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Internet2

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1996

📚 Education

📡 Telecommunications

🔐 Security

Education • Telecommunications • Security

Internet2 is a nonprofit consortium that builds and operates a secure, high-performance network and provides cloud, identity, and security services tailored to the research and higher education community. It offers NET+ community-vetted cloud programs, advanced networking (Layer 1/2, Cloud Connect, Rapid Private Interconnect), identity and access management (InCommon, eduroam, Trusted Access Platform), and community-driven security and research support, while convening events and partnerships to accelerate collaboration and innovation in research and education.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and maintain network service automation packages and workflows using Python and related tooling, including service lifecycle management, collaborating with network engineers across multi-vendor environments • Collaborate with ISS team members on Periscope and related platform initiatives, and with Network Services team members on infrastructure services that leverage the NSO automation framework, contributing to service design reviews, technical roadmaps, capability planning, documentation, and community presentations • Build and maintain automation tooling, scripts, and CI/CD pipelines using Python, Docker, and Kubernetes to support infrastructure-as-code practices across network service delivery • Contribute to platform engineering efforts including containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), API development, and integration of automation systems with orchestration and monitoring platforms • Support operational activities including on-call rotation, incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement of network reliability and automated service delivery • Other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience • 5+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, platform engineering, network automation, or equivalent experience, with demonstrated focus on building production-grade systems • 2+ years of Python as a primary development language • Hands-on work with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar tools) • Familiarity with containerization and orchestration platforms, particularly Kubernetes and Docker, in a production or near-production context • Experience with version control (Git) and collaborative software development practices including code review, branching strategies, and documentation • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both engineering and executive audiences • Must be able to work in a remote environment and support a team distributed across multiple time zones • Domestic travel 2-4 times per year

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, life, vision, and disability insurances • Health spending account program • Sick time • Vacation time • Tax deferred retirement plan