Remote | Network Data & Automation Engineer — $40–$60/hour

24-MAG is offering a specialized part-time consulting opportunity for experienced network engineers. The role focuses on network data review, enterprise infrastructure analysis, and scripting, requiring professionals to analyze real-world data and prepare it for machine learning workflows.

Responsibilities:

• Review real-world data from deployed networks, including logs, configurations, telemetry, event streams, and related infrastructure data
• Label, classify, and analyze network behaviors, issues, anomalies, and recurring patterns
• Interpret logs, events, time-series metrics, packet captures, and troubleshooting evidence
• Apply Level 3 or Tier 3 troubleshooting judgment to identify root causes, stability issues, and meaningful network signals
• Write scripts or tools to process, clean, redact, classify, and transform network data
• Use Python, Bash, Ansible, PowerShell, or similar tools for log processing, compliance checks, monitoring support, configuration audits, or data preparation
• Help define schemas and structure for large-scale network data pipelines
• Support high-quality data preparation so raw infrastructure data can be used effectively in machine learning systems
• Apply hands-on experience with enterprise networks, including switches, access points, firewalls, and related infrastructure
• Work from real support scenarios involving outages, final escalations, RCAs, on-call troubleshooting, and stability issues
• Analyze end-customer network environments across industries such as retail, healthcare, finance, manufacturing, universities, hospitality, or similar sectors
• Collaborate with project teams to improve data quality, usability, and technical accuracy

Requirements:

• Experience as a Level 3, Tier 3, Principal Support Engineer, senior network support engineer, or comparable enterprise network specialist
• Strong scripting ability using Python, Bash, Ansible, PowerShell, or similar tools
• Enterprise infrastructure troubleshooting expertise
• Interest in how network data supports intelligent infrastructure systems
• Hands-on experience with enterprise networks, including switches, access points, firewalls, and related infrastructure
• Experience with end-customer enterprise networks involving switches, access points, firewalls, wireless infrastructure, routing, switching, or security appliances
• Comfort interpreting logs, events, telemetry, packet captures, and time-series metrics
• Ability to work independently in a remote, project-based environment
• Academic backgrounds in network engineering, computer science, information systems, cybersecurity, data engineering, electrical engineering, or related technical fields
• Equivalent hands-on enterprise network support experience
• Professional certifications such as CCNP, CCIE, JNCIP, JNCIE, Aruba, Fortinet, Palo Alto, or comparable networking certifications
• Experience automating network support tasks or working with data pipelines
• Familiarity with telemetry systems, syslog, SNMP, NetFlow, sFlow, Splunk, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, or related observability tools
• Experience with log redaction, compliance checks, monitoring automation, configuration validation, or large-scale network data preparation
• Exposure to ML-ready data pipelines, infrastructure analytics, or autonomous networking concepts
• Availability for full-time project commitment depending on project scope