NVIDIA
Network Software Engineer, Automation and Intelligence
$208K–$334K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Experience
- 12+ years in network engineering or network software.
- Education
- MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Build and operate network automation systems across NVIDIA’s offices, campuses, data centers, manufacturing sites, and labs, including AI-assisted network operations.
What you'll do
- Design and deploy network automation for new builds, provisioning, configuration, validation, and operational handoff; support production networks with automated changes, health checks, drift detection, and incident triage.
- Contribute to automation platform components including source of truth, CI/CD, orchestration, and observability integrations.
- Develop carefully governed LLM- and agent-based network tools, and collaborate with other teams to create reusable automation.
What they ask for
- Hands-on network automation experience, including tools or APIs such as Python, Ansible, REST/gNMI/NETCONF, and Git-based workflows.
- Strong knowledge of routing, switching, and network architecture, including BGP, OSPF, EVPN/VXLAN, and MLAG.
- Experience in both network build and production operations; multi-vendor experience is requested.
- Strong problem-solving skills and experience managing complex projects end to end.
Nice to have
- Experience implementing LLM- or agent-based operational tooling with oversight, approvals, and audit logs; familiarity with agent frameworks, MCP, RAG, or ML applied to telemetry or capacity analysis.
- Familiarity with BigPanda, ServiceNow, Nautobot, or NetBox; cybersecurity, high-performance networking, or GPU/AI fabric experience.
Pay
208,000 USD - 333,500 USD base salary
Tools
Python, Ansible, REST, gNMI, NETCONF, Git, BGP, OSPF
AI focus
Build LLM- and agent-based network tools, progressing from read-only investigation to autonomous, self-validating change execution with rollback, scoped boundaries, and audit trails.
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