically at scale.
- Mentor and Multiply: Provide technical guidance to Staff and Senior engineers. Drive code reviews, design reviews, and platform architecture decisions that raise the engineering bar across the org.

## What You'll Bring to the Team
- 12+ years of network engineering experience with a demonstrated focus on production network automation, platform engineering, and infrastructure as code in hyperscale or internet-scale environments.
- Demonstrated Technical Leadership: Proven track record of designing and shipping network automation platforms used by a broader engineering organization, not scripts, but systems others build on.
- Production-Quality Software Engineering: Mastery of Python or Go at a platform level, testable, CI/CD-integrated, and production-owned.
- Model-Driven Automation Fluency: Deep hands-on experience with gNMI, OpenConfig, NETCONF, and YANG-modeled configuration and telemetry.
- Source of Truth Ownership: You have designed or owned a network source of truth platform (NetBox, Nautobot, or equivalent) end to end, including the data model, integrations, and CI/CD pipelines that consume it.
- Network Domain Depth: Strong hands-on expertise with Arista (EOS), Juniper (Junos), and NVIDIA/Mellanox platforms in leaf-spine architectures. Solid knowledge of BGP, EVPN-VXLAN, and LLDP at DC fabric scale.
- Event-Driven and Self-Healing Systems: Track record of building auto-remediation and closed-loop automation that detects, correlates, and resolves faults without human intervention.
- Observability Expertise: Hands-on experience building streaming telemetry and observability platforms using gNMI collectors, Prometheus, Grafana, and equivalent tooling at fleet scale.
- Hyperscale Operational Context: Comfort operating at scale across 10K+ network devices and multi-region fabric fleets.

## Benefits
- Competitive compensation and equity packages
- Restricted Stock Units
- Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
- Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
- Employer contributions to HSA account
- Paid parental leave
- Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
- Professional development & tuition reimbursement
- Mental health & wellness support
- Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
- Cell phone stipend
- 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
- Volunteer time off
- Global travel insurance & emergency assistance
- Daily meals allowance
- Additional perks & programs specific to location

Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $245,000 - $295,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers.

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