Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Danta Technologies is seeking a Systems Infrastructure & Network Security Operations Engineer to securely provision and manage systems and networking within centralized compute deployments. The role owns architecture, infrastructure-as-code, continuous delivery, security orchestration, resilience, incident response, capacity planning, and cross-functional infrastructure governance.
Responsibilities
- Draft, review, and maintain zero-trust SOPs across identity, device, data, and infrastructure
- Produce reusable reference models mapped to Client's enterprise architecture and expressed as policy-as-code
- Extend Net-Sec-Ops pipelines with IaC (Ansible) for firewalls, switches, SD-WAN, and edge fabric
- Deliver automated, version-controlled playbooks with unit, integration, and compliance tests in CI
- Architect and automate backup, failover, and DR workflows for all network devices
- Conduct recovery drills, validate RTO/RPO against SLA targets, and produce post-mortem runbooks
- Integrate vulnerability scanners (Nessus, Qualys), threat-Client feeds, and policy-as-code into CI/CD pipelines
- Automate remediation playbooks and generate compliance dashboards for SOC/DevSecOps
- Operate configuration managers to centralize topology, inventory, and device state
- Enforce change-control gates, audit drift, and maintain traceability from design to production
- Collaborate with platform, edge, security, and product teams to embed network security into CI/CD and DevOps pipelines
- Present architecture reviews and maintain traceability matrices
- Model traffic and compute link utilization; forecast capacity needs using historical data and predictive analytics
- Deliver capacity-planning reports to product, finance, and data-center stakeholders
- Evaluate emerging trends (intent-based networking, programmable data planes, network observability)
- Propose tool/process changes to reduce manual effort and improve security posture
- Rapidly spin up proof-of-concept environments to test complex customer requests
- Translate business requirements into secure, performant, and automatable designs
Skills
- 6+ years configuring firewalls, switches, VPNs, VLANs, and traffic load balancing
- Deep knowledge of L2/L3 protocols (OSPF, BGP, MPLS, VXLAN)
- Architecture governance (TOGAF/ArchiMate)
- Design documentation, lifecycle management, and change control
- Infrastructure-as-Code expertise
- Proficiency in Python, Ansible, Terraform, Git, Jenkins/GitLab CI
- Proven CI/CD for network assets, automated testing, and policy-as-code pipelines
- Vulnerability management, policy-as-code, zero-trust design
- VMware vSphere, Proxmox, Linux, Windows, F5, InfoBlox
- Experience with cloud networking (AWS VPC, Azure VNets)
- Strong attention to detail and documentation
- Excellent stakeholder communication
- Proactive, self-directed learning mindset
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline OR equivalent professional experience
- Demonstrated hands-on experience with network automation, IaC, and infrastructure-as-code tools
- Certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, or equivalent preferred
- Technical cybersecurity certification (SANS, ISACA, CompTIA, Cisco, etc.) preferred
Benefits
- The option to elect healthcare insurance (Dental, Medical, Vision) for W2 employees
- Major holidays for W2 employees
- Paid sick leave as per state law for W2 employees
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