Summary:The Opportunity Hyatt Hotels Corporation seeks an enthusiastic Network DevOps Engineer to join our Global Network Engineering and Operations team. In this role, you will be collaborating closely with the broader infrastructure team, where you'll be instrumental in continuing to make Hyatt a leading hospitality company. You will be part of a team that is passionate about our purpose, committed to nurturing curiosity and new skills, and building connections across the organization with colleagues, customers, and guests.
The Role You will build, operate, and scale automated, testable, and auditable network infrastructure using software engineering practices.
Key responsibilities include:
- Design, develop, and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to provision and manage network devices, services, and configurations.
- Build and own GitLab CI/CD pipelines for network automation, validation, and deployment.
- Develop automation and orchestration tooling using Python, Ansible, and Terraform.
- Implement automated testing (unit, integration, and device/system-level) for network changes - e.g., PyATS or equivalent.
- Create and maintain reusable automation libraries, templates, and modules for multi-vendor environments.
- Integrate network automation with inventory/CMDB systems (e.g., ServiceNow), monitoring, and ITSM.
- Troubleshoot production network and automation issues; perform root cause analysis and corrective automation.
- Author and maintain runbooks, design docs, and change control artifacts that support safe, auditable deployments.
- Participate in cross-functional projects: Network modernization, SD-WAN rollouts, PCI and security controls, site onboarding.
- Coach and mentor other engineers on automation best practices, testing, and Git-based workflows.
Note: This list highlights core responsibilities and special initiatives; it is representative, not exhaustive.
Qualifications: Experience Required: - 5+ years of network engineering experience, with at least 2 years focused on network automation/DevOps practices.
- Strong hands-on experience with Python scripting for automation and tooling.
- Practical experience with Ansible for device/config automation and Terraform for infrastructure provisioning.
- Proven ability to author and run GitLab CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployments.
- Solid networking foundation: L2/L3 concepts, VLANs, STP, routing (BGP, OSPF), WAN technologies, and common switching/routing/wireless/firewall platforms.
- Experience with multi-vendor device automation (Cisco, Meraki,SilverPeak, etc.).
- Familiarity with Linux systems, REST APIs, JSON/YAML, and CLIs for network devices.
- Experience designing and implementing automated testing for network changes (test frameworks, test case automation, validation checks).
- Strong troubleshooting skills, attention to detail, and experience working in production support or on-call rotations.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills; experience working across engineering and operational teams.
Experience Preferred:- Certifications: Cisco (CCNP/CCIE), Cisco DevNet, HashiCorp Terraform Associate, or equivalent.
- Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes) as they relate to networking services.
- Background in hospitality, retail, or other highly distributed enterprise environments.
- Prior experience implementing security controls for network automation and change governance (role-based access, signed artifacts, CI policy checks)
- The position responsibilities outlined above are in no way to be construed as all encompassing. Other duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may be required and/or assigned as necessary.
We welcome you: Research shows that individuals tend to apply to jobs, only if they meet all the listed job qualifications. Unsure if you check every box, but feeling inspired to enhance your career? Apply. We'd love to consider your unique experiences and how you could make Hyatt even better.
The salary range for this position is $90,900 - $118,000
The final pay rate/salary offered to the successful candidate will depend on experience, skill level and other qualifications for the role, as well as the location of the performance of work. Pay for the successful candidate will meet local requirements, including the local minimum wage rate.
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